POPULARITY
Pela primeira vez na história um time nordestino é líder do segundo turno! Parabéns ao LAION! NTJ! Parem de falar mal do meu cristal que perdeu a vesícula. E a convocação do Dorival?
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On green, published by Joe Carlsmith on March 21, 2024 on LessWrong. (Cross-posted from my website. Podcast version here, or search for "Joe Carlsmith Audio" on your podcast app. This essay is part of a series that I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far. Warning: spoilers for Yudkowsky's "The Sword of the Good.") "The Creation" by Lucas Cranach (image source here) The colors of the wheel I've never been big on personality typologies. I've heard the Myers-Briggs explained many times, and it never sticks. Extraversion and introversion, E or I, OK. But after that merciful vowel - man, the opacity of those consonants, NTJ, SFP... And remind me the difference between thinking and judging? Perceiving and sensing? N stands for intuition? Similarly, the enneagram. People hit me with it. "You're an x!", I've been told. But the faces of these numbers are so blank. And it has so many kinda-random-seeming characters. Enthusiast, Challenger, Loyalist... The enneagram. Presumably more helpful with some memorization... Hogwarts houses - OK, that one I can remember. But again: those are our categories? Brave, smart, ambitious, loyal? It doesn't feel very joint-carving... But one system I've run into has stuck with me, and become a reference point: namely, the Magic the Gathering Color Wheel. (My relationship to this is mostly via somewhat-reinterpreting Duncan Sabien's presentation here, who credits Mark Rosewater for a lot of his understanding. I don't play Magic myself, and what I say here won't necessarily resonate with the way people-who-play-magic think about these colors.) Basically, there are five colors: white, blue, black, red, and green. And each has their own schtick, which I'm going to crudely summarize as: White: Morality. Blue: Knowledge. Black: Power. Red: Passion. Green: ...well, we'll get to green. To be clear: this isn't, quite, the summary that Sabien/Rosewater would give. Rather, that summary looks like this: (Image credit: Duncan Sabien here.) Here, each color has a goal (peace, perfection, satisfaction, etc) and a default strategy (order, knowledge, ruthlessness, etc). And in the full system, which you don't need to track, each has a characteristic set of disagreements with the colors opposite to it... The disagreements. (Image credit: Duncan Sabien here.) And a characteristic set of agreements with its neighbors...[1] The agreements. (Image credit: Duncan Sabien here.) Here, though, I'm not going to focus on the particulars of Sabien's (or Rosewater's) presentation. Indeed, my sense is that in my own head, the colors mean different things than they do to Sabien/Rosewater (for example, peace is less central for white, and black doesn't necessarily seek satisfaction). And part of the advantage of using colors, rather than numbers (or made-up words like "Hufflepuff") is that we start, already, with a set of associations to draw on and dispute. Why did this system, unlike the others, stick with me? I'm not sure, actually. Maybe it's just: it feels like a more joint-carving division of the sorts of energies that tend to animate people. I also like the way the colors come in a star, with the lines of agreement and disagreement noted above. And I think it's strong on archetypal resonance. Why is this system relevant to the sorts of otherness and control issues I've been talking about in this series? Lots of reasons in principle. But here I want to talk, in particular, about green. Gestures at green "I love not Man the less, but Nature more..." ~ Byron What is green? Sabien discusses various associations: environmentalism, tradition, family, spirituality, hippies, stereotypes of Native Americans, Yo...
Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On green, published by Joe Carlsmith on March 21, 2024 on LessWrong. (Cross-posted from my website. Podcast version here, or search for "Joe Carlsmith Audio" on your podcast app. This essay is part of a series that I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far. Warning: spoilers for Yudkowsky's "The Sword of the Good.") "The Creation" by Lucas Cranach (image source here) The colors of the wheel I've never been big on personality typologies. I've heard the Myers-Briggs explained many times, and it never sticks. Extraversion and introversion, E or I, OK. But after that merciful vowel - man, the opacity of those consonants, NTJ, SFP... And remind me the difference between thinking and judging? Perceiving and sensing? N stands for intuition? Similarly, the enneagram. People hit me with it. "You're an x!", I've been told. But the faces of these numbers are so blank. And it has so many kinda-random-seeming characters. Enthusiast, Challenger, Loyalist... The enneagram. Presumably more helpful with some memorization... Hogwarts houses - OK, that one I can remember. But again: those are our categories? Brave, smart, ambitious, loyal? It doesn't feel very joint-carving... But one system I've run into has stuck with me, and become a reference point: namely, the Magic the Gathering Color Wheel. (My relationship to this is mostly via somewhat-reinterpreting Duncan Sabien's presentation here, who credits Mark Rosewater for a lot of his understanding. I don't play Magic myself, and what I say here won't necessarily resonate with the way people-who-play-magic think about these colors.) Basically, there are five colors: white, blue, black, red, and green. And each has their own schtick, which I'm going to crudely summarize as: White: Morality. Blue: Knowledge. Black: Power. Red: Passion. Green: ...well, we'll get to green. To be clear: this isn't, quite, the summary that Sabien/Rosewater would give. Rather, that summary looks like this: (Image credit: Duncan Sabien here.) Here, each color has a goal (peace, perfection, satisfaction, etc) and a default strategy (order, knowledge, ruthlessness, etc). And in the full system, which you don't need to track, each has a characteristic set of disagreements with the colors opposite to it... The disagreements. (Image credit: Duncan Sabien here.) And a characteristic set of agreements with its neighbors...[1] The agreements. (Image credit: Duncan Sabien here.) Here, though, I'm not going to focus on the particulars of Sabien's (or Rosewater's) presentation. Indeed, my sense is that in my own head, the colors mean different things than they do to Sabien/Rosewater (for example, peace is less central for white, and black doesn't necessarily seek satisfaction). And part of the advantage of using colors, rather than numbers (or made-up words like "Hufflepuff") is that we start, already, with a set of associations to draw on and dispute. Why did this system, unlike the others, stick with me? I'm not sure, actually. Maybe it's just: it feels like a more joint-carving division of the sorts of energies that tend to animate people. I also like the way the colors come in a star, with the lines of agreement and disagreement noted above. And I think it's strong on archetypal resonance. Why is this system relevant to the sorts of otherness and control issues I've been talking about in this series? Lots of reasons in principle. But here I want to talk, in particular, about green. Gestures at green "I love not Man the less, but Nature more..." ~ Byron What is green? Sabien discusses various associations: environmentalism, tradition, family, spirituality, hippies, stereotypes of Native Americans, Yo...
莎莎重感冒(从开头可以听出来吧)所以提前放出了跟学姐一起录的内容~去学姐幼儿园参观不是专业设备,请大家见谅!邱天学姐之前写过公众号很多很好的内容,指路:阿肉阿团对娃的内容感兴趣的,指路:Ep.46 怀孕后我还是个女的吗?一边孕育生命一边思考男女平等Ep.68 孕期知识畅谈:从喝酒吃生鱼片到怎么做运动维持营养和体重,35W总结Ep.74 顺产经历+独立带娃:这一周我们经历了前所未有的人生体验Ep.80 跟婴儿一起学习睡眠:你的睡眠仪式是什么?Ep.88 那些童真和单纯:原来我们的生活如此美妙,祝大家儿童节快乐Ep.94 乌兰察布的凉爽+呼和浩特的牛排,都不如第一次带娃出门来的猛烈Ep.104 十一奶奶姥姥抢娃大战,还有那些我们突然发现的血脉觉醒!Ep.110 结婚生娃就是失去自我?有娃后的真实生活写照 - 你值得体验!Ep.116 带娃旅行的松弛感?那是没有的事!特种兵广州之行!主理人coupleEric:15年篮球玩家退役 10年康复撸铁 4年赛车手 2年Crossfiter 1年铁三运动员莎莎:藤校毕业创业5年的yogi MomentZ迷之创始人微博小红书抖音b站如果有就都是 @莎莎Pluss @楼长Eric[00:40] 把养孩子做成了事业,从0-3岁daycare和3-6岁的幼儿园[04:10] 高质量的自主带娃是需要社会支持的[07:50] 好的老师和日托会让宝宝的安全感有多个支点,不好的机构和老师无论多大送拖都有可能有心理阴影[09:15] 多大送日托最合适?当大人ready的时候就是最合适的时候。你的焦虑和没准备好的情绪是会传达给宝宝的[15:00] 送托过度重要的是给宝宝建立预期和日程表[20:00] 挑选日托最重要的是进托观察,观察孩子的反映,因为他们不会假装![26:30] 好的老师是最重要的:孩子的自由度就是老师专业度的最好体现,而蒙氏只是筛选老师的一种方式[32:00] 蒙氏vs. RIE理念适合不同年龄的宝宝[38:00] NTJ莎莎非要一个托育选择checklist[44:33] 托育幼儿园分龄混龄:霸凌和混龄无关[48:30] 随时看监控的执念?[54:00] 阿姨vs. 日托 纵观世界各地带娃产业发展,中国还有很长的路要走![1:01:00] 业内八卦:小小班的老师太难招了!
