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Yesterday, Congress finally passed the must-pass, end-of-year budget bill. As usual, the bill was stalled to the last moment, so Congressjerks could cram the 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion package with special favors for their donors, at the expense of the rest of the country. 1/ A living room scene, featuring a sofa in the background and
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This year's package included a pair of especially egregious doozies, which were reported out for @TheProspect by @leee_harris ( a grotesque retirement giveaway for the ultra-rich) and @dorajfacundo ( a safety giveaway to @Boeing and its lethal fleet of #737Max aircraft). 3/
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Thread: it is , anyway, only a costly loan son of #QE, and unintended consequences abound. Here are some, in no particular order: (/)
@Halsrethink @amlivemon @nglinsman @chigrl @DavidBCollum @DiMartinoBooth
1. of course, there are not enough super rich to go around so this would trickle down to middle income / middle wealth families. Moreover, will pension plans be excluded? #401K, #IRAs? (/)
2. but let's assume there are: what will be the evaluation price? taxing EARNED financial income means that demand has balanced the supply generating that income. In this case, since no stake gets sold, that won't happen.(/)
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Voor wie het gisteravond gemist heeft:
een iconische (niet meer aktieve) deels Nederlandse satelliet, #IRAS, is in gevaar. Gisteren waarschuwde het commerciële SSA bedrijf @LeoLabs_Space voor een zeer dichte nadering (nominaal 15-50m) op 30 Jan 00:39:36 NL tijd.
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IRAS is een iconische satelliet die we met recht tot het Nederlandse #erfgoed in de ruimte mogen rekenen. Ze heeft een zeer belangrijke rol gespeeld in de NL infra-rood astronomie en is vrijwel geheel in NL gebouwd (het project was een samenwerking van NL, VK en USA) Image
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De andere satelliet, SSGE 4/POPPY 5B is een oude Amerikaanse militaire SIGINT satelliet uit 1967. Het POPPY programma was een vroege voorloper van de huidige NOSS satellieten. Net als IRAS is ze al lang niet meer operationeel.
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