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Agreed. I used to train karate with a SWAT officer and someone else in that field. The modifications they made to our drills always stick with me.

For my son -- I started with karate kata. We worked through them without spending time on drills. I wanted the dynamic movements and overall athleticism. We also wrestled and watched BJJ videos, trying stuff for fun. I'm not trained in grappling arts but my brother is, so he'd train that stuff...

Re: Clark, I don't know if her contract is beneficial to her or the WNBA and genuinely don't care. I've never paid attention to WNBA salaries because it's well known that there's more money in overseas leagues for women basketball players. It's similar to how I don't pay attention to the...

It doesn't really say it's bullshit. The reality is that the article doesn't know and it can't be determined based on the information available. What is known is that the new movies haven't generated enough in profits to cover the cost. But all of the revenue streams aren't accounted for nor...

I don't pay attention to this rhetoric during campaigns. Biden didn't say anything about Clark, the NBA, the WNBA, etc. He made a bunch of generic statements. Women in sports inspire us. <-- True for the most part. Even if you're the best, women aren't paid their fair share. <-- Probably true...

It's a fairly in depth, albeit short, piece. I don't know the politicians or the history but it seems to be a decent analysis of the economic factors in several different countries.

I think Greece is hard to read because of the GFC and then Covid, they were sandwiched in the middle of that. But I don't know enough of either country's debt or approach to the debt crisis to speak more broadly than that. I don't much about south america's economic policy but just read this...

I'll be watching this with interest. This is going to be an interesting test case on austerity. We never get to see anyone go whole hog because the front end pain is usually enough to make governments pull up short.

Got it. You don't know the true extent of the problem so you're going to ignore any aspect that goes beyond your limited knowledge. That's fair.

He's rich people broke, not broke broke.

Which penalizes regular people, ignores people sleeping during the day, and doesn't do anything about greenspaces which are not gated/curfewed parks. You know, the 90% of my post that you ignored.

You think homeless people are only sleeping outside during the night? I walk to court several days a week for work. On any given day, I'll pass 2-3 homeless people sleeping while the working set walk right past them. In the winter, they're sleeping on the grates trying to soak up the hot air...

You think homeless people are only sleeping outside during the day? I walk to court several days a week for work. On any given day, I'll pass 2-3 homeless people sleeping while the working set walk right past them. In the winter, they're sleeping on the grates trying to soak up the hot air...

Yet I live in a major metropolitan city and it happens, especially with older people.

Yeah but I'm thinking the problem is bigger than that. Some cities have public seating areas near museums or places like that. Urban greenspace is where you're going to have the biggest issue. Places where people regularly walk on their way from one place to another place, usually beautified...

I try to wrap my mind around the legal argument that would make sleeping outside on public property is a fineable offense. Ignore how one feels about the homeless person or whatever. What is the legal argument? Trespass? On public property, that would require that they have a curfew or they...

Oh, it will be blatant interventionism. I thought you were referring to the corruption in the governments. We facilitated that corruption. Fixing it will require the same, if not more, intervention.

Tangentially, I did hear a great Trump radio ad the other day. It was some dad talking about Biden and then a narrator asking him questions like "Isn't it great how Biden provided millions of dollars for immigrants by paying for their rent?" And then the dad responds with something about how the...

Then you're in for a world of disappoint because the MAGA era, Trump GOP (and there are many people in the GOP who do not fall in that category) doesn't really want to achieve their agenda. They want to campaign on it. Any actual resolution of an issue hurts their goals because they lose a...

The issue with governance is partially driven by our constant intervention into their politics, from destabilization to outright regime change. The legacy of the Monroe Doctrine and, later, the attempt to prevent the rise of left-leaning political leaders (marxists and communists, lol). Just...