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1471.
by moistly 6y ago
If you follow through to NPR and then to another (NPR?) piece, you get to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnZxfkkoKQ ... where I read the first cogent YouTube comment I’ve ever witnessed, which I quote wholly(added italics):
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by moistly 6y ago
Imagine thinking your fellow citizens are that smart.
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by moistly 6y ago
> make everyone a billionaire In much the same way everyone can be a Zimbabwean billionaire: the monetary unit is near worthless. Gold’s rarity gives it value beyond its utility.
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by moistly 6y ago
Guess my response to all that is to roll my eyes and walk away. Cynicism is boring.
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by moistly 6y ago
And...?
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by moistly 6y ago
> Every person in the news I've seen that claims long term problems are obese individuals looking to make excuses. You should watch a more diverse media, then, because there are more than a few fabulously fit people who are no longe
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by moistly 6y ago
If you travel, vaccinations are sometimes not optional, depending on the destination.
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by moistly 6y ago
Not when the health outcomes will financially cripple us all. We simply can not afford to continue having mass outbreaks of this disease. It costs absolute fortunes to deal with the immediate crisis, and fortunes more over the long term dea
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by moistly 6y ago
In my experience, plastics are not immune to damage from “detergent.” Parts of my dishwasher became quite brittle and ultimately failed—and the zip ties used to cobble it back together also become brittle over time.
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by moistly 6y ago
I’m curious about what an analysis of the COVID stats would show.
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by moistly 6y ago
LOL. Yes, I'm certain that the billionaire-owned media is left-wing.
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by moistly 6y ago
And, perhaps more significantly, to launder money.
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by moistly 6y ago
But is it? Really? . ‘Cause, y’know, I don’t recall the last time a disease overwhelmed hospital capacity. Only time I’ve seen refrigerator trucks full of bodies has been after a huge hurricane. IMO it has been a long while since we had su
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by moistly 6y ago
1) Teach your child to read (basic phonetics and sight words). 2) Encourage/have them read a lot of different stuff. 3) Have them explain what they’re reading. 4) When possible, support them in applying what they learn.
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by moistly 6y ago
Buy lottery tickets, you can get rich. It’s the same thing, one just has slightly better odds. Not good odds.
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by moistly 6y ago
I find it discouraging that exceptionally little is said about the outcomes for those who survive a bad case. IMNSHO, the big scare isn’t death, it’s being out of breath for the rest of a considerably shorter life, or being tied to a dialys
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by moistly 6y ago
> every single person that gets through the disease (and that is over 99.5% of them) is now immune and fully functional member of the society Except, you know, the ones with permanent lung damage, or kidney damage, or loss of taste, or b
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by moistly 6y ago
It seems to me that the only powers we have are the ballot box, our wallets, and bullets. And in the USA, I'm not so sure about the former, what with all the corruption. Want to see real change? General strike. Shut it all down and wat
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by moistly 6y ago
With it being that extensively documented as fraudulent in almost every possible regard, I think there is call to ban the user who posted it. HN should not be a source of blatantly false information.
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by moistly 6y ago
> Wasn't it the AG that ordered the protesters to be moved? (A) Barr denies it. (B) The buck stops at the President's desk.
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by moistly 6y ago
Fourth time you've posted this in a week, dude. WTH?
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by moistly 6y ago
> The 5GBioShield USB Key with the nano-layer is a quantum holographic catalyzer technology for the balance and harmonisation of the harmful effects of imbalanced electric radiation. The nano-layer operating diameter is either 8 or 40 me
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by moistly 7y ago
Yes. One-quarter of 3.3% of your portfolio would lose value during that period. That is the cost of the insurance that paid off when 96.7% of your portfolio would have lost over 12% of its value. The hedge is not your primary investment. It