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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15540 on: September 06, 2022, 05:02:36 pm »

Debt cancellation is same as printing more money. Instead of lowering student tuitions and professor's salaries, the proposed debt cancellation will lead to more students taking new loans to support overpaid professors and many questionable expenses.
 

Beware one-line explanations of complex topics. Lots of people think they understand things like inflation, but they're wrong. My first job out of school was as data and programming support for a group of economists. I wasn't trained in economics but I saw enough to understand that there's a lot to it.

On a related topic, the price of gasoline here in Ottawa isn't far off what it was early in the spring before the price sky-rocketed. So, the world didn't end. The roads here are still full of humongous 3-ton pick-ups trucks on the way to buy groceries. At worst, some consumers had to modify their behaviour a bit for a while.

I've read (or maybe listened to a podcast) about the increase in college/university costs in the last generation. Most was due to increases in administration. They've done a good job getting rid of "expensive" professors and replacing them with temporary sessional instructors. The real price to be paid for that strategy will be realized in the years to come.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15541 on: September 07, 2022, 03:42:44 am »

Video fills in details on alleged Ga. election system breach.
Article and video on AP News.

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-donald-trump-voting-92c0ace71d7bee6151dd33938688371e

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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15542 on: September 07, 2022, 09:22:58 am »


... to support overpaid professors ...
 

WHAT overpaid professors? Such an animal does not exist, except perhaps in some business schools.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15543 on: September 07, 2022, 11:07:54 am »

WHAT overpaid professors? Such an animal does not exist, except perhaps in some business schools.

I bet Trump University had some...
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15544 on: September 08, 2022, 12:29:53 pm »

I bet Trump University had some...

I doubt it. They likely hired the least qualified and cheapest they could find so more money would flow to the Orange Oaf and his stooges.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15545 on: September 08, 2022, 01:57:13 pm »

I doubt it. They likely hired the least qualified and cheapest they could find so more money would flow to the Orange Oaf and his stooges.

Well I bet their boss still thought they were overpaid.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15546 on: September 09, 2022, 06:00:24 pm »

Well, I see that TDS is still alive and kicking!
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15547 on: September 09, 2022, 07:15:07 pm »

Well, I see that TDS is still alive and kicking!
Often what we find after cleaning up a carpet pooped upon by a regular suspect of confusions here on a monthly basis:
https://www.knowyourh2o.com/indoor-6/total-dissolved-solids
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15548 on: September 09, 2022, 09:07:03 pm »

WHAT overpaid professors? Such an animal does not exist, except perhaps in some business schools.

For example, Elizabeth Warren.
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« Reply #15549 on: September 09, 2022, 10:02:10 pm »

For example, Elizabeth Warren.
Should she be paid more, less or the same as other Visiting Professors at Havard Law?
https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/elizabeth-warren/
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« Reply #15550 on: September 10, 2022, 11:46:17 am »

For example, Elizabeth Warren.

What's her pay, and how is it too much? Although to be honest I should have included law schools along with business schools as sometimes paying too much.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15551 on: September 12, 2022, 10:03:19 am »

In the new anti-elitist Gilead world we're entering, everyone from a minimum wage burger flipper to university professors are overpaid. :)
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« Reply #15552 on: September 12, 2022, 02:24:32 pm »

Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden
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"Certainly I will, and you know that," Trump said when asked by a reporter about leaving the White House if Biden is declared the winner on December 14. "I will and, you know that."

Exclusive: 'I'm just not going to leave': New book reveals Trump vowed to stay in White House
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"I'm just not going to leave," Trump told one aide, according to Haberman.
"We're never leaving," Trump told another. "How can you leave when you won an election?"
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15553 on: September 12, 2022, 02:53:27 pm »

Trump says for first time he'll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden
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Exclusive: 'I'm just not going to leave': New book reveals Trump vowed to stay in White House
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How can such in-your-face madness have a following? Is this what 3 generations of schlock TV does to people's brains? :)

The guy has even managed to pollute the judiciary.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15554 on: September 21, 2022, 06:43:13 am »

Just one shit show after another. This time, it's immigration, https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-migrants-border-1.6589617.

If the US immigration system is screwed up, why not fix it instead of screaming at each other on camera? Makes no sense. All just one big third rate reality TV show, seems like sometimes.
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« Reply #15557 on: October 02, 2022, 07:32:33 pm »

The wife of a Supreme Court Justice is the equivalent of a flat earther https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/ginni-thomas-jan-6-panel-false-election-fraud-claims-00059627.
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Re: Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa
« Reply #15559 on: October 05, 2022, 02:30:35 am »

America desperately needs a viable third political party.  As it is now, tribal politics rule.  Many "conservatives" simply vote for the candidate who is not Democrat.  Many "liberals" only vote for the candidate who is not Republican.  It is "us against them" for many voters and no longer about what is best for the country.

The Electoral College needs to be removed from elections.  Let the popular vote decide directly like most modern countries.
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