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This is indeed the case. Nietzsche taught that it is the overcoming of obstacles which makes us happy. And only this really makes us happy. But even then this happiness is only fleeting, just like the sensual happiness of sex, food, massage etc..it does not last. Goethe was asked if he had been happy in his life. This great man, who had experienced more in his lifetime than most men in hundred, replied "Maybe four weeks ". Ultimate happiness would be the absence of time. The absence of fleeting happness and transformation, but the presence of ever lasting bliss. Perhaps this is what awaits after death. Bill Hicks and other druggies told us we are all one with the universe, so do the mystics, and so do those who have had near death experiences. It is very regrettable there won't be orgies and people speaking Korean. It's such a pleasant language. There is wisdom in this though, because if you could experience the permanent bliss of an MDMA high for an extended period your body would fail after a few days at most. Your mind would be gone as you go insane with love and lust if the body doesn't go after a few days. Our body was not built for happiness, nor is our mind. Ultimately permanent bliss may be more satisfying than all the sensual pleasures. Who knows.

Undoubtedly it does persist still. However, given the requirements to notify regulators of purchases or sales of listed shares, it is not impossible for regulators to figure out whether insider trading happened or not based on certain information.

I do not buy that for a second, the homeless are not all mentally ill. They just fell on hard times, called poverty. That can, and does happen to anyone.

No women over 45. No old people generally. No ugly people whatsoever. Orgies all over the place, 24-7 Everybody speaks Korean.

Hahahahaha.... You've lost the plot. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Indeed, and some fund managers famously got into trouble for this backroom economics. It is illegal, when caught penalties apply.

I love Accuradio as well. Audials is another great option.

It's not just 2%, it's 2% for managing the fund, but also 20% of the profits they make. It's true that most managers did not beat the market lately, it was 43% who did in 2023. In 3 of the last 10 years it was above 50% but not since 2017. https://www.ft.com/content/d7d4b190-fe07-4fa3-9b42-164f4eee3c6b This has to do with market conditions. Markets are notoriously difficult and unpredictable lately. However, some of the star performers who do beat the market do so by incredible margins. This notion that funds are not regulated is complete nonsense though, and I'm not implying you would say such a stupid thing Swissie, I just read it upthread. Funds are among the most highly regulated financial vehicles you can imagine. This is because funds are quite dangerous for the economy, one, LTCM, almost caused the world economy to go into recession. Ever since then regulation has steadily increased. There are also extremely highly qualified, intelligent people on the boards of funds, reviewing the figures, ie the administrators, usually several teams of lawyers in different countries are involved in setting up these funds. I was a funds lawyer for over 15 years, and even in the Cayman Islands funds are regulated, unless they fall under exceptions, ie closed ended funds or large minimum subscriptions..

I didn't even know Trump did that. Every time you read about Trump he goes up further in your estimation. What a great guy. Trump did donate his salary The Trump administration announced the donation of portions of Trump's salary to federal agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Park Service and the Small Business Administration, according to White House briefings. These agencies confirmed to USA TODAY that Trump donated part of his annual presidential salary of $400,000. Cynthia Hernandez, a spokesperson for the National Park Service, referred USA TODAY to a 2017 press release that states Trump donated over $78,000 from his salary to the agency to restore two projects at the Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. Christina Carr, a spokesperson for the Small Business Administration, confirmed that the agency received Trump's 2018 second-quarter salary detailed in the White House press briefing. Trump donated $100,000 of his salary to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, in 2017, Kamara Jones, the department's acting assistant secretary for public affairs, told USA TODAY in an email. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/02/fact-check-partly-false-claim-trump-tax-returns-salary-donation/11132712002/

Paging Taylor Swift! Paging Taylor Swift! You better shake it off...shake it off.... Hahahahahaha...

So I don't have to pay electricity bill next month? Wooo Hooooo!!!!

So a bit like Kamala Harris then.