Episode 2 – VAD and crime Thank you for listening to The Brief Case! A podcast for lawyers, hosted by lawyer and cartoonist Sarah-Elke Kraal. Catch us on Instagram (#briefcasepod) and the world wide web: www.briefcasepod.com. Thanks for subscribing and sharing this show with your lawyer friends! My guests in this episode are: Ruthie Jeanneret, PhD Student and Senior Research Assistant, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Nick Dore, Managing Principal, Fisher Dore Lawyers, and Accredited Specialist (Criminal Law) — Qld Show them some love! 1. Voluntary Assisted Dying update with Ruthie Jeanneret Ruthie discusses: NTJ v NTJ (Human Rights) [2020] VCAT 547 (5 May 2020) — a decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Human Rights Division Ruthie mentions: The Queensland Law Reform Commission's Report — A legal framework for voluntary assisted dying [Report No. 79 (May 2021)] This discussion relevant specifically to: The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 (Qld), passed in September 2021, effective 1 January 2023. 2. Criminal practice update with Nick Dore Nick discusses: s133, Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld)—Compounding a crime.
Discover your personality type free: https://www.udja.app/ CS Joseph Responds to the Acolyte member question, how to NTJ women make friends with other women? Was this video impactful for you? Buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/csjoseph Test, Blog, YouTube, Coaching, Member, and Discord links: https://linktr.ee/csjoseph Psychoanalyzing and video games collide: https://www.twitch.tv/csj0s3ph Get the solution to bad psychology when it comes to sales and marketing here: https://ultimatemessagingformula.com Outro: Prismo (Stronger) NoCopyright Sound https://ncs.io/Stronger --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/csjoseph/support
Lionel Froidure - Karaté et réflexions sur les arts martiaux
Avec presque 40 ans sur les tatami, j'ai rencontré de très nombreux sensei de karaté. Certains m'ont influencé plus que d'autres. Voici les sensei français qui m'inspirent aujourd'hui. Avant de lancer cet entretien, je tiens à te rappeler que ce podcast est possible grâce aux nombreux soutien de la communauté, un soutien effectué à chacun de tes achat de DVD et si tu fais partie de la communauté Imagin' Arts Digital. Merci car sans toi, tout ce contenu gratuit en ligne ne serai pas possible. ✅ Retrouve nos DVD de KARATE ✅ Podcast proposé par Imagin' Arts Digital : la plateforme vidéo avec plus de 170h de vidéos avec les grands maîtres et experts de karaté et autres arts martiaux. Présenté par Lionel froidure, 6ème dan Karaté, 5ème degré Arnis Kali Doblete Rapilon et fondateur de Imagin' Arts. A bientôt et bon keiko à tous !
