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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

After a rise in cases throughout the last year, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is declaring an outbreak of hepatitis A. According to public health, hepatitis A cases tripled from 2023 to 2024, with 165 cases reported in the county last year. As many as 29 have been reported in 2025 so far. Hepatitis A is found in the stool of infected persons and is transmitted through the fecal-oral route. It can be spread through close person-to-person contact and through contaminated food or drink, public health warns. read more


Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Dogs have "extensive and multifarious" environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found. An Australian review of existing studies has argued that "the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised".


Monday, April 14, 2025

The still mysterious city was one of the largest in the world at its peak between 100 B.C. and A.D. 750. But it was abandoned before the rise of the Aztecs in the 14th century. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, said that the Teotihuacan altar was believed to have been used for sacrifices, "especially of children."


Sunday, March 30, 2025

The American embassy in Syria has warned all U.S. citizens to leave the country due to "the increased possibility of attacks" ... read more


Thursday, March 20, 2025

In the fiscal year that ended in June 2024, after giving out 2 million parking tickets, the city collected about $110 million in parking fines. Meanwhile, according to Mejia's data, it was spending $88 million on parking enforcement expenses like salaries and equipment. But when the cost of pensions and other obligations and liabilities were added to the mix, that figure jumped to more than $176 million. A $65 million shortfall. A $65 million shortfall when the city is experiencing a significant budgetary crisis that it needs to address. read more


Comments

Sounds like the Santa Clara Sheriff's office, only they got off.

www.sanjoseinside.com

But not all of them
sanjosespotlight.com

Laurie should ask Trump for a pardon given he's passing them out.

This kind of thinking is how you end up flying planes into buildings.
#17 | Posted by snoofy

Something I am sure you defended in the past.


The US government could prevent foreign ownership of our land by passing a bill. Many other countries have already curbed such foreign investment. Why don't the Republicans do that?

#25 | Posted by Whatsleft

Just more xenophobia. I own my home, you're claiming I should own my home?
Ridiculous.


They play for the same team and we're not on their team.
#27 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR

WTF are you talking about?

Fair enough, but tariffs will also serve to balance trade.


Please explain, because this makes zero sense, also why is "unabated" gov't spending a good thing?
#20 | POSTED BY ITCHYP

Imagine the trade deficit is 0. Now all the government spending/debt creation now has to stay IN the country. Given its printing money via Bond sales to foreign entities, This will cause inflation internally, also who would buy the treasuries now?
The beauty of the trade deficit is it allow the US to EXPORT dollars to other countries and IMPORT goods, alleviating some of the pressure of inflation internally.

Now lets say the trade deficit continues to increase, this allows the government to increase spending without concern about inflation because those dollars are exported.
The big issue is foreign countries using their USD in the US (buying land, treasuries etcetc), then the US would see inflation funded by the trade deficit, but typically they can't spend all the dollars as they need some to manufacture goods.
All those countries in your list had to do something with the profits, so they convert to US treasuries.

The US Government survives because the US IMPORTS goods and EXPORTS dollars. If it couldn't export the dollars there would be huge inflation as government spending is out of control, and no one to buy the bonds except at super high interest rates.


Tariffs also are targeted taxation, meaning some industries won't be affected by the Tax. Thats the best.

Madness...is it Contagious?

If the cops/laws aren't enforced it will spread.

I read a theory called "broken window"
en.m.wikipedia.org

Disorder is a signal, and the US since 2016 election has become extremely disordered.

But its not madness as in psych madness.

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