Really need a 3 point discretionary scoring call for Rule of Cool
November 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Really need a 3 point discretionary scoring call for Rule of Cool
BofAI on Oct consumer spending: Growth cooled across several discretionary categories, with services remaining the main driver of spending growth.
November 13, 2026 at 1:16 AM
BofAI on Oct consumer spending: Growth cooled across several discretionary categories, with services remaining the main driver of spending growth.
Ah yes, the urgent need for $50M to repair the crumbling infrastructure! If only someone had flagged concerns say, oh, a year ago, when there was no proposed budget or detailed plan for these upgrades and Congress chose to keep air traffic spending discretionary?
Air Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Ah yes, the urgent need for $50M to repair the crumbling infrastructure! If only someone had flagged concerns say, oh, a year ago, when there was no proposed budget or detailed plan for these upgrades and Congress chose to keep air traffic spending discretionary?
This is like the budget + candles + family is starving post but with bankruptcy triggered by wholly discretionary deadly driving.
November 10, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This is like the budget + candles + family is starving post but with bankruptcy triggered by wholly discretionary deadly driving.
Even if you believe that a lot of people in your neighborhood "need their cars to get to work," that's an argument for building MORE options for people to get around. The enemy of these drivers is not cyclists, but other drivers who store a car on the street solely for discretionary purposes.
The thing about saying, with a lot of confidence, "This is a working class neighborhood and a lot of people need their cars to get to work" is that New York City has incredible publicly available data that someone can instantly look up and go "Wow all of that statement was wildly wrong"
November 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Even if you believe that a lot of people in your neighborhood "need their cars to get to work," that's an argument for building MORE options for people to get around. The enemy of these drivers is not cyclists, but other drivers who store a car on the street solely for discretionary purposes.
"About half the city's discretionary operational spending goes towards the police department, which then goes over budget."
November 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
"About half the city's discretionary operational spending goes towards the police department, which then goes over budget."
Only $XLY Consumer Discretionary was lower today @stockcharts
November 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Only $XLY Consumer Discretionary was lower today @stockcharts
1. Eco harms: My use of deepseek is less ecologically impactful than watching netflix per hour. if you're not also up in arms about recreational streaming video (an obviously discretionary luxury activity) you're full of shit, and should be ignored.
November 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
1. Eco harms: My use of deepseek is less ecologically impactful than watching netflix per hour. if you're not also up in arms about recreational streaming video (an obviously discretionary luxury activity) you're full of shit, and should be ignored.
HCD has finally released a guide for cities on how they must review and approve "discretionary" housing projects.
www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
www.hcd.ca.gov
November 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
HCD has finally released a guide for cities on how they must review and approve "discretionary" housing projects.
www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
could fuck with it every year through the annual discretionary appropriations process. He did not want it to be discretionary. He wanted it to be mandatory.
November 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
could fuck with it every year through the annual discretionary appropriations process. He did not want it to be discretionary. He wanted it to be mandatory.
Source: Inside Housing
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Scottish government boosts discretionary housing payment scheme to £117m
The Scottish government has topped up its discretionary housing payments scheme with an extra £2m, taking the total to £117m.
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November 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Source: Inside Housing
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though I'm also pretty poor when it comes to discretionary spending so I don't exactly have a choice when it comes to moderation exactly
November 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
though I'm also pretty poor when it comes to discretionary spending so I don't exactly have a choice when it comes to moderation exactly
I'm not sure that's still the case, unless some MLAs use discretionary funding to stock them
November 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I'm not sure that's still the case, unless some MLAs use discretionary funding to stock them
Too busy figuring out how to put on a show of "defiance" before 8 members break ranks to approve a bill giving 50 billion to Duffy in discretionary funds, another 100 billion to ICE, and 20 billion to Israel in weapon transfers in order to "lower the temperature for the holidays."
November 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Too busy figuring out how to put on a show of "defiance" before 8 members break ranks to approve a bill giving 50 billion to Duffy in discretionary funds, another 100 billion to ICE, and 20 billion to Israel in weapon transfers in order to "lower the temperature for the holidays."
Social Security/Medicare IS legally defined in the statute as an entitlement because we earned them and are therefore ENTITLED to them. They are not discretionary. The term "entitlement" here is GOOD.
