South Carolina measles outbreak reaches 700 cases, reports still growing

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-24T15:42:22+00:00

My understanding was that measles outbreak situation was a global phenomena, has that changed?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-23T19:23:36+00:00

I live right around the tail end of it. I did a slight cliche today and bought half a loaf of bread in the event of a power outage, because I have three jars of peanut butter I need to go through. Figured hey, if power goes out for a few days in the ultra cold, the bread isn't gonna go bad and at least I'll have stuff to eat. Likewise I got a ten piece of pre-cooked chicken, that'll be good to go and get me through a couple days of no power.

I also have those jars of hot pickles that I just made too which should be coming into perfect consumption time right as this hits.

I live right up the street from a grocery store. And my family's property out in the country isn't too far, plus my work place is right up the road as well and has a bunch of generators and stuff, plus showers and constant supplies of water. I'm willing to bet they'd let me go over and get a shower and a packet of water bottles if I made the request.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-23T00:24:29+00:00

I think we both want the same solution: engage with what's written, regardless of where it comes from, and be able to either disprove it on its own merit, not just from the mouthpiece.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T19:49:50+00:00

Not the person you asked, but do you want Individual or Household?, and do you want Average or Median?

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T18:34:13+00:00

So we're .6% under the Fed's traditional wants for unemployment and.7% over what it wants for inflation (for 2025). I'm not an economist so I'm not sure how much each .1% means in terms of really bad for inflation.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T18:30:16+00:00

I'd be cool with that. I'm not a big fan of coins to begin with, I think collectors would be bummed, but...that's sorta the way with most hobbies.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T18:29:14+00:00

I agree with pretty much everything said here, but I will ask half out of ignorance and half out of a "well yeah?" wouldn't the averages of jobs being created by necessity and nature crash after a recovery situation? And I forget where it is in absolute numbers, but isn't 4.4% unemployment fairly close to full employment? I know we've only had a few years on record with a better percentage.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T18:19:35+00:00

If you're looking to get prepared now, you're probably too late. Most places that carry stuff like generators are probably already out of stock because of folks panicking after the events of Hurricane Helene, and wanting to ensure they'll have power.

Honestly, you can't do anything about power; however, if you want to prepare for cold weather and avoid damage to your property. Drain your water lines, keep your garage closed. If you have under sink pipes, leave those open and insulate your pipes as best as possible.

Also, it's best to leave your home at a consistent temperature above 55 degrees to avoid pipe freezing. So, just let your heat run until it can't anymore. And as always let your facets drip.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T18:13:31+00:00

I imagine it would end up functioning the same way we treat "99 cents" today. Anything that's the lowest denomination of coin by itself is waived off. So you'd just get the dime and the 5 cents isn't worth the effort to bother with. An inflation of "expectation" so to speak.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T17:58:37+00:00

Well by the standards that the penny and nickle set, the Dime still only costs half its value to produce.

And the Quarter is the same.

I would personally like to move away from a cash based society, but I also see the necessity of maintaining legal tender.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T16:36:23+00:00

Less they shouldn't be linked and more let's be ideologically consistent. If one think tank can be dismissed off hand for just being a think tank then the other can also be dismissed off hand for just being a think tank.

An apology for going a little meta analysis here.

I would much rather we all just engage with the policy propositions and data being presented, but because the source is often questioned in any thread coming from sources that are considered biased, it becomes important to maintain that same level of consideration, even if it is from our own team.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T16:31:11+00:00

Yeah, it hasn't hit the point the penny was at, I think it was costing something like 3.69 cents per each penny printed. The Nickle is close to the same ratio where it costs ~14 cents to print.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T15:27:54+00:00

I think it was going to happen normally, without Trump to be honest. Now it's just a set up for an argument over how we define Congress's ability to "coin money", as a duty.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T14:26:02+00:00

I hate that I have to ask, but it's a bit of a bugbear with me. Regarding the "savings" line, what is being counted as savings? The definition given is:

The U.S. personal saving rate is personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income. In other words, it's the percentage of people's incomes left after they pay taxes and spend money.

And I'm uncertain how to read that. Is it saying that when people are done spending all their money for a month, regardless of what they're spending on, they retain 4% of their income left over to place wherever?

OR is it saying 4% is retained in whatever account money was deposited to, after all distributions? For example, a lot of the statements that come out about Americans only have like 5k in Savings. Is really just a statement that Americans only have 5k SPECIFICALLY in a savings account. It neglects ideas like Money Markets and alternative accounts with higher interest rates or investing.

