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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

The EU and China have both done it repeatedly when it makes sense for them.

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

This doesn't have measures; it's designed to create a situation where other countries are inclined to penalize the US for not meeting this goal.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 21 points 3 days ago

Sale of raw milk is legal in California, and the cows are widely infected. Bird flu is showing up in sewage in most of the state, which suggests that there are likely to be a whole bunch more infected people who don't realize what they have.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago

The Senate could of course do the right thing and refuse to confirm Kennedy or any of the people in his orbit. Not that I expect the Republicans who will be in the majority to do the right thing.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Exactly. Insurance handles low-probability high-impact uncorrelated disasters really nicely, and is worth paying for to protect against those.

Correlated disasters require public policy and shared infrastructure to lower their risk and the extent to which people are exposed to them.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They held a hearing today.

Actually passing a law or spending money to change the situation would mean getting the House of Representatives on board, and Republicans have a majority there.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago

Exactly. I'll vote for the kind of politician I want in the primary, and vote tactically for the one who is closest to my views, but who stands something of a chance of winning in the general.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

What's going on here is that Sheldon Whitehouse, the Democratic Senator, held a hearing which made data about insurance drops and rate increases public. That's creating a news cycle about it

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You probably can't pay out of pocket to replace your house if it burns down.

This article is about homeowners insurance, not health insurance

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago

Both sides do raise money to operate, but the people funding the two parties are, to a very large extent, different.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago

This is one making the case that it's not in the interest of the US to export more gas. It's hopefully going to create a bit of a political barrier to approving more exports in the future.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago

People have been talking about it for years, but it's now written up in an official report

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