"We don't want to say this out loud, but I'm going to say it, and the reason we need to be concerned is that Trump is smarter than us," the 69-year-old said. read more
Niger's decision to end its counterterrorism alliance with Washington came after senior U.S. officials accused the country's ruling junta of secretly exploring a deal to allow Iran access to its uranium reserves, Nigerien and U.S. officials say. The decision to end military cooperation with the U.S. was announced Saturday night by a spokesman for the Nigerien junta. It deals a serious blow to the Biden administration's efforts to contain a sprawling Islamist insurgency in the Sahel, the semiarid region south of the Sahara. read more
Project leaders estimate it will still need an additional $100 billion to finish what voters were originally pitched in 2008: a bullet train that runs between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A timeline on its completion has not been set as the authority waits for environmental clearances for those segments. "It's been tough to fund a project with something that has an expiration date," Kelly noted. "We're doing it in building blocks. We're giving you the portions we think we can get done with the funding we have." read more
Ricardo Lopez was long reluctant to raise the prices at his Mission District restaurant La Vaca Birria, where he serves succulent beef braised in a red broth packed into burritos and tacos. But as of late, he simply has no other choice to remain afloat. "I wish there was something else that I could do," he said. Just like seemingly every other restaurant in the Bay Area, prices have been increasing at La Vaca Birria, and customers aren't always accepting of the change. So in a recent Instagram post, Lopez addressed a customer complaint about high prices and broke down the reasons his popular grilled cheese birria burrito has gone from $11 a couple of years ago to its current price of $22. read more
At least five Palestinians were killed and one other wounded after a faulty aid drop in Gaza City on Friday. The casualties occurred following a botched attempt to drop humanitarian assistance from a plane, which ended up landing in a residential area in Sheikh Radwan, northwest of Gaza City, according to Al-Jazeera. Videos captured by local journalists showed over a dozen packages dropped from a plane falling at a great speed near the al-Fayrouz Towers area. read more
I have been into microcomputers since the 80's and saw back then their business model was to hold customers hostage once you joined the Apple cult.
#1 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON
All tech is affected by the network effect.
Of course they try to hold the customer hostage, it's leverage all companies try to attain since the beginning.
IBM then Apple was just better than most because of the platform where everything worked.
It's the old Cathedral vs Bizaar.
pld.cs.luc.edu
Sometimes the cathedral is a better product.
The original investments for this shell company came from China, Russia, and the Saudis.which for some reason isn't being reported in the press
- Corky
Not exactly DWAC was created with the help of ARC Capital, a Shanghai-based firm specializing in listing Chinese companies on American stock markets.
It is on NASDAQ
www.nasdaq.com
What did everyone think was going to happen?
Trump was defined as a whale in the trial. People want to do business with him, he seems to pay his debts.
We could go on about shell companies and fraud, but you'd have to bring Joe Biden into the conversation.
Maybe that's what Trump is doing??
Repubicans: "This will not work..."
#10 | POSTED BY CHUFFY
Well it doesn't take a genius to figure out this is gold for the NGOs, guaranteeing homelessness/mental health will never "disappear".
The state could borrow up to $6.4 billion to build (1) more places where people could get mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment and (2) more housing for people with mental health, drug, or alcohol challenges.
This will be great for the mental health care providers, a mental health care worker in Silicon Valley charges $150hr. California already spends $9,718 per individuals served by the states mental health agencies.
In San Jose they delivered "homes" for the homeless, which had toxic mold in them, now they need fixing. Its a never ending funding of money, all to feel good but not actually fix a problem.
sanjosespotlight.com
But at least the Democrats will lock in those votes, in California (seems redundant)
Does mental health care ever actually solve anything? OR is it just feel good to talk about yourself?
Effectiveness of Talk Therapy Is Overstated, a Study Says
www.nytimes.com
Seems to me a scientific approach would be study areas/cities where there are Little to no homelessness, and implement their policies over time.
For instance in Mississippi homelessness dropped 17%.
Needs such as employment, clean clothing, hygiene items and consistent meals, state-issued identification and obtaining vital records. Those are needs most people don't think twice about. It's not a practice to simply fill beds, said Reginald Wiggins, COC's coordinated entry coordinator.
Wiggins was out at the bus stop that night, asking the homeless community whether they'd take a bed at the local hotel.
ClarionLedger
I go back to dormitories, and care like in Mississippi seems at least something that has had positive results.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but There's no way insurance premiums have kept up with home prices.
- snoofy
Kind of incorrect, the price of the home is typically 70% location. Not the physical home.
Now the problem has been after a catastrophe, the costs of rebuilding the home are astronomical due to lack of resources both materials and labor after the catastrophe of so many homes being damaged.
Today in silicon valley it's about $500 a sqr foot to rebuild.
Many insurers were stating they would defer rebuilding and house you somewhere while waiting up to 3yrs. This was for a discounted rate.