As of 10:37 EDT on 15 Oct 2020 the top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages in the previous 24 hours were from: 1. Donald J. Trump 2. Fox News 3. Fox News 4. Fox News 5. Dan Bongino 6. Dan Bongino 7. Dan Bongino 8. Dan Bongino 9. Fox News 10. Donald J. Trump (Source: https://twitter.com/FacebooksT...) Remind me how Facebook is "just a proxy of the left-wing faction of the government"?

Indeed. I'm still rocking a Core2 Duo E6600 on an MSI P965 Platinum. My game performance sucks but I did avoid all the SPECTRE and MELTDOWN worry and I still can use my LPT port device programmer. I pretty much ignore the future so I guess that's future-proof, in a way.

Could not agree more.

How does the US define "US-origin technology"? TomTom has development staff in Michigan, New Hampshire, and California.

It's an even bigger moneymaker to let people get the flu and then stick them with huge hospitalization bills.

Source?

I wish Chevy had revived the Bel Air brand for their EV.

Agree completely. I took a long drive in a Chevy Bolt earlier this summer, and fielded quite a few questions when I stopped at rest areas with fast chargers. There's a lot of curiosity about the technology out there--thanks, no doubt, to Musk and Tesla. Those manufacturers that are able to deliver a capable base model and charging solution that's accessible to the mass market will win this emerging market.

Heh, I'm going to have to remember this turn of phrase...

That is not at all what you originally said, and what you're saying is still false. The 2007 recession and financial crisis was not a normal recession, and there was never going to be a normal recovery. There was too much damage, and it was spread too widely. The GOP capture of the House in 2010, and complete intransigence in the Senate (check how often the filibuster was invoked after 2010) was what stymied the recovery. After the Democrats passed the ARRA in 2009 there was no further opportunity to improve the economy, thanks to Republican dogma.

In 2010 the CBO estimated that the 10-year cost of ACA reforms would be $940B, and that taxes and cost reductions would yield revenue of $1044T. Since then overall costs have come under projections, and have been below pre-ACA estimations. In other words, the ACA has saved the federal government money vs. doing nothing.

What rubbish. The 2007 recession and resulting financial crisis caused millions to lose their jobs, and turned large deficits--thanks to the tax cuts passed by the GOP--into gargantuan deficits. The trends for both of the labor force participation rates you cite (thanks for including the 2008-2009 data in your second set), as well as for the unemployment rate, were fully in place before he took office. And as for the Affordable Care Act, it was so unworkable that it dropped the uninsured rate by a third from March 2010 to Nov. 2016.

The Air Force should be abolished. Establish the Department of Strategic Warfare instead. If there's going to be a Space Force, originate it in the Navy and review after 15 years to determine if it should be split off into its own branch.

Does anyone know how this compares with other professions?

My wife discovered that generic lactase enzyme pills were much less effective then Lactaid brand ones. If you're wife is using generics the going with brand-name pills might help with occasional dairy consumption. What ended her lactose intolerance for good, though, was having our third child. No idea why, but something about that birth restarted the enzyme production. Not sure one can prescribe that, however.

I think Uber has adopted the "Move fast and break things" development model...