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@Thomas State's rights and the precedent set forth from Roe V. Wade as well as powerful organizations that represent people and the best interest of women who prefer the right to choose will always curb/impede/prevent Federal changes to abortion rights. <PERSON> may share your views, but he is unlikely to be able to stop or remove this right from women without a fight. You go ahead and vote for him though.
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I honestly hope they take a hit. There has to be a refocus on students' potential to capitalize on that degree instead of continuing to saddle them with debt that is unforgivable. They're not even willing to cut tuition when the service being offered has been so heavily pared down. That's all the evidence I need to see that their only concern is enriching themselves. The effects of the economy will make a quality higher education unattainable if things don't change.
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The article I found interesting this week was “A Song That Changed Music Forever” by <PERSON>. One point that really stood out to me was the fact that the meaning behind “Crazy Blues” is still relevant to the 21st century. In 1919, the “Red Summer” was a summer filled with abuses from race-hate groups, the police force, and the military. The lyrics tell the story of violence with an abusive partner. When listened closely, the song is an allegory of violence in a world of white oppression. A century later, police brutality stemmed from racial profiling is still a prominent issue. Back in May, <PERSON> was unlawfully killed by a police officer. That incident sparked a series of nationwide Black Lives Matter protests which shed light on the many incidents of unfair police brutality inflicted on black people. Whether it is simply by racial stereotypes or the fact that more police are placed in more predominantly black neighborhoods and therefore leading to a higher black incarceration rate, I was shocked to know that issues from the 1920’s are still a huge issue in 2020. The song even advocates for fighting back, which can be a small justification for some of the riots inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. I used to believe that the United States has come a long way in terms of prejudice, but I am shocked to know that some things have never changed.
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The story that I found very interesting and relevant was an opinion story written last year titled “Racists Are Recruiting. Watch Your White Sons” by <PERSON>. I found this very relatable as a teenager. As I scroll through pop culture media and funny memes, I can’t help but notice the slew of teenage boys that mock sensitive subjects in the name of “dark humor.” I saw people online mocking the size of <PERSON> nose and making jokes that it was impossible for him not to breathe. Another example I saw was a statistic stating that the suicide rate for transgender people was 50%, and <PERSON> “Living on a Prayer” was playing in the background, specifically the part that says “woah we’re halfway there.” These jokes can be taken way too far, yet many fail to see the severity behind it. For example, The Women’s Center for domestic violence victims’ 24 hour hotline issued a statement stating that over 100 men have been making prank calls to them, which makes it difficult for them to respond to real crisis calls. This “dark humor” can be endangering lives. As a girl with two brothers, they tend to mock me for my generally more liberal opinions and the fact that I have many LGBT+ friends. The fact that insulting people can be considered “their opinion” makes absolutely no sense to me. Compassion for others and sensitive subjects should be common sense. If you make these jokes, you are contributing to an uncomfortable and bigoted world for people to live in.
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Big Business has tried to take over everything—health care, education, government, the Courts—and all it does really well is demote actual experts in those fields and install mid level managers who have contempt for actual workers. Greed, corruption, inequality all follow. This experiment has been failing for a long time. But. It’s not to late to take our country back. We REMEMBER. We VOTE. We shall PREVAIL. Do not despair in this dark time. The children require us to be GOOD. Let’s be GOOD. Survive and fight for our democracy. Keep journalism alive!
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Confidence in public institutions and agencies is almost nonexistent because it seems that almost all citizens feel our choice is either to follow the advice of a single partisan leader who doesn’t care if most of us die OR to make up our own wise program of self-care to keep us and our loved ones as safe as possible. Reliable LEADERSHIP is what we need. NOW. Enough of this sloppy cynicism. VOTE FOR CHANGE!!!! VOTE BLUE.
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@DJ Do you really think that NY and CA are populated solely with those with whom you have different views from?