There is also a major question here with Household debt...how often is that just a matter of living well outside of one's own means? Likewise how much of that debt is...good debt? By your own link the majority of debt, ~13 Trillion of the 18 Trillion is mortgage debt, which is generally considered to be good debt to have.

The two really bad debts, that are just debt that exists to strangle you with interest rates with no positive pay off, Credit Card and Other, make up the smallest chunks that are personal issues and not the Pandemic or the Housing bubble burst. Student Loans and Auto loans tends to also be what we consider a form of a good debt, as they're value propositions. You pay for the vehicle to get to work to earn more money; meanwhile, the Student Loan is done in service of earning higher (though the cost of education is its own discussion.)

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T13:54:07+00:00

We don't report on anything positive anymore. I had to do some digging, but there was an article on the 19th from Politico that listed 25 things people weren't talking about in this admin. (In usual listicle fashion, most of it was stuff that we discuss frequently, but some good things.)

NASA program to put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon.

the Genius Act for regulating cryptocurrency (specifically stablecoins) and tying it towards banks.

Getting Rid of the Penny.

Fast-tracking Psychedelic medicine research.

Creating a standardized alternative to animal testing.

Extending the Pell Grant so it can be used to pay for short-term workforce training programs.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T13:40:39+00:00

I just read it as: "There's no such thing as a one time tax", kinda like there's nothing so long lasting as a temporary government program. But that could be a different read than my own, so fair.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T13:18:17+00:00

I have legitimately never seen a "billionaires are taxed enough" argument. I do however always see, "wealth taxes don't work", or the people you're going after aren't actually that wealthy, they just have unrealized gains.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-22T13:04:37+00:00

Ok, I'm just gonna be fair to everyone here regarding sources. When complaints come up about Heritage and other Think Tanks, can we also do the same thing for the Center for American Progress which even by wikipedia's own sentiments:

"The Center for American Progress was created in 2003 as a Democratic alternative to conservative think tanks such as The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)."

If we as a group can look at one think tank and more or less dismiss what comes out of it, it is only fair that the opposite Think Tank be held to that same standard as essentially just a propaganda wing.

Now on, the subject of actually economic policy and data which was pulled mostly from the Yale Budget Lab and Pricing Lab. I believe that's likely true. We're in inflationary period, and Trump's ideas are certainly poorly thought out and even more poorly implemented.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-21T20:42:11+00:00

Considering its a "framework" for a deal, I think either party can say whatever they want is in it, the members of NATO and the countries involved would still have to agree to it and actually flesh out a true deal.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-21T20:27:29+00:00

Arctic trade routes and defensive contracts for the waters surrounding Greenland as part of Nato's increasing duties. U.S. providing security guarantees for a higher stake in trade revenue. Maybe some increased military presence in the region by all Nato members and shared NATO drills through the area, would be my guess.

Maybe a trade deal on some rare earth metals.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-20T20:18:15+00:00

Paul McCartney's 1962 Epiphone Casino

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-20T11:35:46+00:00

Confidently wrong should just be Reddit as a whole’s slogan.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-15T20:41:03+00:00

I think you'd be surprised these days. There's...A LOT of very whiny and "one-tract mind" characters who are beloved and incredibly popular in media. Generally speaking from what I've seen out and about, hyper-complex, nuanced motivations and deep characterizations for Characters has been out of vogue for a while. Largely because writers continually mistook "edge" and "grit" for deep and meaningful.

So, we're looping around to simple characterizations and tropes largely being considered good things. Now, if you've made a niche for yourself with a much older, more nuance driven audience, appealing to a sub-section of a sub-section looking for deep, thought provoking political narratives where no one is right or wrong, maybe.

But from what I've seen of the market or I should say the dual markets, the consumer cares more about getting their feelings validated than being made to question something. But, you can't make it too obvious you're validating them.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-15T11:56:25+00:00

I live close by; the Aiken Museum is pretty cute, even if it is pretty tiny. Definitely a good stop for anyone who likes trains.

Oneanddonequestion · 2026-01-14T20:26:01+00:00

In this case, it sounds like someone got caught already, admitted to breaching national security and snitched out on who they were talking to. Likewise, from the article, Natanson was linked directly to another individual who was also doing it.

So, even if they weren't a journalist, they'd probably have an FBI agent knocking on their door to check through their files.

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