TenderLovingKiller®
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Just rename Florida…at least everything north of Miami.
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I say we just stuff Trump into the orangutan display at some zoo...
ayayrawn
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Joaquin Phoenix, Elliott Gould, Chloe Fineman and More Jewish Creatives Support Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars Speech in Open Letter (EXCLUSIVE)
Joaquin Phoenix, Elliott Gould, Chloe Fineman and more Jewish creatives have signed an open letter supporting Jonathan Glazer's Oscars speech.
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SnowmaNick
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/russia-putin-north-korea-weapons-sanctions/
This makes me wonder, would the world be safer if the five permanent members of the security council no longer had veto power? It would mean a lot more scrutiny of America, but we could use it. We didn’t need to go to Iraq, and we could have had a better outcome in Afghanistan if we weren’t there for 20 years. And that’s just recent history. The veto has kept a lot of stuff from becoming worse, as the nations didn’t feel the need to defend themselves internationally, but has also led to lots and lots of public suffering.
This makes me wonder, would the world be safer if the five permanent members of the security council no longer had veto power? It would mean a lot more scrutiny of America, but we could use it. We didn’t need to go to Iraq, and we could have had a better outcome in Afghanistan if we weren’t there for 20 years. And that’s just recent history. The veto has kept a lot of stuff from becoming worse, as the nations didn’t feel the need to defend themselves internationally, but has also led to lots and lots of public suffering.
SnowmaNick
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Because the House can’t actually do anything useful, they just have to be showboating assholes.
Talk about showboating, the Kansas legislature just voted a 93% pay raise for themselves while state workers get a 5% raise. Prior to the vote they argued that it wasn’t the right thing to do but then passed the vote anyway.
ayayrawn
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Trump’s legal delaying tactics dealt a blow as he lashes out at judge’s family — Guardian US
New York hush-money trial still on course for 15 April start but ruling in classified documents case has prosecutors concerned
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A mom’s $97,000 question: how was her baby’s air-ambulance ride not covered by insurance?
Medical billing experts said the No Surprises Act, a federal law enacted in 2022, could have protected Amari’s family from receiving the $97,000 “balance bill,” leaving the insurer and the air-ambulance provider to determine fair payment according to the law. But the protections apply only to...
avecigrec
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"If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the 'clink' for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela."
Mostly hilarious, but also EXTREMELY insulting to the legacy of Nelson Mandela.
Mostly hilarious, but also EXTREMELY insulting to the legacy of Nelson Mandela.
TrainFan73
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Yeah but his cult will gobble it up and honestly believe it is an apt comparison.
ayayrawn
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Bull Shannon
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Biden announces new plan to cancel student loans for 30m borrowers
Plan targets borrowers who accrued high level of interest on debt and those who have been in repayment for at least 20 years
www.theguardian.com
I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I feel like this has been happening in incremental chunks, probably tougher for the weirdos on the right to challenge it in court; and once cancelled they can’t really reinstate so hopefully they will keep canceling debt as long as they can and if not this time hopefully the next.Biden announces new plan to cancel student loans for 30m borrowers
Plan targets borrowers who accrued high level of interest on debt and those who have been in repayment for at least 20 years
I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
What if your loans have already defaulted? This says if you are at risk of defaulting.Biden announces new plan to cancel student loans for 30m borrowers
Plan targets borrowers who accrued high level of interest on debt and those who have been in repayment for at least 20 years
I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
Also, like you, I stated college in 2004 and used up all my forbearance time. I’m not sure if I qualify or not for this.
Hemotep
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I don't know how they are going to figure this out for everyone, unless they just plan to ignore a lot of us. I paid for six years on my undergrad loans, deferred while in grad school, consolidated them with my grad school loans to qualify for income based repayment after grad school, and have paid for six more years since. I think I'm just boned, but I'm still happy for anyone who gets more of theirs forgiven. It's a shit show and the more that's done the better.Biden announces new plan to cancel student loans for 30m borrowers
Plan targets borrowers who accrued high level of interest on debt and those who have been in repayment for at least 20 years
I’m just shy of meeting the requirements for this. I’m sure my interest has way exceeded my balance, but while i started college in ‘04 i also deferred and applied for forbearance several times. Depending on what “started paying off” means, I only was in a position to “start” like seven years ago.
Bull Shannon
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Absolutely happy for everyone and anyone able to get out from under these predatory loans. I don’t consider it a zero-sum situation as what helps one of us will help many of us; it’s just relentlessly frustrating to see each round of assistance dance at the margins of my situation.
Indymisanthrope
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Still no mentions of cancelling the actual interest RATE. This is so obviously the problem. How did people get into this position in the first place? Because of high interest rates. If all you do is cancel some of the debt accrued through interest without touching the interest rate, you're just deferring the same problem for later. Or is there an aspect of this that I'm missing?
This NYC chicken joint employs cashiers Zooming in from the Philippines — and still wants you to tip!
The new chain is taking advantage of the massive wealth gap between New York City, where the minimum wage is $16 per hour, and a Southeast Asian nation where hourly pay is closer to $3.75.
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TrainFan73
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The brazenness of asking for a tip for a remote cashier is nutty to me. But then we’ve been headed that way for a minute.This NYC chicken joint employs cashiers Zooming in from the Philippines — and still wants you to tip!
The new chain is taking advantage of the massive wealth gap between New York City, where the minimum wage is $16 per hour, and a Southeast Asian nation where hourly pay is closer to $3.75.
If I walked in and was greeted by a machine that told me the virtual cashier would be back in a moment, I would for sure leave.
What I don’t know is how I would feel about a virtual cashier in the first place. Why not just do self check out?