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit incentivizes parents to work outside the home, increasing the pernicious effects of the two income trap in our society. What are the details of this credit and what should we do to replace it? Brief explanation of the Child Care Tax Credit https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/simplifying-child-care-tax-benefits Full explanation of child tax credits https://taxfoundation.org/child-tax-credit/ Some links to economics journal articles on the child care tax credit: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24126077_On_the_Progressivity_of_the_Child_Care_Tax_Credit_Snapshot_versus_Time-Exposure_Incidence https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24094651_Child_Care_Costs_and_Family_Labor_Supply http://www.ntanet.org/NTJ/44/4/ntj-v44n04p519-28-child-care-credit-progressive.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-5890.2000.tb00581.x?casa_token=u64F7VPZ_PwAAAAA%3AFJt7vGBuRMt6X2fhYtrqmOrV-YILCzKLYdr3w-zuxZId0KQf3lNX3l_ICZJu9bbx2GViEAvGi-If_2tF https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/003465397556467?casa_token=usHVo4gTVTQAAAAA%3Aux3i2xBruIhipJ0zB-uXkef4g3ZNuFovwoLZUA1CLPMs0ky6JlN9ONZI17BvC-7kvzJ0vyuluNg4&journalCode=rest Support the Show! Patreon: http://patreon.com/catholiceconomics Subscribestar: http://subscribestar.com/Catholic-Economics-Podcast Follow Me on Social Media! https://twitter.com/CatholicEcon https://www.facebook.com/Catholic-Economics-100261271752942 Check out the Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching! https://leoinstitute.org/ https://twitter.com/leoinstituteCST https://www.facebook.com/Leonine-Institute-for-Catholic-Social-Teaching-110045363806857 Contact me via email: lrussell[at]leoinstitute[dot]org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catholiceconomics/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/catholiceconomics/support
Wojciech Kopczuk is a Columbia economics professor who co-authored (in 2004) one of the leading estimates of wealth concentration in the literature, along with current progressive darling Emmanuel Saez. But ever since Thomas Piketty's bestselling book on wealth inequality, Saez has published research with Gabriel Zucman, showing dramatically different results. Kopczuk explains why economists can disagree on the basic facts of wealth concentration, and why there is controversy about Saez and Zucman's latest claim that billionaires pay a lower income tax rate than the working class. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube video version (https://youtu.be/zpcQKpUzDT8) of this interview (highly recommended because of supporting graphs). Wojciech Kopczuk's homepage (http://www.columbia.edu/~wk2110/) at Columbia University. Kopczuk and Saez's 2004 article on wealth inequality (https://ntanet.org/NTJ/57/2/ntj-v57n02p445-87-top-wealth-shares-united.pdf?v=%CE%B1&r=9674166805272331) using estate tax data. Saez and Zucman's 2019 New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/opinion/sunday/wealth-income-tax-rate.html) article. Kopczuk's NBER paper contrasting the different measures (http://www.columbia.edu/~wk2110/bin/w20734.pdf) of wealth inequality. Help support (http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute) the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media (http://podsworth.com/) .
Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday.The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree.Presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake says the move allows the government to confiscate any property belonging to the two organizations.On Monday, officials confirmed that the alleged leader of the Muslim extremist group, an offshoot of NTJ, had died in one of the coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed more than 250 people.The Islamic State group, meanwhile, claimed three of the militants who blew themselves up during a bloody police raid in Ampara linked to the Easter bombings.In a statement carried by the extremists' Aamaq news agency, IS identified the bombers by their noms du guerre as Abu Hammad, Abu Sufyan and Abu al-Qa'qa. It said they opened fire with automatic weapons and "after exhausting their ammunition, detonated ... their explosive belts."Sri Lanka's military said the gunfight Friday night near the town of Sammanthurai left 15 dead, including six children, when militants opened fire and set off explosives in suicide bombings as security forces closed in on their safe house.IS falsely claimed their militants killed 17 "disbelievers" in the attack. The militants often exaggerate their claims.The IS report carried a photograph of two men before an IS flag, one carrying a Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov rifle like the one found at the scene, another smiling.A girl and a woman survived the explosion but were critically injured and being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.Photographs taken by The Associated Press show the charred remains of one child and the body of another wearing a green T-shirt with the words "good boy" written on the back. The bodies of an adult woman and man were found after the explosion with their clothes burned off.The military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and IS flags during the raids in the area.Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured —the bloodies assault linked to the IS in South Asia.The government on Saturday formally banned two extremist groups purportedly connected to the attacks, allowing officials to confiscate their property, presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake said.The government, crippled from a long political crisis between the president and prime minister last year, promised swift action to capture militants still at large.Sirisena said about 140 people had been identified as having links to the IS.A "major search operation has been undertaken," Sirisena said. "Every household in the country will be checked."Police confirmed that the leader of the local militant group blamed for the attack, Mohamed Zahran, died in the suicide bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel, one of six hotels and churches attacked. Zahran appeared in an IS video claiming responsibility for the coordinated assault, and authorities in both Sri Lanka and Australia confirmed links between IS and the attack.Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist but has significant Hindu and Muslim populations. About 7% are Christian, and most are Roman Catholic.
Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday.The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree.Presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake says the move allows the government to confiscate any property belonging to the two organizations.On Monday, officials confirmed that the alleged leader of the Muslim extremist group, an offshoot of NTJ, had died in one of the coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed more than 250 people.The Islamic State group, meanwhile, claimed three of the militants who blew themselves up during a bloody police raid in Ampara linked to the Easter bombings.In a statement carried by the extremists' Aamaq news agency, IS identified the bombers by their noms du guerre as Abu Hammad, Abu Sufyan and Abu al-Qa'qa. It said they opened fire with automatic weapons and "after exhausting their ammunition, detonated ... their explosive belts."Sri Lanka's military said the gunfight Friday night near the town of Sammanthurai left 15 dead, including six children, when militants opened fire and set off explosives in suicide bombings as security forces closed in on their safe house.IS falsely claimed their militants killed 17 "disbelievers" in the attack. The militants often exaggerate their claims.The IS report carried a photograph of two men before an IS flag, one carrying a Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov rifle like the one found at the scene, another smiling.A girl and a woman survived the explosion but were critically injured and being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.Photographs taken by The Associated Press show the charred remains of one child and the body of another wearing a green T-shirt with the words "good boy" written on the back. The bodies of an adult woman and man were found after the explosion with their clothes burned off.The military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and IS flags during the raids in the area.Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured —the bloodies assault linked to the IS in South Asia.The government on Saturday formally banned two extremist groups purportedly connected to the attacks, allowing officials to confiscate their property, presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake said.The government, crippled from a long political crisis between the president and prime minister last year, promised swift action to capture militants still at large.Sirisena said about 140 people had been identified as having links to the IS.A "major search operation has been undertaken," Sirisena said. "Every household in the country will be checked."Police confirmed that the leader of the local militant group blamed for the attack, Mohamed Zahran, died in the suicide bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel, one of six hotels and churches attacked. Zahran appeared in an IS video claiming responsibility for the coordinated assault, and authorities in both Sri Lanka and Australia confirmed links between IS and the attack.Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist but has significant Hindu and Muslim populations. About 7% are Christian, and most are Roman Catholic.
Sri Lanka's president is banning two groups allegedly linked to the Easter bombings under emergency powers that came into effect on Tuesday.The office of President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement Saturday evening that National Thawheed Jammath, or NTJ, and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem, or JMI, would be banned by presidential decree.Presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake says the move allows the government to confiscate any property belonging to the two organizations.On Monday, officials confirmed that the alleged leader of the Muslim extremist group, an offshoot of NTJ, had died in one of the coordinated suicide bombings at churches and hotels that killed more than 250 people.The Islamic State group, meanwhile, claimed three of the militants who blew themselves up during a bloody police raid in Ampara linked to the Easter bombings.In a statement carried by the extremists' Aamaq news agency, IS identified the bombers by their noms du guerre as Abu Hammad, Abu Sufyan and Abu al-Qa'qa. It said they opened fire with automatic weapons and "after exhausting their ammunition, detonated ... their explosive belts."Sri Lanka's military said the gunfight Friday night near the town of Sammanthurai left 15 dead, including six children, when militants opened fire and set off explosives in suicide bombings as security forces closed in on their safe house.IS falsely claimed their militants killed 17 "disbelievers" in the attack. The militants often exaggerate their claims.The IS report carried a photograph of two men before an IS flag, one carrying a Chinese variant of the Kalashnikov rifle like the one found at the scene, another smiling.A girl and a woman survived the explosion but were critically injured and being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.Photographs taken by The Associated Press show the charred remains of one child and the body of another wearing a green T-shirt with the words "good boy" written on the back. The bodies of an adult woman and man were found after the explosion with their clothes burned off.The military said security forces had recovered explosives, detonators, "suicide kits," military uniforms and IS flags during the raids in the area.Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured —the bloodies assault linked to the IS in South Asia.The government on Saturday formally banned two extremist groups purportedly connected to the attacks, allowing officials to confiscate their property, presidential spokesman Dharmasri Ekanayake said.The government, crippled from a long political crisis between the president and prime minister last year, promised swift action to capture militants still at large.Sirisena said about 140 people had been identified as having links to the IS.A "major search operation has been undertaken," Sirisena said. "Every household in the country will be checked."Police confirmed that the leader of the local militant group blamed for the attack, Mohamed Zahran, died in the suicide bombing at the Shangri-La Hotel, one of six hotels and churches attacked. Zahran appeared in an IS video claiming responsibility for the coordinated assault, and authorities in both Sri Lanka and Australia confirmed links between IS and the attack.Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist but has significant Hindu and Muslim populations. About 7% are Christian, and most are Roman Catholic.
