"Sphinxes also live in Trogodytice and Aithiopia. In form they are not dissimilar to the animals depicted in pictures, differing only in their hairiness. They are gentle in character, very mischievous and receptive to systematic training."

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endorse this view: Lisbon was maybe the worst food experience I've had since rural China.

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I know it's Ha Joon Chang but is there any actual evidence for the idea that increased share repurchases (or dividend payouts) reduce aggregate investment? Many speak as if dividend payouts & share repurchases = money sucked into a black hole, when, on 1st approx, it's reshuffling investment capital

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It's not hard to see why AIPAC is increasingly embracing the GOP. Among Democrats, unconditional support for Israel is rapidly becoming a fringe view, akin to opposition to gun control or abortion.

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Yes, and the specific people who talk the most about tolerance and welcoming are usually the worst NIMBYs. Queer Berlin is pretty uniformly NIMBY, and the same is true of queer New York and San Francisco; Jeremiah Moss is so misanthropic he welcomed corona because the tourists were gone.

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