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There was an academic survey about a decade ago that found viewers who watch no news were better informed than those who watched Fox News. This might be hilarious if Fox News wasn't also the most watched cable network in America. Then it's terrifying. – Vinay Menon	added by Greying_Geezer 7 months ago
This is not about the politics, for as long as I’ve been here, which is more than a decade, part of what we’ve done at the Treasury Department is provide the American people with information about how they can do what the vast majority of them do, which is pay their taxes. – Wally Adeyemo	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Child care and long-term care systems in this country just don’t work well – high quality care is costly to deliver, it’s labor intensive, it requires skilled workers, yet care workers – who are disproportionately women and women of color and immigrants – are among the lowest paid in the country, despite working in some of the most important and complex and demanding jobs. At the same time, the price of care represents an outside share of family’s budget, with child care prices up 26% in just the last decade and long-term care costs up nearly 40%. – Susan Rice	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There really have been transformational advances in remote sensing technology for methane over the last decade and the last three to four years, that reporting program doesn’t require operators to go out and fly airplanes. It’s largely based on models and standard emissions factors. – Riley Duren	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The ground is literally sunk in some places by 10 or 15 feet over the past decade, that has literally changed the topography of the historical lakebed. Some places are lower even than they were the last time there was a big flood event. – Daniel Swain	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s a pretty big deal, this is really going to set the tone for the rest of the decade and into the 2030s in terms of what this administration is looking for the auto industry to do when it comes to decarbonizing and ultimately electrifying. – Thomas Boylan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You have fundamentals under pressure from work from home at a time when lending is less available than [it has been] over the last decade. – Rich Hill	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is the rapid shrinking of China’s political space over the past decade that pushed him to the forefront of so-called anti-Communist Party activities. – Eric Liu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Interest in alternatives is on the rise and will be where wealth is grown over the coming decade. – Knight Frank	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have to hold Big Tech companies accountable for pushing addictive platforms on our kids and exposing them to a world of inappropriate, damaging content, these actions are a long time coming. We have watched over the past decade as one social media company after another has exploited our kids for profit and escaped government oversight. – Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are not going to hand over control of nuclear weapons. The US does n’t hand it over to its allies. We’re basically doing the same thing( The US leaders) have been doing for a decade. – The US	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What’s unusual about this object is that this is rather rare, that an object of this size passes so close to Earth. Interstellar Lab Food pods happens about once every 10 years, but this is a once in a decade opportunity to get some nice close-up measurements in a relatively large body that is relatively easy to measure to that effect. – Richard Moissl	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We advocated that the rights of Indigenous peoples should be written into our constitution, after more than a decade of campaigning, we were able to push for constitutional amendments, and now there is a clearer protection for our language, education and land rights. – Icyang Parod	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If you take a look at the reasons why kids are hospitalized, meaning infections, diabetes, seizures and mental health concerns, over the last decade or so, only one of those categories has been increasing – and that is mental health, at the same time, we haven’t seen an increase in the number of mental health hospital resources dedicated to children and adolescents in a way that meets the increasing need. – Matthew Davis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Australia’s got nervous. We’ve seen the armed forces of China expand – the army, navy, air force, space force, cyber force [and] ballistic missile force, have all expanded exponentially in the last few years dramatically raising concerns about what that means for the security of Australia, a decade ago, this would have been unimaginable. But the changes in China, the wolf warrior diplomacy, President Xi’s own actions have generated a wake up call in Australia, the US, the UK and beyond. That’s why we’re seeing the fruits of today. – John Blaxland	Found on CNN 1 year ago
OluKai sandals have been my favorite flip flop for over a decade, the Ohana shoe is the perfect choice for water people and beachgoers. They’re water-resistant sandals that feel incredibly comfortable on the foot with a noticeably soft nylon sole, which is also great for traction once they’re wet. They also provide arch support ! I easily keep each of my OluKai sandals for over five years because of their comfort, quality and versatility. – Elizabeth Sneed	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The vaping industry has tried in vain for more than a decade to work with FDA on sensible manufacturing standards, only to be ignored while the agency recklessly vilified nicotine vaping. It is disappointing, but not at all surprising, that the FDA would wait to propose these regulations until it had already committed itself to banning 99.99 percent of the vaping market, the millions of Americans who rely on vaping to stay off cigarettes could benefit from the FDA’s proposal, but only if the agency stops thumbing its nose at its critics and starts to regulate the category in good faith. – Gregory Conley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With snowpack in the upper Colorado River system running upwards of 130% of the 30-year median, we have a unique opportunity – perhaps once-a-decade opportunity – to repay the loan, aridity is our present and future and we’re trying to adapt to this unique set of circumstances. – Chuck Cullom	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have half a decade left, and we can’t be complacent, if we want the high seas to be healthy for the next century we have to modernize this system – now. And this is our one, and potentially only, chance to do that. And time is urgent. Climate change is about to rain down hellfire on our ocean. – Laura Meller	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I remember it vividly, because I was walking into Walmart to get milk and I saw this huge insect on the side of the building, i thought it looked interesting, so I put it in my hand and did the rest of my shopping with it between my fingers. I got home, mounted it, and promptly forgot about it for almost a decade. – Michael Skvarla	Found on CNN 1 year ago
For people who have slowly begun to recover and regain a sense of normalcy and rebuilt their lives over the last decade, this has been terrifying and destabilizing for both children and adults, some are still in denial while others are experiencing hallucinations. – Alexandra Chen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When we look back a decade from now, that’ll be the moment where Russia’s economy went from one that was opening up, and it was growing and becoming more European, and where Russia’s economy started to deteriorate and started the slow decline that will make it look more like Iran’s economy a decade from now. – Wally Adeyemo	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think Musk is the lifeblood of Tesla. He’s a key part of the premium in the stock. the board needs to send a signal; the street needs to have comfort that Musk is going to be dialed in as CEO of Tesla for the better part of the next decade. – Daniel Ives	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The board needs to send a signal; the street needs to have comfort that Musk is going to be dialed in as CEO of Tesla for the better part of the next decade. – Daniel Ives	Found on CNN 1 year ago

