Occasional Reader 8/8/2022 8:02:47 AM

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Reply to JCM in 3:

Instead, our public health services were taken over by OAFs.

JCM 8/8/2022 8:43:22 AM

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Senate passes Democrats' sweeping health care and climate bill

Yeah, more inflation, more taxes, less health care!

JCM 8/8/2022 9:07:54 AM

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Reply to JCM in 5:

87,000 new IRA agents.

JCM 8/8/2022 9:09:55 AM

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• Taxes on fossil fuels: These include a $6.5 billion tax on natural gas production; a “16.4 cents-per-barrel tax on crude oil and imported petroleum products”; and a $1.2 billion coal tax. All of these would likely raise energy costs for typical households.
• Taxes on corporations: The bill includes a 15% minimum tax on large corporations, which ATR argues will be passed onto consumers, and which will hit the manufacturing industry particularly hard as it is still struggling with supply chain problems.
• Taxes on medium-sized businesses: ATR says the bill extends a limit on loss deductions for “passthrough” businesses — S corporations and sole proprietorships — for two years, without extending a corresponding 20% deduction on income.
• Indirect tax on pensions through taxing stock buybacks: The bill taxes companies that buy their own stock back, ignoring the fact that doing so often raises the price of the stock. The tax therefore hurts 401(k) savings, and even union pension funds.
• Tax on pharmaceuticals unless they accept price caps: The bill imposes a 95% excise tax on pharmaceuticals that do not accept government price controls, which could affect the ability of drug companies to develop new treatments in the future.

Occasional Reader 8/8/2022 10:57:39 AM

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JCM 8/8/2022 11:14:11 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

It's almost like they intend to destroy the economy.

Oh, wait they DO.

Destroy the economy.

Blame capitalism.

Claim socialism is the way forward.

lucius septimius 8/8/2022 12:39:06 PM

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vxbush 8/8/2022 12:51:37 PM

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In #9 JCM said: Oh, wait they DO. Destroy the economy. Blame capitalism.

Certainly all evidence points to this. 

JCM 8/8/2022 1:29:45 PM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 10:

I so had a crush on her when I was i school.

Rest in Peace Olivia.

Kosh's Shadow 8/8/2022 3:45:09 PM

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I didn't do anything - just got here

vxbush 8/8/2022 5:56:32 AM

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JCM 8/8/2022 7:15:26 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

Thank Kosh, my picture must have been broken.

JCM 8/8/2022 7:24:34 AM

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Buzz has mentioned in the past about how building had double hung windows and transoms for natural airflow. I've talked about the hygiene hypothesis, where normal ambient exposure to pathogens helps build immunity.

Another item in that line of thinking.

Why Being Outside Is a Natural Way to Control Infections

During the 1960s, scientists working on biodefense research coined the term “open-air factor,” or OAF, to describe the germicidal component of outdoor air that was capable of killing pathogens and reducing their infectivity.4 Interest in the use of open air to promote health and reduce infectious disease fell away by the 1970s, however, and has remained largely ignored since.

In a review article published in Cureus, infectious disease expert Peter Collignon with the Australian National University is calling for urgent further investigation into OAF, particularly as it relates to COVID-19, stating, “We need to act without delay, as there is already sufficient evidence to show that public health generally would improve if more emphasis was placed on increased exposure to outdoor air.”5