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"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design."

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An 18-week season with two byes always made more sense than a 17th game. Revenue difference would be minimal. Also opens up occasional Tuesday and Wednesday games.

[Andrew Fillipponi @ThePoniExpress]

Incredible: Aaron Rodgers peels back curtain on NFL. Said a decade ago plan was for a full week of international games. Mentions Dubai as destination. But greedy owners wanted 17th game instead. Would have added extra bye for player health. He also rips owners for being cheap 😂

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New Orleans-based brass band The Soul Rebels gave an incredible rendition of the U.S. National Anthem before the first ever NFL game in Paris. @NFLFrance

PITvsNO on NFL Network
Stream on @NFLPlus

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@mehdirhasan @mattyglesias "The pardon power is limited to individuals indicted or convicted of federal crimes, and may not be exercised in the last 100 days of the President's term."

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@mattyglesias Assume gavage results in a liver 5x the normal size, and the liver is the only part of the animal anyone cares about.

Is gavage net good or bad for overall goose welfare? Does banning gavage result in more or fewer geese killed for food?

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@mattyglesias Not a reasonable idea.

That said, DC banning foie gras means more delicious pate for the rest of us, since I assume their aren't many goose farms in the district.

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@TPCarney It won’t be right away, but the only feasible way out of the current budget crisis is a VAT.

Taxes have to increase on the middle class (Europe has shown this), but increasing MC income taxes is a non starter.

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@goodlyvin @bdomenech Yes. Since Presidents appear unable to resist abusing the pardon power, we should amend the constitution to reform it.

Pardons for convicted or indicted federal crimes only, and none within 90 days of the end of a term.

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@bdomenech Think through this. If executive branch personnel face no personal consequences for implementing illegal orders, what constraints exist on Presidential power?

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@politicalmath @AshRust Not what she said.

The only way to constrain illegal action by the President is for those who would have to carry out the orders to fear personal consequences.

Your response is an excellent argument for a Constitutional amendment to reform the pardon power, though.

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@TPCarney I'm ambivalent on the death penalty, but the resources used to adjudicate death penalty appeals could almost certainly be better spent solving and prosecuting a higher proportion of murders.

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@MarkZlochin If this is your definition of genocide, and there's only one country whose genocide you care about, then your problem isn't really with genocide.

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@IMAO_ Even if she was in uniform (she wasn't), executing an unarmed, wounded soldier is still a war crime.

"She was once in the IDF, so it wasn't a war crime, it was another, very similar war crime."

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@IMAO_ Most use of paint isn't "art," but you can make art with paint.

Most use of a camera isn't "art," but you can make art with a camera.

Most use of AI isn't "art," but you can make art with AI.

AI's effect on film could be something like photography's effect on painting.

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@scottlincicome @DeHavenTad This is like the dark equivalent of Jimmy Carter deregulating air travel and creating microbreweries.

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@ltthompso @bdomenech “…at golden hour.”

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This is a way for Ken Paxton to avoid reckoning with the fact that the biggest drag on Ken Paxton’s campaign is Ken Paxton.

[Andrew Solender @AndrewSolender]

SCOOP: Ken Paxton, asked about the biggest drag on his campaign, said, "It's the war, it's gas prices," per audio obtained by @axios

He agreed he can't stop the Iran War and said: "I don't ... know what's behind some of the decisions."

w/ @StefWKight
https://t.co/Tf5k32LHJu

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@mattyglesias Clinton passed a deficit reduction bill on a party line vote, and in the next midterm, Democrats lost the house for the first time in four decades.

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@scottlincicome Sometimes I get the feeling that our President might not understand the relationship between the current account and the trade deficit, and the result trade balance would have on treasury rates and stock market returns. (Many places have no choice but to have trade surpluses.)

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@iowahawkblog In the NIL era, the incentives of the football program are finally aligned with the incentives of the University. Produce more wealthy alumni, have a better football program.

Pray that Harvard doesn't start caring about football again.