The reconciliation plan has too many parts, often half-assed (like Medicare dental but not until 2028). Dems should pick three priorities -- I say child credit, Medicare & climate infrastructure -- do them well and SOON, and drop the rest. businessinsider.com/democrats-pelo…
The marketing of this bill has been just asinine because it is such a grab bag. Trying to claim it's "infrastructure" when it mostly isn't only further confuses the issue. If you want people to care if it passes, it has to be comprehensible what's in it. businessinsider.com/democrats-pelo…
I think liberals are greatly overstating the political stakes of passing this bill -- COVID and economy matter way more; this fight has been incomprehensible to voters, if noticed it at all -- but it is an *opportunity* to do a few things that get noticed. businessinsider.com/democrats-pelo…
Medicare dental but not until 2028 is a particular LOLSOB thing. Look at the actuarial tables -- how many of the voters you're trying to woo with that program will be dead by 2028? If you're going to do it, make it a priority and do it ASAP. businessinsider.com/democrats-pelo…

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On my way back from Britain to the US, I would note: while the fuel shortage is obvious and a serious annoyance to the people I spoke with about it, it's not like a "Children of Men" situation or anything.
London feels normal, there are taxis, we went into the countryside and saw gas stations with long lines and gas stations with modest lines (and closed gas stations), people are going about their business.
There is a deep market for "I told you so" stories about Brexit. I think Remain had the better argument mostly because there's now no good solution for the Irish border. But much of the Remain case was premised on the wrong idea that sovereignty isn't worth bearing certain costs.
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If localities in California were allowed to tax real estate more intensively, they might be more inclined to allow more building
People don’t really think of it as a real estate book, but I think the last chapter of PJ O’Rourke’s “Parliament of Whores” is a really incisive look at why voters in localities make choices about land use that are both bad and against their purported ideological commitments.
It’s where O’Rourke, a self-described libertarian, describes how he and fellow residents in his New Hampshire town voted to kill an otherwise-legal townhouse development that wouldn’t have thrown off enough tax revenue to support the services its residents would consume.
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Congressional jobs are prestigious, and if you don’t like working there, find it too stressful, you can find a different job with a more congenial work style somewhere else. I don’t appreciate this whining. (Your boss doesn’t like errors? Poor thing.) buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/addyba…
Sometimes their work hours interfered with their personal lives!
Right, but also not all non-optimized personnel management is news. Are you kind of a bad boss and people quit because of it? Well, that’s too bad for your organization, and also how a labor market works, especially a tight one.
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So, Emma Raducanu. Pretty good!
I like when random people dominate things!
Try not to think about how you’re twice as old as her and have accomplished much less.
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I tried something new with tomato sauce last night. Serves 8: Sauté 1/2 lb chopped bacon until mostly rendered; add 3 shallots sliced into rings and cook until softened; add 3 cloves minced garlic and 2 small red chiles, chopped, and cook until fragrant…
Add 1/2 cup tomato paste and cook about 1 minute; add 1/2 cup red wine and cook until mostly evaporated; add 2, 28-oz cans crushed tomatoes, simmer about 15 minutes. Add chopped basil and salt and pepper to taste. Great depth of flavor from the wine, tomato paste, bacon & chiles.
Some people have asked what kind of pasta with this. I did penne, but would also work with spaghetti or bucatini I think. And yes, I am aware of amatriciana and know I did not invent the bacon-tomato-hot pepper combination, though I’ve never seen wine in amatriciana.
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