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Making us crazy? >> i think its a bit of a vicious cycle in that, you know, the mental health crisis in this country, the fact that this is just such a grim time to be an american for almost anyone, the fact that there is so much isolation has made our politics particularly vicious. but obviously this viciousness predates the pandemic, it predates trump. trump is in some ways a symptom of this as much as he is an he can -- accelerant of it. we had a really broken policy, maybe more broken than s...

Accelerant certain units and stations where the accelera nt of certain units and stations where the accelerant of social media has made the culture more toxic. sexism, racism, homophobia, misogyny — its a litany of disasters. a lot of it can be changed overnight by a real ethical leadership, and not to deny whats going on. unfortunately cressida talked about she doesnt recognise institutional sexism, she doesnt recognise institutional racism. if youre in denial and wont do anything about it, t...

Some ways a symptom of this as he is an accelerant of it. and i think we had a really broken policy. maybe more broken than many of us realized, before 2016. and it is just continued. continue to shatter. continue to fall apart. and the more that it falls apart, the more people are angry. the more they are lashing out. the more theyre insecure and anxious. i talked about this with jamie raskin. and he very much feels that the ambient ugliness of politics in this country, of life in this country,...

Enforcing the law in any level. its whether they work. yes. well, heres the thing — they do. all right. peace is kept in communities, in cities all over the world without actually fighting. it happens. you have to have a deterrent, you have to have some sort of force, but then you have rules, you have mores, you have sanctions. there are all manner of other penalties and other ways to make sure that laws are followed. and thats what were doing in the case of ukraine and others — sanctions, m...

Becoming more present, putting ukraine in the position to have an insurgency that would be very costly to russia. none of which would, if he was minded to, stop him. its not... its not the deterrent that military action would be. thats true. but you also dont have as many dead people, ok, if you try that. all right. yes, military can be a deterrent. military can also be an accelerant. all right. you know, the whole statement about how weakness invites aggression, aggression... again, that takes ...

Opportunity here based on u.s. and european weakness. political and social divisions inside european and america and also testing biden back in march when he moved 70,000 troops on the border. no reagos. just rhetorical condemnation. no increase of assistance to ukraine. after afghanistan, i think it became an accelerant. this was u.s. and nato failure. why turned a country over to our adversary. putin looked at that and saw what? he saw poor judgment and also weakness. that is why were here. he...

Accelerant? yeah. maybe they coincide here. in a long run here, the appetite and the desirability of evs, we have a vehicle that looks as good as the cadillac liriq here, it matters. >> g.m. is front loading their ev plans and hopes to be all electric vehicle in a little more than a decade from now. same later deals with mercedes, volvo and ford. at least these companies do not think it will be short lived. inflation is real. when it comes to energy, its going to stick around awhile. the very fa...

Some arent happy with the status quo. a post saying some workers should be paid for their commute. >> judge jeanine: i want to go to work in florida and then i can go back and forth. >> jessica: the commutes were shorter and they had another -- a lot of people on the thread in the netherlands. >> dana: hybrid work is here to stay in the workforce was kind of headed in that direction anyway. covid was the accelerant. ceos dont like it and in a lot of cases i dont blame them. its hard to keep a co...

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In terms of pediatric icu admissions. anecdotally, it is looking pretty dire. all the pediatric icus are filling up with kids. this is even before school starts. so the big unknown is what happens when schools begin? unfortunately, the timing is terrible in many louisiana parishes. schools are going to open next week. here in houston, for instance, august 23rd, we tend to do this earlier in the south than in the north. will this be an accelerant? the bottom line, i think the most important point...