shakethemonkey

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Comment · 3 years ago
If you purchased crypto via Robinhood but not used a self-custody wallet, it is questionable as to whether you own a digital asset. You actually own some sort of financial instrument issued by Robinhood and no control over any underlying asset.
Comment · 4 years ago
But a pallet of old academic books is unlikely to be composed of such books. It is probable that most of the books are worth less than the cost of shipping, and some of the books will have some value but not tremendous value. It is astonishing the number of wonderful, high quality books that can be bought on Abebooks for $1.
Comment · 4 years ago
This argument would be more convincing if the rest of the law treated the unborn as people, but largely it does not. You can't even deduct an unborn child as a dependent on your taxes.
Comment · 4 years ago
This is less giving authority to the States and much more taking away from the People.
Comment · 5 years ago
I wouldn't call this a decent recipe, since it doesn't explain how to prepare or incorporate the tomatoes.
Comment · 5 years ago
In this case Amazon would likely apply pressure to the utility company's regulator, if such discretion was allowed to the monopoly provider under their current arrangements.

That pressure would likely be successful.

But even if a datacenter is removed from one jurisdiction, Amazon is perfectly able to handle that loss immediately.

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Why is it at such variance with the BEA data? That is my question.
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But does it make sense that there would be a huge jump in that for 2019 but not 2018? This data smells.
Comment · 6 years ago
The generation immediately after WWII gave a glimpse of what was possible, before crafty people figured out how to siphon off the majority of that wealth to those already at the top. And over time, that siphon has grown stronger.
Comment · 6 years ago
While this is not untrue on its face, the bulk of the blame should go to initiating banks, who became more willing to make untenable loans because they could package and securitize the loans and sell them off to investors, avoiding the consequences of their own actions.
Comment · 6 years ago
How is this different from a taxi company? A taxi company can and will blacklist your address. In fact, it may blacklist entire neighborhoods. This happens today.

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