No, I understand that. However, if the courts had been inclined to weigh in on the abortion pill by mail issue they could have done so. Their refusal would indicate no great appetite for this. Especially after they were pilloried for the striking down of Roe vs Wade. Where do you get this stuff from, I claim that Trump's administration would refuse to obey a Supreme Court decision? What? Alito did not suggest Comstock is a valid approach, the plaintiffs had raised it so he explored the issue with all parties, that's not him saying Comstock is a valid approach. Why would Trump appoint an ideologue to the FDA? He doesn't even care about abortion. It's all pointless anyway: "The Comstock Act’s implications have been overblown by the pro-abortion side,” said Severino, who previously served in the Trump administration as a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services. Severino described to CNN a scenario in which misoprostol – the other drug used for medication abortion – would still be accessible to women seeking abortion in states where abortion is legal, since misoprostol also has non-abortion uses." If one pill becomes illegal, women in a state where abortion is illegal will use another drug, that also happens to have wide usage for other things. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/29/politics/comstock-act-alito-thomas-abortion/index.html

Thanks so you quoted that I did say it: "if a comprehensive case were to go before the Supreme court on restricting mail order pills for abortion they would not support it" There is no way Comstock will be enforced, there are already massive arguments against it applying to abortion pills anyway, no court would apply it to abortion pills. Why would the FDA embarass itself by going against its own decision, these are drug regulation people, they are not ideologues.

Dark roast is the way to go, good pot. Everything correct.

Like I said, if a comprehensive case were to go before the Supreme Court, their lack of inclination to grant standing here would indicate that they will not support restricting abortion pill availability by mail. And I certainly don't see Trump pushing for that. He supports IVF. It's not a key issue for him. To think the FDA would roll back its own approval is extremely unlikely. I don't think Trump can decide to start enforcing Comstock, it would be enforced in the courts, but that would never happen, it's a red herring. And who would push for this ban? You saw an anti-abortion group try to do so in the Supreme Court and they failed.

It was, but then made illegal again. It's a rollercoaster. https://regask.com/thailand-prohibits-sale-of-kratom-leaves/

"Defendant, do you have a Biden/Harris bumper sticker on your truck?" "Yes, your honour". "This court finds you guilty as charged" "Long like Ukrai......" "Goodbye, Mr Routh"....

It was the Supreme Court that halted efforts to restrict mail order abortion pills. "The US Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2qq1wqw3w2o Even where abortion is illegal women can procure these killer pills via mail and have abortions anyway. Given the above Supreme Court decision is it clear that if a comprehensive case were to go before the Supreme court on restricting mail order pills for abortion they would not support it. Comstock is a red herring, in any event it would not be Trump who would decide, it would be plaintiffs and judges. I was talking about the all encompassing abortion prevention effort which project 2025 envisages, Trump could never pass an abortion law at the federal level of that kind unless he has Congrees and Senate in the pocket, which is unlikely.

Here you go. Reading these nutjobs's ideas makes you terrified to think what will happen if Harris gets elected. She'll have to placate these nuts. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kamala-harris-public-health-agenda/

Project 2025 requires making abortion pills illegal, which the Supreme Court has already vetoed, their extreme abortion position is nothing like Trump's actual abortion policy. Trump couldn't even implement their abortion ideas if he wanted to, unless the Reps win Senate and Congress. Harris knows this very well.

One of the first acts of Joe Biden was to make face masks mandatory, look it up. Trump never mandated any lockdown, the stay at home orders were made at state, city and county level. Only a handful of states did it. However, if Harris would get in, she would be far more extreme with masks and lockdowns than Trump. She is already being pressured by Covid nuts who claim Biden did too lilttle and Harris has to do more.

As opposed to Kamala Harris claiming Trump will prohibit abortion and implement Project 2025, you mean? Harris seems to do a good job of preying on the fears of women and progressives, that is for sure.

A social justice warrior flip flopper who has no qualms to throw all her social justice principles overboard if she thinks it will get her votes.

I do believe fear is at the root of the extreme polices Harris and her supporters enacted during the pandemic. A hysteric and primal fear.