There is no state, county or city, township of village that is RED or BLUE. (Except when electors are awarded by winner take all- which renders meaningless the votes of the minority) Even NY and CA are between 40% and 50% Red. Even down in Dixieland, where the Reds are dominate, Blues occupy about the same proportion of the electorate that the Reds have in the Blue states.
We live in a PURPLE country. It is the winner takes all system that creates to the polarization of the electorate and allows the candidates to campaign to their bases and not the electorate.
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The one thing I think the so-called conservative movement is ignoring is what the definition of conservative is. The complete trashing of norms and customs that have guided The UNITED States is the antonym of conservative and defines radical.
Conservatives used to get quite angry over the conduct of activist judges, for example.
But, they have been telling all of us over the last 25 years or so that their principles are nothing more than a convenience, like a jacket, to be employed when necessary so, we really should have listened better.
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<PERSON>'s supporters are young and passionate. They don't care that <PERSON> jumps on the Democrat wavelength when it suits him, spoils the die-hards like <PERSON> who work hard for all who are party members, and allow the subprime other side with their outlier, <PERSON>, to enter thru the gates. We have worked as a country w/the right president at the right time from <PERSON> to <PERSON>. <PERSON>'s smart as a tack and is the real deal, but has been pushed aside by <PERSON>, and <PERSON> then, now <PERSON>, the altar boy. <PERSON> against <PERSON>? And yes, <PERSON>'s foolish son <PERSON> and the Burisma deal, innocent or not, and his age will not take him across the finish line. A good guy, who with <PERSON> would make, IMHO, a great duet, either way, to run the country. Not happening, I would say. The Democratic Party cannot allow non-Dems to jump on their train w/o a ticket. I'm not a huge party person at all, but in a state like Texas, one has to be as the other side will take us back to not that long ago, for us. Maybe that's why nostalgia is so thick here. Great title.
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In West, Texas, a small town between Austin and Dallas, a warehouse stocked w/fertilizer for crops nearby blew up. It was located near a school and housing. Only inept regulations and awareness were to blame, but to <PERSON>'s points made here, this state with its diverse population and size was not able to manage this warehouse and no doubt it was left to the county or small town. Poor Lebanon, a small country with factions and interests and neighbors like Syria and the residue of colonialism. <PERSON> in an act I thought of great respect visited Beirut. Israel is losing that realm of common respect, I agree with a spokesperson in the article. And this country with <PERSON> says volumes about his lack of the common good in the sense of comity, compromise, leadership. Terrorists can be citizens of one's country who have gone the opposite direction from the common good. Whether it is the notion of losing the good for the perfect, an evangelical notion of wombs and words, a fear of a more perfect future, we most reverse the trend. Thanks for this.
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@Chris It is not a myth. In Detroit the only place people generally walk around is in the downtown core, which is about three miles long, in Mexicantown, and a few upscale neighborhoods. Detroit is about 139 square miles; it is a car city. I can not think of a part of town where I would not go, at least while in a car, and I am white. I never have occasion to walk around in poor Black neighborhoods. I would say Detroiters of all backgrounds generally get along fine. We have large Latino and Muslim communities. Perhaps the most pointed question is whether a person is a "native Detroiter", or not. It will take some time, but Detroit will be a success story, just like Pittsburgh.
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@rocketship To equate the process of selecting a running mate with deciding how to respond to a missile threat from China is ludicrous. Besides, did you not read the book, or see the movie, Seven Days in May? There you see a deliberate and effective response to a missile crisis that wasn't shooting from the hip...or lip.
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"Since politics, including the politics of governing, is a competition in the exercise of power and influence, corporations and rich people are going to press for their interests no matter what. Insofar as progressive forces include a disproportionate share of hobbyists — as they currently do — progressives are going to be weakened in that struggle for power."
Poor reasoning. If hobbyists are (basically) lazy "because they don’t find the direction of the country sufficiently threatening to them," why are not corporations (or at least rich people) EVEN MORE lazy since the direction of the country is not merely not sufficiently threatening but positively advantageous?
