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Comment Interesting conflict of interest (Score 1) 388

I just found out that Bezos's announcement came right after his space company, Blue Origin, met with Trump!!! This was in the New York Times Oct. 27th.

Wow, what a morally superior person, with great integrity Bezos is!

What an opportunity for a big scoop on Trump's disgusting behavior by the WP, instead Bezos seemingly caved into the obvious threats, based on Trump's previous behavior. Trump did say over and over again recently at campaign stops, that he is going after his enemies after he is elected.

So rather being a statement of moral integrity like Bezo's represents this to be, it appears to me, to be an act of cowardice.

Upon reading this, I cancelled my subscription to a once great newspaper.

Comment Re: I'm keeping my Post subscription (Score 1) 388

The average person doesn't pay much attention to the news, the news media is more about entertaining than communicating news anyway. People get apathetic about the lack of news media with integrity, like the WP.

So when people who don't pay much attention to these entertainers, see an endorsement, they may read it to see why they endorse a certain candidate to avoid reading the mountain of entertainment bullshit normally published. It's like getting the Cliff Notes version of it. So it's important to see why they endorse a candidate.

Comment Re:So far.... (Score 0) 388

Why does a newspaper endorse a particular candidate? Isn't it enough that they report on all the candidates impartially and then let the readers make up their own minds?

Yes, wouldn't it be great if newspapers report on all the candidates impartially. If the newspapers and media reported impartially, then the horrific behavior exhibited by trump daily in the 2016 election and later, wouldn't have been normalized. Instead, his irresponsible behavior isn't called out for what it is. His outright lies would be reported as lies as well as any other candidate's.

Its not in the news media's financial interest to have an election not be close, or to decrease anger and division. So the news media are more than happy to betray society and normalize rebellions, rape, betraying your country, grift, greed, dishonesty and anything else that gets people to notice their advertising. Not to mention most owners are rich conservative people who represent these vices themselves.

Bezos's long term aims with the WP are now becoming more clear.

Comment Millionaires have special tax writeoffs (Score 1) 332

Remember that millionaires have tax writeoffs we mere mortals don't have access too, so they don't begin to pay the amount of taxes they should. It's also unfortunate, that the more money you make after a certain point(say $500,000.) the greedier you get, on average. The rich don't want to pay taxes, that's your job.

Comment Discovered in the 1990's or before (Score 2) 85

Scientists discovered this basic effect when they were investigating the effects of global cooling from soot pollution. They did not see the high rates they're getting now with the hydrogels, but it was discovered as a process in the 80's or 90's. Maybe scientists should search previous discoveries before posting new discoveries. Of course, then their would not be as many new discoveries.

Comment Bring it to a second hand store (Score 1) 106

In the U.S. we have stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army that recycle clothing, electronics, exercise equipment, kitchen items, etc. This way it doesn't go into the landfill. I have gotten my last several computer monitors from there as well as a lot of other stuff. I've even bought broken stuff and repaired it. Yesterday, I bought a bluetooth keyboard, air purifier and window fan from the Goodwill store.
If people would just bring their stuff to these stores we could reuse a lot of this stuff!

Comment Something Lost In the Study. (Score 1) 378

I roast my own coffee which is high quality before I even roast it. The coffee I make is not bitter, I don't leave it on a hot plate to get bitter, so I like it black. So what this article is really about is people who drink lousy coffee black. I do understand how drinking shitty, bitter, acidic coffee can drive someone crazy. Some of us prefer great tasting coffee, and are more likely to drink good coffee black.

So just because I happen to be crazy, doesn't mean it is because of the great black coffee I drink.

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