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I know. But having lived in the same New York apartment for 30+ years, 250K doesn't cover it. Which sounds like a luxury problem, but makes it complicated and expensive to move.
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I know. But having lived in the same New York apartment for 30+ years, 250K doesn't cover it. Which sounds like a luxury problem, but makes it complicated and expensive to move.
Most sellers are also buyers. So it all evens out, no? And a lower sale price means a lower capital gains tax.
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most sellers are also buyers. So it all evens out, no? And a lower sale price means a lower capital gains tax.
Any Supreme Court case worth it's salt will involve constitutional principles in conflict. But democracy and the right to vote should win in every case. If we're not a functioning democracy, what's the point? That John Roberts refuses to see that is the worst form of malpractice.
December 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Any Supreme Court case worth it's salt will involve constitutional principles in conflict. But democracy and the right to vote should win in every case. If we're not a functioning democracy, what's the point? That John Roberts refuses to see that is the worst form of malpractice.
Nepo crybaby.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nepo crybaby.
Actually, Texas is doing a racial gerrymander in order to achieve a political one. And that's where the problem lies. Roberts is all in for political gerrymanders, which need to be outlawed. Race is the only remedy that remains, so we're left to fight this on that basis. But we shouldn't have to.
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Actually, Texas is doing a racial gerrymander in order to achieve a political one. And that's where the problem lies. Roberts is all in for political gerrymanders, which need to be outlawed. Race is the only remedy that remains, so we're left to fight this on that basis. But we shouldn't have to.
When you fight to the end, you both die. Face it, we have no real power till 27 - assuming we can win big in 26. All that matters is figuring out how to leverage what's been accomplished to that end before the shutdown became an albatross.
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you fight to the end, you both die. Face it, we have no real power till 27 - assuming we can win big in 26. All that matters is figuring out how to leverage what's been accomplished to that end before the shutdown became an albatross.
This was a no win situation. The pain was starting to spread and ultimately would've been pinned at least as much on the D's. They got healthcare front and center in the wider public mind. It'll be a killer issue in 2026. But can they take the win, and skip the circular firing squad?
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This was a no win situation. The pain was starting to spread and ultimately would've been pinned at least as much on the D's. They got healthcare front and center in the wider public mind. It'll be a killer issue in 2026. But can they take the win, and skip the circular firing squad?
Interesting. In the U.S. it seems monopolization is only dealt with after the damage has been done.
October 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Interesting. In the U.S. it seems monopolization is only dealt with after the damage has been done.
It would be nice if antitrust enforcement could be applied to the "operate at a loss for as long as it takes to reach monopoly level saturation" phase of the VC model. Did that phase always exist - or does it only work in tech, where network effects ultimately result in insurmountable barriers.
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It would be nice if antitrust enforcement could be applied to the "operate at a loss for as long as it takes to reach monopoly level saturation" phase of the VC model. Did that phase always exist - or does it only work in tech, where network effects ultimately result in insurmountable barriers.
Oops. Responding to the wrong thread.
October 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Oops. Responding to the wrong thread.
Yeah, so why is he just repeating cheap slogans even in a friendly interview? Okay, maybe he knows things I don't about what works. I'm still allowed to be disappointed. Especially since we're being asked to elect a novice whose track record is a history of dumb slogans he's backing away from.
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yeah, so why is he just repeating cheap slogans even in a friendly interview? Okay, maybe he knows things I don't about what works. I'm still allowed to be disappointed. Especially since we're being asked to elect a novice whose track record is a history of dumb slogans he's backing away from.
Well, this was the New Yorker Radio Hour podcast. And he did ask a few tough ones.
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well, this was the New Yorker Radio Hour podcast. And he did ask a few tough ones.
Freezing the rent for rent stabilized tenants gets you 2 million votes - kind of like "no tax on tips" in Nevada. But it ends up helping the folks that already have below market rents. Hurts landlords, does nothing for anybody else, and if anything, hurts supply. But, hey, we're electing a meme.
October 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Freezing the rent for rent stabilized tenants gets you 2 million votes - kind of like "no tax on tips" in Nevada. But it ends up helping the folks that already have below market rents. Hurts landlords, does nothing for anybody else, and if anything, hurts supply. But, hey, we're electing a meme.
Y'know what. I don't care what rich people think. I'm more concerned that he's running on stupid slogans like "freeze the rent". He told David Remnick that DiBlasio did it 3 times. David should then have asked "so, is New York more affordable now?". But Cuomo is such an a-hole that we're stuck.