On 21st April, a series of 7-8 suicide bombers targeted churches and star hotels around Batticaloa, Colombo and Negombo in Sri Lanka, killing 320 and injuring over 500. On the one hand, the Sri Lankan government admits to a security / intelligence lapse. On the other, the serial blasts are also seen as one of the most meticulously planned, precision terrorist attacks in recent years, next only to 9/11. The Sri Lankan government has named the National Thowheed Jamath as the organisation behind the attack, while the Islamic State (IS) too has claimed responsibility. Zohran Hashim, leader of the NTJ is also suspected to have ties with the IS. But why the sudden attack on churches, when communal tensions in Sri Lanka have brewed historically only between the Muslim minority and the Buddhist majority? Who are the NTJ? And what is their connection to the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath based in Tamil Nadu? Listen on.
O governo do Sri Lanka apontou o grupo jihadista NTJ como responsável pelos ataques a igrejas e hotéis do país que deixaram 290 mortos e 500 feridos no domingo de Páscoa. - Áudio do vídeo publicado originalmente no canal da TV Coiote no YouTube!
In the first episode post NTJ D-Day Jon & Josh explore a series of recorded phone calls from Sarah Huckabee Sanders to their inner circle. While Jon claims the trail of evidence has both political and satirical merit, Josh insists on an entirely different narrative. Is this another monumental case of collusion? Will Jon's furious offense break past Josh's ironclad defensive? What if God was truly one of us? Will peace ever truly be given a chance? Is this a spiritual awakening for a better tomorrow for the NTJ podcast? Perhaps the more you dig, the bigger sack you'll need to haul around your unruly bag of question marks. Yay God, Boo Devil. Let's do this.
Listen NowExcluding from taxable income the moneys employers spend in providing employees with health insurance dates back to WWII-era wage and price controls. Today, this tax policy, that amounts to over $250 billion in lost federal tax revenue, effectively constitutes the third largest federal government expenditure on health care after Medicare and Medicaid. Few tax experts would disagree that the tax exclusion constitutes bad policy. Beyond lost tax revenues, the policy is, among other things, highly regressive, causes lower or stagnant wage growth, reduces health plan competition, contributes to excessive health care spending, incents the over-utilization of health care services, limits job mobility and negatively influences retirement decisions. During this 25 minute conversation Dr. Antos discusses the extent to which the tax exclusion is responsible for employers providing employees with health care insurance coverage, what effect would capping or phasing out the exclusion have on coverage, how best can the policy can be reformed via a Cadillac tax or otherwise, what might be done to reform the tax exclusion under a Secretary Clinton administration and how the exclusion may play into future tax reform may legislation. Dr. Joe Antos is the Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Before joining AEI, Dr. Antos served as the Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Dr. Antos has also held senior positions in the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Management and Budget and the President's Council on Economic Advisers. He recently completed a seven year term as Health Adviser to CBO and two terms as a Commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission. In 2013 he was named Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. Dr. Antos earned his Ph.D. and MA in economics at the University of Rochester and his BA in mathematics from Cornell University. For more background information about the exclusion and micro-simulation data on reforming the exclusion, see Jonathan Gruber's 2011 article in the National Tax Journal, at: http://www.ntanet.org/NTJ/64/2/ntj-v64n02p511-30-tax-exclusion-for-employer.pdf. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com