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I finally marked it down to $2.95. A young guy came by, perused the book, and said it looked intriguing. He had always wanted to go to Costa Rica. Success! A sale! That would get the ball rolling. After an hour, two more sales.
The upper elites, who are one-twentieth of 1 percent (0.05) of the world’s population, get richer, and the rest of us struggle to get by. More than half of the world’s population lives in semi-poverty, tormented by combinations of poor nutrition, homelessness or the threat of it, and inadequate healthcare.
What it also conjures up is making scapegoats of marginalized people who don’t fit into the category of “regular” American citizens. This “othering” of minority groups is the same ploy that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis used against Jews and other minorities to take over Germany in 1933.
Political observers have said Kennedy intends to sell his endorsement to whoever would be the highest bidder. Reportedly, Kennedy was willing to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in exchange for a role in her administration. But his offer was rejected, and he turned to Trump.
My bone marrow aspiration test results came back after about two weeks. I didn’t have lymphoma or other unusual cell. But I did have something: certain suspect mutations or changes in the cells collected from my biopsy. I reviewed the results with my oncologist. “What does it mean?” I was curious. It was not nothing.
In concrete terms, the expected carbon footprint of the 2024 Olympics is 1.6 Mt CO2 eq for 13 to 16 million visitors, or around 100 to 125 kg CO2 eq per person. This is relatively small compared with the average annual carbon footprint of a European person.
I wished he would come back soon, so I could see what the shoes looked like. For weeks, I’d had no appropriate shoes. The shoes I was wearing were patched so heavily that there was no space for new patches. Some spots were double-patched. My feet sometimes bled.
The Supreme Court’s decision does not end the case against the Fischer defendants, who will likely stand trial on their assault and disorderly conduct charges. But it may lead to the dismissal of obstruction charges, or reversal of obstruction convictions, for other Jan. 6 defendants.