- a conversation
- ditching California
- sayonara to California
- fast food restaurants -- ain't happen' with $15/hour
- train wreck
- two train wrecks
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UAS-Focused Data Center Locating At Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
Data points from The Grand Forks Herald:
- Grand Forks AFB-based Grand Sky drone business park
- located on Grand Forks AFB, west of Grand Forks
- EdgeData
- 16,000-square-foot data center
- will be operational within a year after construction costs
- ND legislation offering computer software, IT equipment tax breaks was critical to get EdgeData to make this commitment, according to CEO
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Dallas Police And Fire Pension Board Stops Withdrawals
Most Incredible Pension Plan Ever Seen
Retire As Millionaires "On Paper" -- Keep Working
Defer Additional Pension Deposits Into New Account
Link here. Data points:
- lump sum withdrawals stopped
- weekly requests would have left them without liquid reserves to sustain $2.1 billion fund
- by time action taken, more than $500 million has been withdrawn
- the DROP plan made hundreds of officers, firefighters, and retirees into millionaires: DROP allowed them to retire on paper, but continue working and meanwhile defer their pension benefit checks into a separate account; once they actually retired, they could remain in DROP
- for years, DROP guaranteed at least 8% interest on accruals
- fund has about $729 million in liquid assets; it needs to keep about $600 million on hand
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