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August LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of August?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

4 8.70%

John Kelly

6 13.04%

Jared Kushner

3 6.52%

Wilbur Ross

4 8.70%

Ben Carson

2 4.35%

Rudy Giuliani

11 23.91%

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

4 8.70%

Kellyanne Conway

0 0%

Rod Rosenstein

8 17.39%

Write-in

4 8.70%

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08-15-2018 , 07:10 PM

#976

zikzak

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Namath12

lol

This is glorious.

08-15-2018 , 07:13 PM

#977

ecriture d'adulte

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 5,920

Quote:

Originally Posted by uDevil

Motivation matters, sure. And Feynman was a great entertainer. But I don't think he saw physics as anything other than great fun. Talking to physicists, the ones worth listening to tend to get the same wild look in their eyes when there's a question that interests them.

Right. I mean I think physicsand math are fun especially relative to other things that can become a career. I don’t think the same is true for philosophy. Both because all the interesting parts are now in math or science and because the career aspects are worse.

08-15-2018 , 07:44 PM

#978

+rep_lol

banned

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 14,900

love how he points out that there's a king sized bed in there even tho everyone knows he sleeps alone in it

08-15-2018 , 09:05 PM

#979

Huehuecoyotl

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"The American History Channel and its anti German propaganda."

It's only WW2 and aliens man. That's it.

08-15-2018 , 09:16 PM

#980

Trolly McTrollson

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Changing my vote to Kellyanne Conway.

08-15-2018 , 11:03 PM

#981

simplicitus

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https://twitter.com/noUpside/status/1029926029819662337

08-16-2018 , 01:46 AM

#982

spaceman Bryce

anything you guys want

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 20,646

I don’t agree with einbert but I’ll defend his right to say it.

08-16-2018 , 02:00 AM

#983

spaceman Bryce

anything you guys want

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 20,646

I have an incredible plan

08-16-2018 , 06:59 AM

#984

jalfrezi

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*cunning

08-16-2018 , 02:54 PM

#985

goofyballer

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New Zealand has a unique solution to their own housing crisis

Quote:

In Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, home prices have nearly doubled since 2007, according to Bloomberg. With more people priced out of buying homes, rents have gone up and homelessness rates have soared. Across the country, homeownership rates recently hit their lowest levels since 1951.

Their response:

Quote:

On Wednesday, New Zealand passed a law that will prevent most foreigners from buying homes in the country, in the hope of addressing the ongoing affordability crisis. The ban had been one of the campaign promises championed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the center-left Labour Party, who ran on a platform of reducing income inequality, combating homelessness and cutting back on immigration.

“If you’ve got the right to live in New Zealand permanently, you’ve got the right to buy here,” David Parker, New Zealand’s associate minister of finance, said in a speech before Parliament on Wednesday. “But otherwise, it’s not a right, it’s a privilege. We believe it’s the birthright of New Zealanders to buy homes in New Zealand, in a market that is shaped by New Zealand buyers, not by international price pressures.”

Daaaaaaaaamn

08-16-2018 , 02:59 PM

#986

microbet

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Seems extreme. How about a 30% tax when a foreigner buys a home in NZ and putting that money directly into credits whenever a legal resident buys a home?

08-16-2018 , 05:18 PM

#987

tomdemaine

Just tries harder

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,065

Too late to keep peter thiel out unfortunately.

08-16-2018 , 05:58 PM

#988

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 27,952

So does Nestle own the water distribution rights to some towns in Yanklandia?

08-16-2018 , 05:58 PM

#989

goofyballer

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So uh this is pretty amazing

NYU medical school to give all students free tuition

Quote:

The New York University School of Medicine announced on Thursday that it would cover the tuition of all its students, regardless of merit or need, citing concerns about the “overwhelming financial debt” facing graduates.

Quote:

The plan, effective immediately, covers all current and future students. Annual tuition is roughly $55,000. There are 93 first-year students, and another 350 students who have up to three years left before obtaining their degrees. (A small group of new and current students who are enrolled in joint M.D./Ph.D. programs already have their tuitions paid for, thanks to the National Institutes of Health.)

08-16-2018 , 06:01 PM

#990

stinkubus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Dunno what we can do. If the camps, almost certainly labor camps, export anything I'd like to boycott it, but that info is not going to be easy to get. I guess I could go to China and try to liberate a Uighur or two, but I'm gonna chicken out on that one.

California has some pretty strict supply chain regulations that require retailers to certify their products aren't made with slave labor. I worked for a mail order retailer a few years back, and we had several products we could not send to California as a result.

08-16-2018 , 06:08 PM

#991

O.A.F.K.1.1

Ted Patrick

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 27,952

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

So uh this is pretty amazing

NYU medical school to give all students free tuition

Regardless of merit you say.

08-16-2018 , 07:14 PM

#992

ChrisV

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Seems extreme. How about a 30% tax when a foreigner buys a home in NZ and putting that money directly into credits whenever a legal resident buys a home?

Subsidising purchases as a solution for soaring house prices is like trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

08-16-2018 , 07:22 PM

#993

ecriture d'adulte

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Quote:

Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1

Regardless of merit you say.

Nice to see those 100 people who graduated at the top of their class at Harvard or Yale finally catch a break!

08-16-2018 , 07:58 PM

#994

microbet

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There's a lot of interest in Tesla's business around here. This may have an impact. Their energy storage business seems to be growing pretty fast. There is certainly plenty of interest.

https://calssa.org/press-releases/20...-flying-colors

08-16-2018 , 08:04 PM

#995

kerowo

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Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 37,190

Quote:

Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1

Regardless of merit you say.

You have to be accepted to medical school before you have to pay for medical school.

08-16-2018 , 08:07 PM

#996

Slighted

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

So uh this is pretty amazing

NYU medical school to give all students free tuition

sign me up. although i dont like sick people or old people, which may hinder my doctoring skills.

08-16-2018 , 08:08 PM

#997

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

Subsidising purchases as a solution for soaring house prices is like trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

Yeah, I thought about that, but you're also depressing prices when you tax the purchases. Don't you think?

08-16-2018 , 08:24 PM

#998

lycosid

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

Subsidising purchases as a solution for soaring house prices is like trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

If their problem is foreigners speculating or using housing stock as a store of value (I've read this is a problem with Chinese investors in Vancouver?) then it might be a solid solution.

I'm gonna go out on the sturdiest limb and say, despite knowing literally nothing about Auckland, that their real problem is that they aren't building enough housing.

08-16-2018 , 08:31 PM

#999

All-In Flynn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lycosid

I'm gonna go out on the sturdiest limb and say, despite knowing literally nothing about Auckland, that their real problem is that they aren't building enough housing.

If Auckland's problems are anything like Ireland's, then it's not enough to simply increase production volume via the same modes of production that are currently dominant. Incentivise a bunch of developers to build more housing than they're currently building, and they'll build even more housing of the exact same type as they're currently building - primarily high-end, luxury-type accommodation.

You need to increase supply, sure. But you also need to change the nature of the supply - you need publicly funded social housing, and lots of it. The market will not save us.