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Hmm... flags and more down-votes, but still no counterarguments or questions. (Dang, what's up with that?) Anyway, here's a September article from Axios entitled, "The Trump admini…

+1 for the Bernstein ref. Had it mind, but couldn't remember the deets.

Ah! Someone gets it.

Again, I see down-votes, but no counterarguments or questions. What exactly is your issue? 1) Whistle-blowers are rarely rewarded. If anything, they are typically penalized , which…

Seriously, how is a public SEC investigation going to benefit the "integrity" of the system and "inspire confidence among investors"? If the story is both fake and some grand marke…

Possibly, but in all likelihood, no. I know that some people here like to get hung up on literal interpretations and stated missions, but they really shouldn't . (Sorry, can't get …

> would most likely be praised for finding it. It is a huge discovery. Seriously, history, recent and otherwise, is littered w/the ghosts and carcasses of employees who were anythi…

> But isn't the IRS knocking in a few years better than the IRS knocking THIS year? This depends on the penalties that the Service/Treasury aims to collect and their ability to tie…

I don't think that such results qualify as unintended consequences. I somehow ended up attending a meeting at Treasury on some existing tax credit program. Other than me, everyone …

> Taking the wording of both of these provisions at face value I hope we can both easily agree that law should (almost) never be taken at face value. In my professional experience,…

I see some people lack a sense of humor and/or that a 'truth' perhaps cuts too close to the bone.

Au contrair. mon ami. Office workers are busy keeping themselves in the office, which means that the vacation spots, and such are riffraff-free for their betters until the next maj…

> * Why does anyone in an office put up with it??* The "prestige" of not being, ahem, blue collar. But to be fair, there are some things in life from which you and/or one's offspri…

> is it actually good? While it may be, I found it difficult to get into. I felt like I was reading a long rant that was peppered w/ interesting facts here and there. I put it down…

Again, not involved in the selection process but... What if a candidate's race results in him/her being placed in a 'race' pool? At that point, one's race doesn't help or hurt. The…

Well done, cwkoss. Well done. That is all.

Even if they are recording everything, there are few people who will want to spend the time watching the recordings. I've been through this a few times in different places. People …

> “a culture where … people more often alter their behavior to suit machines and work with them, rather than the other way around,” and that this tends to erode their sense of “age…

Sad. His autobiography, a fantastic read, gave me great perspective on business and parenting.

> For this conversation the difference is therefore mostly moot Perhaps you're correct, but I don't consider loss of entry a "minor" difference, my friend. That's why I suggest tha…

> I'm... just balancing a math equation. Fine, but are you sure that you are working on the proper one? Having followed a number of these threads, I think people understand the adm…

> You have to renounce Or relinquish . There is a difference and people would be wise to know it. Also, I'm sure that US would argue that those living outside of its official/conti…

> I’m convinced that farming actually set humans on the path towards this very suffering. I would say this more often, but it doesn't generally play well w/ much of the bell (or ta…

> The only way to schedule the birth... Wow! Hadn't considered that at all. But, yeah, I guess, that would align w/ some other things I've heard(, but never actually experienced). …

Find it interesting that the article seems to place the blame on the women, when it's long been said that the docs and hospitals, ever in search of time compression and profits, we…