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It's not a 303 map anymore??

Just shows that people have zero understanding of macroeconomics.

If Trumps wins, liberals saying sh**t like this will be a big part of the reason why.

^^^. But keep insulting the intelligence of non-Biden voters, BlueSwan. Surely none of us are Economics or Finance professionals or grad students. We’re all just dumb, stupid hillbillies; just like 2016.

This would be relevant if I suggested that the democrats messaging should focus on telling voters that they are stupid if they don't understand macro economics.

I doubt a lot of low propensity voters are browsing Atlas forums.

A lot of comments in this thread have been focused on flood/hurricane-prone Florida and wildfire/earthquake-prone California.  I would point out that the article in the OP is talking about insurers pulling out of previously profitable states like Iowa and Wisconsin.

80% of homeowner insurance fraud comes from Florida. It’s one reason why Florida is mentioned so much, besides the fact how low lying a lot of the state is.

Started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm, and I don't know if it changes in later seasons, but everyone is just mean to Larry David for no reason (or at least for massively overblown reasons). It makes it tough to watch, and not in the kind of cringe way I expected. I just feel bad for the guy. I'd say somebody should give him a hug except he'd probably catch a whiff of that person's BO and make a face or something which would offend them even though they're the one who should have put on deodorant and I'm sure you can all picture how this would go.

James Buchanan by a three:two ratio over ex-President Millard Fillmore of the Know-Nothing Party.  It doesn't seem that John C. Fremont (much like Abraham Lincoln in 1860) was even on the ballot in Virginia.  

Lincoln was actually on the ballot in Virginia in 1860

You can't discount economic effects. Auto insurers past few years have been getting killed to the point it was a drag on official government statistics, and the reasons there were a combination of higher labor costs, shortage of shops, parts are more expensive, more complicated cars, and having to deal with more lawyers in accidents. Home insurers would be affected by all those.

This is a thread about home ownership insurance, not car insurance. But thanks for playing.

Car insurance is also up a lot, to the point that it's getting discussed as an important driver of some of the more recent inflation numbers. It's been in the financial news for a while and NYT ran an article on it yesterday. Silver lining is that one of the recent inflation drivers isn't something fundamental, just a delayed response to events that we are many months past.

Car insurance isn't going up due to global warming. At least a no direct fashion I'm aware of, like the way increased weather operations are making home insurance increasingly unprofitable.

You can't discount economic effects. Auto insurers past few years have been getting killed to the point it was a drag on official government statistics, and the reasons there were a combination of higher labor costs, shortage of shops, parts are more expensive, more complicated cars, and having to deal with more lawyers in accidents. Home insurers would be affected by all those.

This is a thread about home ownership insurance, not car insurance. But thanks for playing.

Labor, materials, and real estate effects for repairs/replacement apply to home ownership insurance do they not?

Yes. You are so close now.

The only direct evidence that Trump knew about the scheme to falsify the business records is Cohen's testimony. So if they can convince jurors that his testimony can't be trusted that might given them reasonable doubt as to Trump's knowledge of the scheme. And they definitely showed that he has lied about a lot of things in the past. Not saying it's enough to doubt his testimony (not like we weren't expecting it), or to conclude there isn't enough other circumstantial evidence that Trump knew they were falsified, but it's the biggest glove they've laid on the prosecution's case so far.

The thing is, even if Cohen is slimey and has lied about some things, the point at the end of the day is - you don't need to believe Cohen 100% in everything he says, you just have to believe Cohen when he talks about the Trump records part of it. And given the other circumstantial evidence that supports Cohens claims, that at least backs up Cohens claims about that situation, outside of whether Cohen is telling the truth about other things.

Right, all kinds of organized crime convictions occur where the key witnesses are deeply immoral and dishonest people. What matters is if his testimony fits the outline of facts which it does. "This person has lied before" is not the big own they think it is, I mean he was Trump's lawyer so no **** what do you expect?

Even red avs are buying into Republicans bad faith muddying of facts here because they've been so persistent about it.

[Feminism, racial justice, and Greta Thunberg have all disappeared]

The internet and social media aren't changing the world anymore and all the movements of the 2010s have given up. Feminism, racial justice, and Greta Thunberg have all disappeared.

Speak for your personal Instagram feed.

But yes, we're in a state of social media-mediated cultural malaise.

[Or to quote a very old piece of folk wisdom, "What’s the sense of wrestling with a pig? You both get all over muddy . . . and the pig likes it.'”]

When you fight Republicans using their own corrosive tools, they win.

Was Rep. Crockett justified in hitting back at Rep. Greene?  Absolutely. Rep. Greene has done plenty that deserves criticism - whether it's her performative stupidity, her atrocious personal conduct, the horrible things she's said, etc. But going after her for her looks legitimizes this sort of pettiness, and lowers the already low level of discourse in our government.

Or to quote a very old piece of folk wisdom,  "What’s the sense of wrestling with a pig? You both get all over muddy . . . and the pig likes it.'”

if the pig already dragged you into the mud, you're gonna need to wash your clothes either way. Better to try and teach it a lesson. Don't jump into the mud first, but if you're stuck in it, hit back.