An argument that people on the bottom rungs are motivated to activism by their precarious position, that hobbyists above them are less so because their position is not-so-threatened, what would explain a burst of activism among the wealthiest, who could bleed money all day long and still vacation in Tahiti? Ever hear of a trend line (or mathematical function)?
I despise loose reasoning.
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@Elizabeth <PERSON>, undoubtedly, Oxford University and AstraZenica are dependable, but the devil is in the manufacturing, which will be done to Chinese standards of safety.
As far as providing such a product at cost goes, one is reminded of the old Borscht Belt joke: The food is terrible, and such small portions, too! A low-cost unsafe vaccine ampule is no bargain at all. All that ought to matter is safety and efficacy.
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Mr. <PERSON>,
Where is your lecture to the Republican Party who actually did vote for <PERSON> when he unwittingly won the primary with his platform of prejudice, division, lies, and misogyny?
Where is your condemnation for the "suburban" voter you seem to believe would again vote for <PERSON>, even though he has proven to be far more dangerous than ever anticipated?
Your contempt for Senator <PERSON> and his supporters, repeatedly misrepresenting a large, diverse, committed coalition with the smear of "<PERSON>", then blaming that group for <PERSON>'s election and feared re-election entirely misses the point.
If <PERSON> is re-elected it will be that with clear view of his reactionary foreign policy, outrageous camaraderie with authoritarian despots, insane deregulation, punitive nature towards anyone who dare notice the emporer has no clothes (nor any sense of truth, right or wrong) (and I could go on and on), that in clear light of this many Americans would prefer THAT. PERIOD.
It is obscene to handwring about <PERSON> and his supporters who want to provide a stronger safety net so the poor suffer less, the sick suffer less, our children suffer less- not out of selfishness but out of compassion. We are not what is wrong with this country. We could easily be mistaken as weavers.
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Of course it was a "partisan" impeachment! The Republicans never gave it a chance to be anything but. So forget your lecture about "these highly partisan times", and lame excuse about what the president did was improper. Do not try to spin the lies the president read off his teleprompter last evening, as if the work of the House has not been tied and bound, hostage on <PERSON>'s desk. Why do you still think the American people who choose to see truth, seek justice, and pray for a government worthy of respect can be swayed by a huckster and his proxies?
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We are # 17 in the world as to education. All this since a Nation at Risk in <PERSON>'s administration. Union rules whereby the best teacher and the worst teacher receive the same salary is atrocious. It's not either or but both systems put the children first is the answer.
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Selfishness abounds in all clases , right ,left and certainly among my fellow elderly. The government pays many of us more than we pay in taxes. I have been paid back 7 times what I have paid in. I asked my peers to join me is supporting a means test. The laughter was resounding! We all live in glass houses.
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<PERSON> Makes Us Ill. The Case for <PERSON>. The Case for <PERSON>. The Case for <PERSON>. You Can Defeat Trump in a Landslide,
These are the editorials in today's New York Times. What happened to the Times of old? Where is balance, the presentation of different views and opinions? Instead we have the arrogance of self righteous intellectualism. Too bad. We are all the worse for it.
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The body of the article does not provide much detail, but does present facts. The Headline however is what journalism suffers from today. The headline belongs in an Op Ed piece, not a news report. Present facts and let the reader decide. Unfortunately too many of the Time's article's headlines spoon feed the editors opinions to the reader.
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@Blackmamba Despite what Westerners who never set foot in Asia likes to think, most people from Korea, Japan and China dont hate each other. You wont get attacked if you speak Japanese in Korea and vice versa. There is a lot of cultural exchange between Japan and Korea as well as lots of intermarriages. People are smart enough to differentiate political agenda to incite the right wing from reality. Explain to me how Koreatown in Japan is the hot spot of tokyo with booming businesses owned by koreans
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Thanks for this clickbaity title. This piece on black and asian dynamic was solely needed piece by a white man to shift attention from systemic racism. I recommend bunch of more articles like this so we can have another koreatown riots. This is the exact tactic pulled by white media to pit minorities against each other. Also where is the article about the Japanese musician in Harlem who was attacked a few days ago?
