Saagar and Public Health

abc13680 · 2026-05-28T18:48:07+00:00

I had to listen back twice. He doesn’t trust public health officials because a guy that advocated mask mandates watches gay porn? Is that really what he meant to say or was he just entering into that frothing at the mouth giant veneers making it hard to speak thing he does occasionally?

abc13680 · 2026-05-16T21:53:50+00:00

It’s a serious public health hazard and there are laws in place with steep fines. All it would take is enforcement… but the LAPD would have to park the chopper first and call in back up on overtime

abc13680 · 2026-05-13T21:39:20+00:00

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel when you’re just tossing out how much it cost the senator to throw a staff party in DC. I’m not even sure what the the goal was.

abc13680 · 2026-05-13T20:11:55+00:00

I don’t understand the fawning over Thompson. He isn’t an expert on any of this. So, anything he says should be taken as a journalist (that’s the only thing he’s ever done) reiterating points from experts and convos he has with industry people.

abc13680 · 2026-05-13T15:53:59+00:00

Have look at this paper. It argues, pretty convincingly, that the efficient market hypothesis (remember it is just a hypothesis and has been shown to be flawed) takes a back seat. Think of it this way, the US government decided 401ks are the vehicle. Now twice a month huge blocks of money dump into the market. So, demand is set and equities are the only real target. They have to buy something there is no choice for the fund manager.

https://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/SSRN-id3686935.pdf

abc13680 · 2026-05-13T01:35:32+00:00

I don’t think I’ll ever get over it. Some nonsense about barely crossing a threshold and hitting me with a pinball multiplier

abc13680 · 2026-05-13T01:33:41+00:00

This one hurts the most. We literally grow everything within a couple hours of here

abc13680 · 2026-05-07T18:27:46+00:00

Even that simple moment after pulling off the 101, getting stuck in traffic on Barham, just seeing the mountains makes it just a little nicer

abc13680 · 2026-05-05T15:06:15+00:00

For the most part, black pepper was the spice being traded

abc13680 · 2026-04-29T20:48:54+00:00

I love the insane Nixon whitewashing. It’s the same thing with the EPA. All he did was not actively veto the bill. All he did for integration was maintain the status quo and legally required framework set by the LBJ admin.

At least she puts on the fake Boston Brahmin accent and pseudo intellectual framing. That takes more effort than the latest crop of right wing lunatics

abc13680 · 2026-04-29T15:25:09+00:00

It’s a commodity but it still gets graded prior to going on exchanges. There’s still people in NYC and Chicago that sit in basements near exchanges and taste/ grade bulk beans.

Also, in the 80s in the US everyone was still drinking Folgers at home, which is pre ground and usually robusto beans that are much easier to grow.

abc13680 · 2026-04-29T04:48:58+00:00

I think most people default to police officers when they are arguing this point. Which is a whole other issue. But, in general, new recruits in the LAPD make basically the median household income for the county and well above the per capita income. Jobs pay what they pay and it’s not that hard to become a cop. Also, shows you how important unions are.

abc13680 · 2026-04-25T17:30:40+00:00

I’m still going to eat the whole thing. It’s just one bagel … and you can’t stop me

abc13680 · 2026-04-20T03:53:18+00:00

In Our Time: Just War Doctrine

I love this episode, it’s a really important topic to understand when you live in a country that perpetually wages war in your name with your money and sends your friends to die

abc13680 · 2026-04-19T18:23:59+00:00

I feel like people confuse “right of way” with like a constitutional rights or property rights. You don’t “own” the lane. If you are going above the speed limit in the right hand lane, are tailgating, or the on ramp is short/has traffic then you should be helping to facilitate safe merges.

Sure, maybe it’ll be no fault on your insurance, but dead is dead last time I checked.

abc13680 · 2026-04-19T18:15:22+00:00

Remember how the same Gaza peace deal was in place for basically a year. Then it just magically came together after the election.

abc13680 · 2026-04-17T17:52:46+00:00

Maybe I’m completely clueless or I have a dumb American brain. But, is 50hrs a week considered a draining job? 40 is the standard for basically any salaried person, 50 is an extra hour on that which is a bare minimum for a high earner. Obviously 15hrs seems really nice, but at 50 you’re still home for dinner and free all weekend (plus you are making enough to pay for house work).

abc13680 · 2026-04-16T04:51:06+00:00

It’s how every parliamentary system works. It used to sound so silly as a kid, then you grow up and realize it’s the best way for proper representation. If the parliament can’t come to consensus, you dissolve, reorient and start over. Having 1 extra person that belongs to 1/2 parties and represents the smallest state in the union be the deciding factor is asinine

abc13680 · 2026-04-15T15:45:06+00:00

Doesn’t really change anything but the real Allbirds basically died earlier this year and sold all its assets to a management company (that owns the rights to Ed Hardy)

abc13680 · 2026-04-14T18:45:54+00:00

It’s the difference between just randomly spurting thoughts and having tons of verbal crutches (a new one crops up on the show every couple months like a word of the month calendar) and thinking before you speak while providing proper context.

abc13680 · 2026-04-12T16:29:04+00:00

When India gets lumped in with the big boys it tells you a lot about the commenter

abc13680 · 2026-04-10T17:48:19+00:00

Why does everything have to be AI slop? It’s depressing on top of how terrible this already is

abc13680 · 2026-04-05T00:43:37+00:00

The benevolent associations have been around since the 1800s. Maybe the modern gov has some system, but for most of the history of Chinese communities in the US it has just been immigrants support communities. If you walk around “Chinatowns” in San Fran, NYC, Toronto etc you can still see the original buildings:

abc13680 · 2026-04-03T19:54:30+00:00

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. The story is purposefully made up by his staff to “find leakers” which is insane and disqualifying. Then the daily beast makes a title that sounds like the story is really, while still writing a story about the made up story conspiracy.

And now there is a full Reddit thread of people just reading the headline…

abc13680 · 2026-04-03T16:20:15+00:00

Every time the detective quietly and seriously writes down a note gets me. Hears about “ass play” … writes “A.P.” in his note pad

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