Interesting- so are they a broker, or just guidance? I renewed for 3years, so I am good for now. It’s all so stupid - skimming off the top to provide a “service” that adds no value, or makes a chore that should not exist in the 1st place (choosing a power retailed) a little less odious.

You and your family go first Chip. Give up your government health care and tell us how it goes.

Oops, meant “whomst”. Typing TOO FAST

So many of my students are home with the flu. It’s not even December And the weather is fantastic. Crazy.

America here- I also pick Canada, Sweden, Germany.... my country is a shameful dumpster fire.

It’s wild, I had forgotten the whole paying porn stars thing. For any other president it would be a signature, defining moment of shame. With this POS it’s just one small point on a long, unrelenting timeline of vile and criminal behavior.

He doesn’t even care about his approval rating, as long as he has enough quisling republicans willing to fix elections.

thanks for the info! I am just learning about this, but if bipolar 1 is genetic but can be triggered by trauma, it seems like living in a stressful and unhealthy country, with so many stressors like lack of affordable housing, healthcare and nutrition, would lead to more severe cases and diagnoses.

Here is another. It seems from my cursory look at sources that Bipolar Disorder is more prevalent in the US, more severe, and with earlier onsets. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ugh. I am actually a JMU grad, though I haven’t kept up much since I graduated and left VA in the 90s. Have they gone after my Alma mater? Though JMU is was maybe always a little more conservative to begin with.

Here is one source, but you can find similar data easily from any number of mental health websites. By “so common” I meant I would have expected a lower rate than something above 2%. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Makes me think about the prevalence of public and private school uniforms nowadays and how it’s not great.

This is really huge. Texas flagship universities are now flaming piles of dogshit after less than a decade of rightwing shenanigans.

And if there a few rich people who are boorish and petty enough to actually leave because of a small bump in taxes, that further improves the city for everyone. A little more housing stock and fewer assholes at parties and in restaurants.

In just a decade they went from purity rings to teen sex slave positivity. Trump is a transformational president.