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The young people, under 35, partying on the beaches, think ‘can’t touch me’. Strictly speaking that’s not true. But, more importantly their behavior is helping freeze the economy. Since, young people tend to be servers at restaurants, none of us want to go to a restaurant. So, basically where the young go or work (<35), older people don’t want to be. Sorry you guys are out of jobs. But remember‘can’t touch me’. Enjoy it.
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Thanks for sharing your situation. It’s important that people know that death is not the only cost of this pandemic. When I read that 19 million people have been infected by COVID in the US and 11 million have recovered, that leaves 8 million unaccounted for, and presumably still sick. That is a huge number. Medical attention has to be focused on this national calamity.
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I think Senator <PERSON> did really well. Her responses addressing abortion, childcare, and racial inequalities are spot on. As a minority woman, I'm so glad she's my candidate. Also, <PERSON>'s South Bend record (imprisoning more African Americans for pot) and taking money from 40 billionaires are not looking good for him.
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I did some fact checking against her statement "he[Bernie] got nothing done."
The Center for Effective Law Making shows that in the past 10 years (except for 2013-2014), <PERSON>'s legislative performance has been incredibly low. He has been consistently underperforming compared to other legislators.
I really like him, still do. In fact, I donate hundreds of dollars to him in the 2016 primaries. But my main concern back then had been how much we can actually accomplish. Of course, getting progressive candidates elected into other offices is a great start.
The second thing is. <PERSON> just had a heart attack, and despite <PERSON> claiming that "age is just a number", the next president has to deal with so many issues and <PERSON> is not going to make the transition easy. I'm concerned that <PERSON> wouldn't have the stamina demanded by the office of POTUS.
Here is link to for anyone who's interested in looking into congresspeople's performance:
<a href="https://thelawmakers.org/find-representatives" target="_blank">https://thelawmakers.org/find-representatives</a>#/
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To equate <PERSON> and <PERSON> as both mouth-pieces who do nothing but run their mouth is absolute nonsense.
<PERSON> has been in the trenches of public service his entire life. He marched with Dr. <PERSON>. He’s stood on line in strikes. He uses his podium to champion good causes, not himself.
This is what the antithesis of <PERSON> looks like.
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I say this as a feminist and a long-time fan of <PERSON>: Democrats should not run another woman against <PERSON>. Let's not be naive of this political climate. A woman, no matter who the candidate, will still suffer biases and an uphill climb. Why should we choose a candidate with a disadvantage when the stakes are so high?
It's not like there aren't other great choices. <PERSON> does, in fact, win over independents and bring people to the polls who don't normally go. <PERSON> does not. He has credentials with people of color. <PERSON> does not. <PERSON> has a reputation of being no-nonsense, authentic, and genuine. <PERSON> would have to build that in the general.
I'd rather have the strongest of two progressive candidates run against <PERSON>. Let's no forget he is a shameless man who will have no qualms about stirring the sexist pot.
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In this picture, I see 4 men sitting on a couch. It looks like there are somewhere in the Middle East because of the clothes they're wearing. In front of them, there are birds, and the men are wearing gloves to hold them. Also, some of the men are holding phones, which means this picture was taken recently.
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<PERSON> I agree with you that the outfits make it seem like the Middle East. I like your idea that it could be a vet office, I didn't think about that. I also like that you included they are on their phones from boredom of being in the waiting room.
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This op-ed is a sad joke.
"No member of Congress could have any valid reason to reject any step that could contribute to the fundamental health of our Republic."
After years of brazen attacks by the GOP against democratic institutions? Come on. "1 man 1 vote", congressional oversight, SC nominations, emoluments clause, DoJ independence...
