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I won’t begin to pretend I know enough to pro/con that out. What I know is that the only reason we can’t have it already is a radical...

Yes we continue to hone in on the point that states like VA has rich people living there who make better choices than poor people. Their...

Even more important for the time period we study, the implementation of Medicaid and its later expansions to pregnant low-income women...

Money quote from the paper: The data suggest that residents of high-income states have enacted policies and adopted behaviors with...

Cool. Color me unimpressed. Let people smoke and die in a car crash if they sit fit Freedom is a beautiful thang

It seems to me that there is an alternative. Which is to bypass the Strait and use Oman as a transshipment hub. Look at the map...

eh no one is claiming that...it is a multitude of policy interventions...those two are prominent examples

It seems to me that there is an alternative. Which is to bypass the Strait and use Oman as a transshipment hub. Look at the map...

I think the pressure will build very fast to declare victory and get out of Dodge.

Making a great case why it’s so integral to own access to this key choke point. Similar to the Panama Canal. There’s a theme here boys

Most of the feedstock for sulfuric acid also transits through the Strait. Sulfuric acid is needed to extract copper and cobalt. Which...

Most of the feedstock for sulfuric acid also transits through the Strait. Sulfuric acid is needed to extract copper and cobalt. Which...

Now let's talk about food. 33% of the world's nitrogen fertilizer feedstock moves through the Strait. Half of all humans alive today...

Qatar ships 30% of Taiwan's liquefied natural gas through Hormuz. Taiwan has 11 days of reserves left. TSMC, the company that makes 90%...

The Australians need to have someone to make fun of for their incomprehensible way of speaking.