November 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Social Security/Medicare IS legally defined in the statute as an entitlement because we earned them and are therefore ENTITLED to them. They are not discretionary. The term "entitlement" here is GOOD.
I wish I had the discretionary funds to become a member. Alas, Social Security doesn't leave much. But I wholeheartedly support the wonderful work Democracy Docket performs on our behalf.
November 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I wish I had the discretionary funds to become a member. Alas, Social Security doesn't leave much. But I wholeheartedly support the wonderful work Democracy Docket performs on our behalf.
Clean water, infrastructure, investments in rural communities, and so much more that Wisconsin has benefitted from since Democrats passed the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Let’s keep building on this legacy.
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/fedfunding.aspx
Let’s keep building on this legacy.
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/fedfunding.aspx
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding
Read about Wisconsin DOT's plan for implementation of federal funding and where discretionary funding is going in Wisconsin.
wisconsindot.gov
November 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Clean water, infrastructure, investments in rural communities, and so much more that Wisconsin has benefitted from since Democrats passed the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Let’s keep building on this legacy.
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/fedfunding.aspx
Let’s keep building on this legacy.
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/doing-bus/fedfunding.aspx
Seems like a really critical aspect of project 2027 should be to make FAA funding mandatory vs discretionary.
And whatever ATCs are paid, it’s probably not enough.
And whatever ATCs are paid, it’s probably not enough.
If you're wondering about last night's nationwide ground stop and how all air travel could be brought to a halt due to "outdated equipment," here's our segment from 2025 on the FAA and exactly how outdated their equipment can be. Two words: floppy disks. youtu.be/YeABJbvcJ_k
Air Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Seems like a really critical aspect of project 2027 should be to make FAA funding mandatory vs discretionary.
And whatever ATCs are paid, it’s probably not enough.
And whatever ATCs are paid, it’s probably not enough.
You cut down your non-discretionary spending, didn’t you? And now, A-I is crashing!
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November 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
You cut down your non-discretionary spending, didn’t you? And now, A-I is crashing!
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This is a key insight re program design of discretionary grants fail to account for intercity and regional rail program delivery.
"A new highway lane can carry vehicles as soon as it opens, whereas rail cannot add service and produce ridership, until the whole package of improvements is done"
"A new highway lane can carry vehicles as soon as it opens, whereas rail cannot add service and produce ridership, until the whole package of improvements is done"
November 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is a key insight re program design of discretionary grants fail to account for intercity and regional rail program delivery.
"A new highway lane can carry vehicles as soon as it opens, whereas rail cannot add service and produce ridership, until the whole package of improvements is done"
"A new highway lane can carry vehicles as soon as it opens, whereas rail cannot add service and produce ridership, until the whole package of improvements is done"
Too bad *every* permit is discretionary & subject to neighborhood appeals in SF, including grading and building permits.
November 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Too bad *every* permit is discretionary & subject to neighborhood appeals in SF, including grading and building permits.
Imagine if it just ends up being the consumer discretionary etf lol
November 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Imagine if it just ends up being the consumer discretionary etf lol
When I much younger I did an economics paper and we learned about discretionary spending and how it can fall to zero across a huge proportion of households during a cost of living crisis so this story isn't really news, is it?
Today from The Detail: New Zealand charities are being caught in a perfect storm of rising demand, falling donations and new tax rules acting as a handbrake
High-end tax rules restraining charitable giving
newsroom.co.nz
November 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
When I much younger I did an economics paper and we learned about discretionary spending and how it can fall to zero across a huge proportion of households during a cost of living crisis so this story isn't really news, is it?
Senate's love of bipartisanship is real Lucy football energy. Trump disregards the law, this is settled science. Why pass new laws that give him and Russ more discretionary power to exercise, now?
November 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Senate's love of bipartisanship is real Lucy football energy. Trump disregards the law, this is settled science. Why pass new laws that give him and Russ more discretionary power to exercise, now?
It's not his personal property to do with as he wishes. That House belongs to We The People and we did not give him permission to damage it in any manner. We certainly did not agree to fund his destruction of public property. Do not give that man one discretionary dime in the next two fiscal budgets
November 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's not his personal property to do with as he wishes. That House belongs to We The People and we did not give him permission to damage it in any manner. We certainly did not agree to fund his destruction of public property. Do not give that man one discretionary dime in the next two fiscal budgets