Is there any step to maintain the Republic's health that HASN'T been rejected by the GOP since <PERSON>'s first term?
The US are about to enter their worst political storm. This is the Reps' last chance to retain power as a minority political movement. They will not play by the rules. And certainly not add any rules to make the game fair.
They will do whatever it takes.
They won't heal America. They won't stop fires, floods, plagues, or riots.
Why would they heal its Republic?
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A much welcome self-assessment!
"Serious news organizations in the US, including The New York Times" are often not that serious when covering France.
Just as there is a US lens on minority rights abroad, especially with France, there is another for women's rights.
Take the recent NYT obituary of former French president <PERSON>. Not a single word about what French people remember as his presidency's main legacy: making abortion legal. It took him more than courage to support his minister <PERSON> against huge opposition from all sides.
That a serious news org. like the Times ignores this, is a fitting reminder that women's rights in the US are now moving in the opposite direction.
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@ksb36 Since March, I have taught undergraduates on Zoom. I have seen all kinds of weird stuff. <PERSON>’s mistake does not surprise me at all. The very worst he is guilty of is whatever the Zoom equivalent of phone sex is. He made the same kind of mistake people are making all over the world right now. Yes, that does make it ok to me. Move on. There’s nothing to see here. We have more important stuff to worry about. Let’s stop persecuting one of the good guys.
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I am thinking of <PERSON> sitting in the telegraph office, waiting for casualty numbers, speaking quietly with the telegraphers, gathering data with which to make wrenching decisions, aging, grieving for his country.
I could forgive President <PERSON> for his vast, yawning ignorance about everything, everything except self-aggrandizement, but his lack of humility in the face of the deaths of Americans and the absence of any trace of gravitas when his citizens really, really need leadership is unforgivable.
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Oh, yes. <PERSON>, fer sure! Born '58. Grew up admiring the hippies--and watching them sell out faster than grass through a goose. I swear, there were no sentimental looks down the generations from them, and damned few hands up once they handed in their sandals and bell-bottoms and dressed for success.
Remember--they left the movement before the movement left them. If you think we Jonesers are begrudging--stop and reconsider the Yuppies, a term coined in '80, when we Jonesers were just finishing high school. We were not the ones living in McMansions, or making fortunes in Silicon Valley. We were still working out our majors and worrying because college was beginning to get a wee-tad expensive, and the entire adult world seemed to have turned against the young. And the "young" who had caused all the resentment were sliding quietly into suits, uniforms, or at the very least pink-collar positions and voting <PERSON>.
Me, I landed on the forever-liberal side, and begrudged every traitor to the cause who chose to jump ship just as I was ready to board the Good Ship Freedom. I embraced the ideals, and always will. It was part and parcel of America: we the people.
I have much enjoyed many aspects of this catastrophic summer, because at last even the turn-coat Yuppies have started to realize that the urgency never left.
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<PERSON> correct. There are many ways you can represent your constituents. But the oath of office demands one major thing: the defense of the Constitution. Period. These oathbreakers are destroying our Constitutional Democracy by intent, because they have concluded the numbers show they will never again have even a cheater's chance to take and hold power in this nation. So they are jumping ship, looking for a vessel to carry their unAmerican ideals forward when open election no longer will.
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Some day, we will compile a volume of the best writing about what it was like to live through COVID-19, to use in the highschool history classes of the future. This essay will be one of them. Beautiful writing, and a wonderful way of capturing not only this event but the cultural milieu into which it arrived.
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<PERSON>'s personal weakness and incompetence might also have been used in 2016 as an argument he could not do much damage, but look what he has accomplished. Nearly every federal department lies in ruins; our international reputation is damaged, perhaps beyond repair; reactionary dictators ascendant across the globe; political violence at levels not seen in a half-century; not to mention a mismanaged pandemic that has killed nearly a quarter of a million and wrecked our economy.