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Y'know what. I don't care what rich people think. I'm more concerned that he's running on stupid slogans like "freeze the rent". He told David Remnick that DiBlasio did it 3 times. David should then have asked "so, is New York more affordable now?". But Cuomo is such an a-hole that we're stuck.
Clearly, the "drug boats" angle is a pretext. Venezuela *is* such a failure that a large % of its people are fleeing, and many gaming our asylum system. If you want, you've got better reasons to topple Maduro. After all, he refused to accept the results of his election loss. Oh, wait...
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Clearly, the "drug boats" angle is a pretext. Venezuela *is* such a failure that a large % of its people are fleeing, and many gaming our asylum system. If you want, you've got better reasons to topple Maduro. After all, he refused to accept the results of his election loss. Oh, wait...
Presumably, Trump likes this guy for his politics - and specifically his economic agenda. But if he needs a bailout, shouldn't somebody ask "what's so great about his economic agenda?". It's not a trick or gotcha question.
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Presumably, Trump likes this guy for his politics - and specifically his economic agenda. But if he needs a bailout, shouldn't somebody ask "what's so great about his economic agenda?". It's not a trick or gotcha question.
Because they didn't have the votes to do it. You can argue that Manchin and Sinema were traitors, but without them you'd have had McConnel in charge. The house and Senate had to get together and pass the best bill they could with 51 votes. But, well, way to fail.
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Because they didn't have the votes to do it. You can argue that Manchin and Sinema were traitors, but without them you'd have had McConnel in charge. The house and Senate had to get together and pass the best bill they could with 51 votes. But, well, way to fail.
I assume Mamdani isn't a NIMBY, but his "freeze the rent" will help the lucky few who already benefit from rent regulation, and will do nothing to increase supply. He shouldn't be given a pass on such simplistic pandering.
September 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I assume Mamdani isn't a NIMBY, but his "freeze the rent" will help the lucky few who already benefit from rent regulation, and will do nothing to increase supply. He shouldn't be given a pass on such simplistic pandering.
Yeah, and it doesn't help to throw up road blocks in front of the cheapest, fastest to build new sources.
September 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Yeah, and it doesn't help to throw up road blocks in front of the cheapest, fastest to build new sources.
Or just charge much higher rates for excessive consumption.
September 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Or just charge much higher rates for excessive consumption.
Not to mention the pyramid scheminess and money-launderiness of it all.
September 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Not to mention the pyramid scheminess and money-launderiness of it all.
AI is the tip of the iceberg on policies that the MAGA faithful will be betrayed by. They're ok for now with the crypto grifts and other blatant corruption. Owning the libs and anti DEI moves continue to sustain them, but only because the Dems are still painted into their cringiest corners.
September 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
AI is the tip of the iceberg on policies that the MAGA faithful will be betrayed by. They're ok for now with the crypto grifts and other blatant corruption. Owning the libs and anti DEI moves continue to sustain them, but only because the Dems are still painted into their cringiest corners.
Gun nuts convince themselves that *their* guns are the only thing standing between us and tyranny. What they seem blind to is that this country is nothing if not the idea that democracy is the thing that is meant to stand between us and tyranny. And democracy's likely to be lost before the guns.
September 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Gun nuts convince themselves that *their* guns are the only thing standing between us and tyranny. What they seem blind to is that this country is nothing if not the idea that democracy is the thing that is meant to stand between us and tyranny. And democracy's likely to be lost before the guns.
...and I won't discount the possibility that some nut case could take him literally and do real damage. But the left has to own up to an ideology that *equates* speech with literal violence. And the aggression can never be too micro. It's a weird narcissism that's helping drive us off the cliff.
September 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
...and I won't discount the possibility that some nut case could take him literally and do real damage. But the left has to own up to an ideology that *equates* speech with literal violence. And the aggression can never be too micro. It's a weird narcissism that's helping drive us off the cliff.
I think the headline is Klein's way of making the point that cancelling him (Klein) based on a, yes, inflammatory headline without addressing his larger point is part of the problem. Kirk and his ilk are bomb -throwing performance artists. Clownish wannabe stand-ups and fame whores.
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I think the headline is Klein's way of making the point that cancelling him (Klein) based on a, yes, inflammatory headline without addressing his larger point is part of the problem. Kirk and his ilk are bomb -throwing performance artists. Clownish wannabe stand-ups and fame whores.