Last week I had a chat with an out-of-towner who said "I've never been somewhere with so many yard signs about local issues. The only signs I see in Florida say 'for sale'!"
So anyway, want another yard sign? I'll be at Headlands Berkeley from 11am-2pm handing these out on Sunday, June 14. See ya!
Finally omg
"According to the Trusteesβ report, the actuarial balance of [Social Security] up through 2050 β the amount of additional funds it would need to keep paying full benefits for the next 25 years β is 1.06 percent of GDP." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/social-sec...
The entire Iran war is just "Do Something: the War". We pick whatever is tactically easy and then backfill excuses as to why the tactically most easy action must therefore be strategic.
America can afford to keep paying full benefits. But will we?
paulkrugman.substack.com
"Before you even get to Republicans being bad actors" β No.
The *only reason* anyone gives a shit about California taking a week to tally votes is Republican bad faith. Stop pretending every fake GOP conspiracy has a kernel of truth to it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
When i go abroad to vibrant commercial districts particularly in Asia the commercial stalls are very small. Unless you like Gucci or Apple you dont need all that space and if you are a high end retailer you dont typically lease old buildings.