(Me: Thanks Joe!) Source: Wall Street closes its best week of the year with more gains – Los Angeles Times

(Me: Thanks Joe!) Source: Wall Street closes its best week of the year with more gains – Los Angeles Times


2020-08-16 01535-tod-018599 Milkweed Bug
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Democratic nominee unveils proposals to lower cost of living and propose ban on price-gouging by big companies
Vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled her economic campaign proposal in North Carolina to build what she called an “opportunity economy” focused on the middle class.
She said in Raleigh: “Your salary should be enough to provide you and your family with a good quality of life … such as, no child should have to grow up in poverty. Such as, after years of hard work, you should be able to retire with dignity, and you should be able to join a union if you choose.”
To lower the cost of living, Harris told the rally she intends to cut needless bureaucracy and red tape, pursue investigations of anti-competitive behavior in the food supply, and propose a federal ban on price-gouging in food.
Harris said inflation had fallen below 3% for the first time since March 2021, according to a recent federal report.
“Our supply chains have now improved, and prices are still too high,” Harris said. “Many of the big food companies are seeing their highest profits in two decades. And while many grocery chains pass along these savings, others still aren’t…
Harris also proposed a $25,000 grant for first-time homebuyers to help with down-payments.
“Under my plan, more than 100 million Americans would get a tax cut,” Harris said, proposing a return of the earned income tax credit and child tax credit, and a $6,000 tax credit for new parents.

हां, मैं बदल गया हूं, तुम्हारे हैं
इल्ज़ाम बिल्कुल सही…
मेरे पास जो था, वह तुम ले गई,
अब मैं वो रहा नही…
🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
Yes, I’ve changed,
your accusations are true…
You took away what I had,
and now I’m someone new…
.
–Kaushal Kishore
image: rck
“He owes us an apology,” John Boyd, Jr., founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, told me. The remarks, Boyd added, were “disgraceful, deplorable, dumb, degrading, and disrespectful to the nation’s Black farmers, the oldest occupation in history for Black people.”
…Vance’s assertions here are an inaccurate portrayal of the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, the federal program established through the Inflation Reduction Act. Contrary to Vance’s claim, applicants were not limited to Black farmers; Any farmer who had experienced discrimination by the US Department of Agriculture—including based on sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, age, or disability—was eligible to apply. Last month, the USDA announced it had distributed payments to more than 43,000 people in all 50 states through the program, which Congress allocated $2.2 billion for.


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Canon PowerShot – ƒ/3.2 1/125 4.5mm ISO400 – Savanna Portage State Park, MN

2022-08-16 02265-tod-051573 Fungus [Reblog from 2022]
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max – ƒ/1.6 1/132 5.1mm ISO32 – Fifty Lakes, MN
…“As far as I’m concerned, he made the right decision in retiring and going to Congress,” Bonnifield said. “At the time he retired, we hadn’t gotten alert notice. We had no notice other than ‘this could happen.’ It could have, may not have. So when he made the decision, there were a lot of other people that did at the same time, and why everyone was picking on him for retiring, I don’t know.” …The politicization of Walz’s service is equally disturbing, he said. “What we’re hearing from our members is, most people don’t care about what you did in the service, or what your exact job was, or where you got stationed, or anything like that,” Thomas said. “We care that you served, that you raised your right hand and that you did what was asked of you, and it’s clear from Walz’s record that that’s exactly what he did.”…“When a service member reaches 20 years of service, they can submit a request to retire even if there is time remaining on their enlisted contractual agreement,” said Army Col Scott Rohweder, Minnesota national guard’s joint chief of staff. ‘Their request is reviewed and must be approved by leadership.”
“If you do 20 years and a day and you reach retirement eligibility, you have done much more than many,” Lavigne said. “There’s absolutely no shame in the game in dropping your papers and walking and moving on with your life after 20 years of service. Twenty-four years of service is beyond the pale. The argument that comes from the people who are attacking him right now is disingenuous at best, absolutely dishonest at worst.”
Source: Walz attacked by Trump but military record shows honorable service | Tim Walz | The Guardian

(Me: National Public Data cannot be allowed to put off security and protection steps on individuals… they must take steps to protect data and be held accountable… They should pay the ransom and a combination of NSA, CIA, FBI, and FTC take down the cybergang!!!) Source: Massive data breach that includes Social Security numbers may be even worse than suspected – Los Angeles Times

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