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  • I hope gene therapy becomes more prevalent, because these purely academic examples would likely be priced out of the reach of the vast majority of people suffering from these things. Capitalism must have its pound of flesh (or gold).

  • Yeah, it's the same effects we saw with the TCJA 2017, where they tie it knowing Democrats will take the blame once the hammer drops. It's so predictable, but I've given up trying to convince my friends and family. I excised the MAGA's from my life, though, that was a necessity for my own mental health.

  • Depends on the part of MN you are in. I'm in New England, zone 5B. MN ranges from zones 3-5. You can plant them now, but may or may not get any fruit from them before this year's frost. Some varieties fruit twice in a growing season, some don't, and new plants rarely produce in the first season.

    I planted a single small cane in my front yard 3 years ago. I got nothing in year 1 because I planted it in September/October. Next season I got some small canes and a few berries. Last year I got more berries and a couple more canes. This year the canes are finally coming up full height, and I'm expecting a pint or more berries in late summer. I get a couple snacks each day I check my garden.

    My intent is to break up my front yard into a fruit forest/garden, since I hate mowing crab grass and hate the concept of a mono-culture grass-only front lawn. It never grows like that anyways, so I embrace the diversity.

    If you let the others in this thread scare you about them "taking over" or being too thorny, just know you can always prune (or dig), and there are varieties that are less thorny.

  • You had me until the emergency services comment

    • Fire department, available
    • Police, available, you may end up murdered if you are the wrong skin tone
    • Ambulance, available, but you'll be billed for that ride. So what'd taxes pay for there?
    • Mental health services, see Police
    • Emergency room, available, see Ambulance and multiply by 50-100x
  • Dems don't filibuster, don't be delusional. This bill included so much funding for Trump's Gestapo is basically this act. ICE is already a completely unaccountable, militarized force, directly at his command. Now they basically have a blank check.

  • Anyone could've done this. It was obvious that if this shitty bill passed, it was a good bet to ditch the stock as a preventative measure. Whereas if it didn't, it's not like those stocks would surge. This guy is still a scumbag, but this story is burying the lead, which is, Congress just fucked over millions of Americans to again bail out the billionaire class. This is and always has been a class war, and all but the 0.1% are the ones losing.

    When elderly folks start losing their homes due to medical debt foreclosures, these people need to be made to own that result.