What commonly goes unsaid in these conversations of insurance cost is the immediate disputes that occur with the provider.

Why am I paying tens of thousands a year to engage in an argument when making a claim?

This article doesn't specify, but based on the previous 25% offer, I'm guessing this new and improved proposal is also structured over four years.

New information to me is that the union initially sought a 40% increase. Kind of silly to think that when 90% of your workers decline an offer - any offer - that adding an extra few percent will get you an agreement.

I wrote this before when the union declined the 25% bump, but it bears repeating:

If Boeing were to pay the 40% the union is looking for upon returning to work, and committed to annual salary increases that were double whatever inflation is moving forward, they would have 32,000 employees that would never strike the rest of their careers.

“Ireland does not give preferential tax treatment to any companies or taxpayers,” stated a spokesperson from the Irish Ministry of Finances.

I wish the media would eviscerate these people like they used to.

Not exactly related to this article but, I looked this judge up on Ballotpedia, and found this funny little tidbit.

Judge Merchan handed the Trump Organization a $1.6M fine in that tax case a couple years ago. The District Attorney for Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said:

"While corporations can’t serve jail time, this consequential conviction and sentencing serves as a reminder to corporations and executives that you cannot defraud tax authorities and get away with it."

What a head of cabbage. As if a couple million dollars is anything to these corporations. These fines need to be double digit percentages of revenue before they get viewed as anything other than a line item on the expense report.

Not sure how this is fear mongering. It's common knowledge that increased screen time is detrimental to the mind.

This is a health office issuing a guideline, not imposing a law to jail parents that don't follow it.

You are right and I agree with you. I quickly wrote that comment and I doing so failed to get across my sarcastic quoting of Republican senator Ron Johnson. I have edited the comment with the appropriate correction.

Yet another Trump appointee swinging her undeserved gavel to keep hundreds of millions in the pockets of big business.

An umbrella arbitration clause like this, if it were argued at court, surely would only be held up for cases related to Disney+. At least one would hope. Having such an agreement cover entirely separate arms of a company is ridiculous.

Imagine how amazing you would feel as a child to have a possession of yours put on display at a museum. Even if it was temporary, you'd remember that for the rest of your days.

“The most powerful person in the world could go into office knowing that there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said. “I’m trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country.”

Hard to make any disincentive when the ones running for office are in the twilight of their lives. If only there were any choice to the matter.

The hashbrowns McDonald's sells are sourced from Simplot Foods. If I remember correctly, you can buy around a hundred of them for $20 or $30 or so. Insane markup, especially at the scale they must buy them at, but not surprising. How else would the C suite survive?

Honestly, this has been standard at every chain theatre I've been to for a decade or more. Once reserved seating became the norm, we just show up fifteen minutes after the 'start' time and walk in to the house lights dimming.

Agree with your review of Dune though.