cubsfan
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The Ukraine saga has had huge backing from America at large, meaning the citizens. But the line has been drawn at sending US troops, as well as protecting another nation’s border while we ignore our own.
Personally, I agree with this position.
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^^ No I get it. The issue helps with the election for sure. But most Americans have wanted a serious deal long ago , but it’s seriously come to a head in the last year - even with Democratic big city mayors.
What you’re seeing now is the only issue the Democrats can run on “It’s your fault “
Ridiculous, but oh so predictable.
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^^^^ Then you understand the tradeoff - although you might not agree. Americans want a sealed border - period - and in exchange - Ukraine gets more assistance. Perfectly reasonable and settled with political tradeoffs as any democracy would. Both sides win. This past proposal was never a serious attempt to seal the border.
It turns out Americans don't like being lab rats for the Left's open border experiment. Now that they accomplished their goal of 10M+ new residents - the citizens have had enough of the destruction.
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15 hours ago, Luca said:
I enjoyed this.
Share your most valued documentaries that enrich our minds!
This was excellent @Luca - thanks
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5 hours ago, Sweet said:
Republicans should fund Ukraine and then make the border an election winning issue.
It’s also clear Trump don’t want a deal on the border going into the Nov election.Respectfully, I think you need to dig a little deeper into this issue. Republicans wanted a REAL deal to seal the border - not a PHONY deal like the one on the table. This past "deal" still destroys the border, allowing 5000+ immigrants per day to enter, instead of customary 10,000+ per day. That deal was a smoke screen that accomplished nothing. But beautifully, the phony "bi-partisan security bill" failed and now Republicans are to blame.
So, yeah, it will be used as a huge issue in November - since it's the number one issue in the country right now.
The open southern border will ruin America for generations to come - so like Biden's foreign policy, which is also in total ruins - both will have to be settled in the coming election.
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32 minutes ago, Sweet said:
Republicans blocking funding unless border issue dealt with.
A much more accurate depiction. And totally justified, as well as backed by a large majority of the USA.
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25 minutes ago, Gregmal said:
Ha! That's a great article, that explains the situation well.
Like a friend of mine told me - Russian interference in our elections?!, Hell, that's what Russians do..!
And that's what we do!
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11 hours ago, economonoc said:
Jobs may have been less than perfect as a human being. But when he returned to Apple, he brought with him the truly excellent IP developed by the team he assembled at his company NeXT, including the operating system that became today's MacOS and iOS. I am always tickled when I think of how NeXTstep powers my iPhone and the iPad upon which I am writing this comment. Jobs can't have been all bad to have delivered such useful and beautiful things.
I worked at NeXT for a short time. He was a genius and visionary for sure that brought greatness back to Apple. But you just never wanted to be too close to Jobs.
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FMC - 4%, with plenty of upside on the common.
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You want to improve the quality and pay those that deserve rewards in Academics - get rid of the bloat. It's totally out of control at these Universities. They need to pay the teaching assistants better, since they are basically slaves to the Professors - and get rid of the Administrators. Get back to teaching.
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/03/13/behind-stanfords-doubled-staff-to-student-ratio/
The number of staff at Stanford has more than doubled since 2000, drawing some criticism of administrative bloat — including fromformer U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
Specifically, there were 15,750 administrators, 2,288 faculty members, and 16,937 students. The paid help of 18,038 (administrators plus faculty) outnumbered the customers (students) by 1,101.
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12 minutes ago, Luca said:
Those guys are from the previous generations and indeed had much better times and prospects. But the times have changed and the liberalization at universities really lead to what @thepupil described. The suicide rate for PHD students is by a large factor higher than to the already higher rate for normal students compared to non studying peers in the same age group. A phd is a race to the bottom and really badly paid. In my opinion you must hate yourself to a degree to put up with it. For the few who attain the PHD and then go into university, i think they deserve a high salary and good working conditions considering they did almost 10 years of high level studying.
Of course that is likely different for literature and arts where i do understand that some things are questionable.
But anything science related is a tough nut.
It's a race to the bottom because you are NOT firing those overpaid non performers. The teaching assistants do all the work - and you can't rid of dead wood, so they can move up. The definition of entitlement and protection.
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^^^ We love teachers. I owe a lot to them. What we are seeing now is not academics - but soft jobs, ridiculous tuitions driven by useless administration staffing, and inability to get rid of bad teachers.