There was an academic survey about a decade ago that found viewers who watch no news were better informed than those who watched Fox News. This might be hilarious if Fox News wasn't also the most watched cable network in America. Then it's terrifying.

– Vinay Menon

added by Greying_Geezer
7 months ago

This is not about the politics, for as long as I’ve been here, which is more than a decade, part of what we’ve done at the Treasury Department is provide the American people with information about how they can do what the vast majority of them do, which is pay their taxes.

– Wally Adeyemo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Child care and long-term care systems in this country just don’t work well – high quality care is costly to deliver, it’s labor intensive, it requires skilled workers, yet care workers – who are disproportionately women and women of color and immigrants – are among the lowest paid in the country, despite working in some of the most important and complex and demanding jobs. At the same time, the price of care represents an outside share of family’s budget, with child care prices up 26% in just the last decade and long-term care costs up nearly 40%.

– Susan Rice

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There really have been transformational advances in remote sensing technology for methane over the last decade and the last three to four years, that reporting program doesn’t require operators to go out and fly airplanes. It’s largely based on models and standard emissions factors.

– Riley Duren

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The ground is literally sunk in some places by 10 or 15 feet over the past decade, that has literally changed the topography of the historical lakebed. Some places are lower even than they were the last time there was a big flood event.

– Daniel Swain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s a pretty big deal, this is really going to set the tone for the rest of the decade and into the 2030s in terms of what this administration is looking for the auto industry to do when it comes to decarbonizing and ultimately electrifying.

– Thomas Boylan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You have fundamentals under pressure from work from home at a time when lending is less available than [it has been] over the last decade.

– Rich Hill

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is the rapid shrinking of China’s political space over the past decade that pushed him to the forefront of so-called anti-Communist Party activities.

– Eric Liu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Interest in alternatives is on the rise and will be where wealth is grown over the coming decade.

– Knight Frank

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have to hold Big Tech companies accountable for pushing addictive platforms on our kids and exposing them to a world of inappropriate, damaging content, these actions are a long time coming. We have watched over the past decade as one social media company after another has exploited our kids for profit and escaped government oversight.

– Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are not going to hand over control of nuclear weapons. The US does n’t hand it over to its allies. We’re basically doing the same thing( The US leaders) have been doing for a decade.

– The US

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What’s unusual about this object is that this is rather rare, that an object of this size passes so close to Earth. Interstellar Lab Food pods happens about once every 10 years, but this is a once in a decade opportunity to get some nice close-up measurements in a relatively large body that is relatively easy to measure to that effect.

– Richard Moissl

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We advocated that the rights of Indigenous peoples should be written into our constitution, after more than a decade of campaigning, we were able to push for constitutional amendments, and now there is a clearer protection for our language, education and land rights.

– Icyang Parod

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you take a look at the reasons why kids are hospitalized, meaning infections, diabetes, seizures and mental health concerns, over the last decade or so, only one of those categories has been increasing – and that is mental health, at the same time, we haven’t seen an increase in the number of mental health hospital resources dedicated to children and adolescents in a way that meets the increasing need.

– Matthew Davis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Australia’s got nervous. We’ve seen the armed forces of China expand – the army, navy, air force, space force, cyber force [and] ballistic missile force, have all expanded exponentially in the last few years dramatically raising concerns about what that means for the security of Australia, a decade ago, this would have been unimaginable. But the changes in China, the wolf warrior diplomacy, President Xi’s own actions have generated a wake up call in Australia, the US, the UK and beyond. That’s why we’re seeing the fruits of today.

– John Blaxland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

OluKai sandals have been my favorite flip flop for over a decade, the Ohana shoe is the perfect choice for water people and beachgoers. They’re water-resistant sandals that feel incredibly comfortable on the foot with a noticeably soft nylon sole, which is also great for traction once they’re wet. They also provide arch support ! I easily keep each of my OluKai sandals for over five years because of their comfort, quality and versatility.

– Elizabeth Sneed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The vaping industry has tried in vain for more than a decade to work with FDA on sensible manufacturing standards, only to be ignored while the agency recklessly vilified nicotine vaping. It is disappointing, but not at all surprising, that the FDA would wait to propose these regulations until it had already committed itself to banning 99.99 percent of the vaping market, the millions of Americans who rely on vaping to stay off cigarettes could benefit from the FDA’s proposal, but only if the agency stops thumbing its nose at its critics and starts to regulate the category in good faith.

– Gregory Conley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With snowpack in the upper Colorado River system running upwards of 130% of the 30-year median, we have a unique opportunity – perhaps once-a-decade opportunity – to repay the loan, aridity is our present and future and we’re trying to adapt to this unique set of circumstances.

– Chuck Cullom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have half a decade left, and we can’t be complacent, if we want the high seas to be healthy for the next century we have to modernize this system – now. And this is our one, and potentially only, chance to do that. And time is urgent. Climate change is about to rain down hellfire on our ocean.

– Laura Meller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I remember it vividly, because I was walking into Walmart to get milk and I saw this huge insect on the side of the building, i thought it looked interesting, so I put it in my hand and did the rest of my shopping with it between my fingers. I got home, mounted it, and promptly forgot about it for almost a decade.

– Michael Skvarla

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For people who have slowly begun to recover and regain a sense of normalcy and rebuilt their lives over the last decade, this has been terrifying and destabilizing for both children and adults, some are still in denial while others are experiencing hallucinations.

– Alexandra Chen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When we look back a decade from now, that’ll be the moment where Russia’s economy went from one that was opening up, and it was growing and becoming more European, and where Russia’s economy started to deteriorate and started the slow decline that will make it look more like Iran’s economy a decade from now.

– Wally Adeyemo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think Musk is the lifeblood of Tesla. He’s a key part of the premium in the stock. the board needs to send a signal; the street needs to have comfort that Musk is going to be dialed in as CEO of Tesla for the better part of the next decade.

– Daniel Ives

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The board needs to send a signal; the street needs to have comfort that Musk is going to be dialed in as CEO of Tesla for the better part of the next decade.

– Daniel Ives

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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