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Chevron takeover of Hess resurrects multi-billion dollar tax shield (www.reuters.com)

The tax shield is a little-known advantage to Chevron’s mega-takeover of Hess struck last month. The tax benefits are expected to provide the No. 2 U.S. oil and gas producer hundreds of millions of dollars in extra annual cash flow over the next several years....

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Seems like a 105 yr old tax law shouldn’t still be on the books so a rich O&G can avoid paying taxes on their monolithic profits.

Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war (cpj.org)

Editor’s note: The list below is CPJ’s most complete account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not reflect many of these casualties until we have fully investigated the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas...

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12 of the 42 journalists who died were bombed in their own homes.

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Here’s a map showing where the contamination is at its worst … and it’s terrifying.

Fort Worth has 7 contaminants and is 760% over EPA minimum reporting levels.

Phoenix has 2 contaminants and is 433% over EPA minimum reporting levels.

Vancouver, WA has 7 contaminants and is 352% over EPA minimum reporting levels.

Wilmington, DE has 7 contaminants and is 693% over EPA minimum reporting levels.

Edit to add …

Augusta has 6 contaminants and is 1606% over EPA minimum levels.

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The anti-intellectualization of America on wide display here.

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Cool.

Now can we please do NatGeo’s season 2 of Barkskins?

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The Directors Guild of America wasn’t on strike.

Neither was the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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Because Joe Bufalino, a first assistant director who committed suicide, was in the Directors Guild of America.

And the unhoused Toronto production assistant who was taken in by location manager are both in the International Alliance of Stage and Theatrical Employees.

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I never said it was.

You said “they” needed a stronger union, and I took that as you referencing the crew members who were affected but not part of the SAG-AFTRA union.

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I know people who did it for religious reasons and I know people who did it because their kids needed extras to be able to attend school at all, and regular schools didn’t have the staff and/or the ability, ie: one friend has an adopted son with FAS who, when he was stressed, needed to run outside around the building a few times before he could sit still for a few more hours.

He was finally able to graduate at 21 … a crowning achievement for him and his family.

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Every Sunday night I sit down to learn some valuable info from John … like what a pūteketeke has to do to get laid.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/c86a1865-9f6f-4d39-9230-617157b28ec7.jpeg

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Not much has changed since I had a student loan in 1989 for one year of college. When I graduated in '90 my interest rate was 12% and by the time I could pay it off it was 2.5 x what I’d borrowed.

edit – btw this was in Canada.

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Canada’s post-secondary education is cheaper for citizens, but the powers-that-be have decided to bring in thousands of foreign students - who pay through the nose - to help fund educational institutions who’ve been starved of gov’t funding for decades. And the rules for student loans have become more stringent than ever, leaving many unable to access them.

It’s just a never-ending cycle of bullshit that helps no one except the rich.

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Imo the real problem here is America’s privatizatiion of medical care, esp LTC homes. Why would a company do what is medically necessary to care for people when that costs more than doing the bare minimum … with staff having to follow cost-cutting protocols BEFORE calling an ambulance!

It’s no different than how for-profit jails let people die instead of paying for treatment.

America needs a complete overhaul of how capitalism works in medical care.

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Unfortunately you’re probably right. But the fact remains that if gov’ts don’t clamp down on unfettered capitalism it will end up killing us all … probably through a combination of poisoned food and water, and a medical system that will save the rich but let the rest of America die.

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“We are thus compelled to return to a society where taxes lead to tangible public services, healthcare is a given right, not a privilege and where schools are havens of learning, unmarred by the pervasive reach of politics.”

Canada’s gleaming palace of prosperity is actually a slum run by greedy politicians and hedge funds who just want to steal everyone’s money for themselves.

Born and bred in Canada, but if I could afford it I’d head to Europe as well.

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ACAB.

Every cop should be fired cause they all knew about it.

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Putin’s been linked to 5 superyachts..

I wonder how many Russians realize the breadth of his theft.

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That’s fair.

The other side of the coin is my ex-husband who rolled 14 joints every morning to take to work … and he smoked every one of them by himself.

There are people who are addicted, sometimes because of massive trauma they faced as a child/youth.

It would be unethical to disregard a study that simply disagrees with your personal preference or experience.

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Jayzuz.

The UN had better be looking at charging Israel with war crimes on shit like this (among other things they’ve done).

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Gov’ts would have all the paperwork needed to go after the companies … if they really wanted to that is.

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