That is disaster for education in America.
What company do you know of that can survive not firing people that don't perform well?
I attended a meeting in Chicago 10 years ago re: education. The stats that were discussed: the Chicago Public Schools, the 2nd largest and highest paid big city teachers in America - fired
4 people that year - 4 out of 20,000.
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23 minutes ago, thepupil said:
I completely disagree. I regard the academic career path as brutal. It's low pay, unstable (until it becomes gloriously so for the minority who make tenure track), political, and just generally shitty.
To become one of those people getting paid an okay amount takes 7,10,15,20 years of PhD, adjunct, assistant, etc. I don't envy people in academia at all and do not regard it to be a grift. if anything, people chasing the dream of becoming a professor are the ones being grifted....The people I know who are trying to / have gotten there work harder for far less pay than people in corporate / tech / finance / medicine.
do you know anyone in their 20's / 30's that's tried/is trying to become a professor?
It's a complete grift. The teaching assistants do most of the work.
The hard sciences are the best of the bunch. The soft sciences & humanities are the worst.
Once you have tenure, all you have to do is keep your politics straight - and you'r e golden.
Many universities are a cesspool of bloated staffs that drive tuition way beyond inflation.
The administration personal growth are out of control - and those are easy and useless degrees.
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^^^ It's a big mistake to hold many professors in esteem. You can see the disaster playing out among higher education in America. I've got more respect for carpenters and heavy equipment operators than many professors.
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1 hour ago, Sweet said:
Oligopoly sure but they are competitors of each other and they are not sitting down and conspiring on prices to give the consumer a bad deal.
In the case of Apple specifically it’s offering is not a commoditised consumer product, that was never their pitch. So looking at their margins and how they run their ecosystems and concluding it’s illegal seems like a stretch.
Don’t like the phone get one of the many other phones out there.
Absolutely agree - they have pricing power because of great products, not collusion. The FTC ought to be chasing criminals.
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5 minutes ago, LC said:
Is it competition or simply an oligopoly?
Yeah, great point. Serious moat + oligopoly
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@Longnose - hilarious clip!
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@Jaygo - you could not have spelled out the problem more clearly. Unfortunately, in the USA, we are right on your heels.
Greg's solution will be used more & more every year - get to an area that somewhat aligns with your beliefs - and protect your children.
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^^^ With no comment of course, on the brazen corruption of the NY AG and Judge.
Now THAT is the real reputational risk NY state will have to live with as far as investors are concerned. Selective, malicious, and punitive prosecution when no victim is harmed - investors beware.
And thanks for your great comments @gfp, @Maverick47, @longterminvestor
I stand corrected.
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Some grumpy old people still value "Don't tread on me"
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^^^ Totally understand your point. He can't be trusted. But he's going to need a "victory" to stop the carnage. The border is going to need to be fortified like N. & S. Korea. Assisted in some way by Europe, something short of NATO membership - which it seems was Putin's original goal to stop.
Unless Europe wants to be involved right now - I see no path for Ukraine to wage war when they simply do not have the manpower for a multi-year conflict.
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Eventually, this probably needs to end as a stalemate, with a new DMZ, partitioning Ukraine.
For Putin to save face and declare victory to the Russian people - he keeps Donbas, and of course, Crimea, and no NATO membership. Zelensky says he saved the rest of Ukraine, which he did.
I can't see anything other than a negotiated settlement. Europe doesn't want to throw troops at this. Ukraine doesn't have the troops. Russia does. Europe and the Ukrainian will have enough commitment staffing a fortified border. Ukraine can not sustain these type of losses.
No one completely happy, but each can declare victory.
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@Luca - I really, really don't get you dude. France & Germany are the LEADERS of Europe, not the USA. The US does not control Europe - we are an ALLY - hopefully a vital one for the interests of Europe. If those nations want no part of the USA - they should go their own way. What is this ridiculous talk of US puppets?? That's just silly. You are sovereign nations!
If you feel Germany has nothing to fear from Russia - go for it.
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^^^ Like I said @Luca - good luck going it alone.
The world is a dangerous place. Get real.
IMHO - the USA and Western Europe need each other - very badly.
Russia-Ukrainian War
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It's definitely THE major impediment to funding the war from the US perspective.