<PERSON> may not be capable of pulling off a devious, intricately plotted scheme, but if his last four years have proven anything its that his incompetence does not prevent him from doing great harm. The flailing death throes of his administration will be -- even without any dastardly machinations -- the greatest danger our republic has faced since secession. We must be ready.
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<PERSON> "How to fix the cities? First they need to attract young, productive families back to them"
How? Crime needs to be reduced. The schools are horrendous. Lack of discipline in students, low test scores, racist views and treatment of non-blacks (as a white who attended an urban school I experienced plenty of this - my parents who really could not afford it eventually sent me to a private school and I will always remember them for that).
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@EFS would it also not be logical to move inner city residents into areas predominated by the middle and upper middle class while cutting back the police? To let their children enter (and hopefully) predominate the very schools this demographic sends their children to? Yet, being racists, they would fight this tooth and nail. This racism needs to be overcome. As an assistant district attorney, will you lead the fight? Maybe you can run for district attorney with this as your campaign slogan?
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@R Wilson PS – Yes, I acknowledge that they moved from living in three stories down to a single first level, so that stairs wouldn't be an issue, but what I see here of their new residential area is a home that nobody with any serious disability could get around in and function without help from someone else.
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I'm sorry, but as a disabled individual who has remodeled his home in such a manner so that he can truly "age in place", I don't see that at all occurring in this residence. What instead I see is an aging couple that has tastefully modernized and renovated their living quarters. The title of this article is misleading. Again, I see a beautiful transformation here, but this is anything but an example of "aging in place". If that type of renovation had truly been done, then this article would have focused on changes to be made necessitated by aging and mobility. I see little of that here. Yes, there is less clutter in the nicely staged photographs, but I still see a space fraught with difficulties for anyone being slow down or hampered in the least by age. How about doing an article that truly focuses on this?
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@Ben yes I have the faith, ultimately in the decency of ALL good, rational Americans to care about their fellow humans, regardless of race, color or ethnicity. So long as <PERSON> wins with an overwhelming majority, the trouble makers will slink away quietly with their tails beneath their legs.
It's only when it gets close that the trouble starts but with all the early voting, I remain optimistic.
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The only way to make sure that there is accountability for lying is by ENSURING that <PERSON> is tried, prosecuted and punished for all his nefarious activities. He is IMO indulging in treasonous activities under this faux garb of "making America great again". America can never achieve greatness so long as people like him can get away without accountability. There is great harm in the kind of politics he indulges in. Pitting good people against other good people, in turn making each other bad for one another. There have to be consequences for this. Anyone that foments hatred for a fellow citizen, human being cannot be good for ANYONE. That is the simple truth that needs to be understood. Clearly it has not been by 50% of this country. We are hurtling fast down a path of no return. I sincerely hope <PERSON> reaches out to these people and is able to make the rest of us realize there cannot be progress without an acknowledgement of this truth. I hope both the Democratic and the Republican parties are able rise above this and work with each other for not THEIR OWN GOOD but for the good of every American.
The first step is beginning with clearly establishing <PERSON> for the liar, loser and poison that he is!
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It is okay to laugh at serious news as long as the news does not put someone down. If a meme is funny to many people without hurting people, it can bring joy to people in a time of distress. Memes can calm people if made correctly. For example, memes about the toilet paper and hand sanitizer shortages are not offensive. In fact, these memes can inform people to stop hoarding items and realize their mistakes. On the other hand, memes about World War 3 were offensive and inaccurate. Memes can be someone’s news source as long as it is not the person’s only news source. If people only use memes for news without another source to backup the information, they can misunderstand the information. Memes are often exaggerated or misunderstood. In these situations, if people used memes for news, unnecessary panic could be created.
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<PERSON> I agree that some memes can be beneficial and spread good information around. However, no matter what the meme is about, someone will take offense to it. For example, the memes that you mentioned about the coronavirus and WW3 could be offensive to people with the coronavirus and soldiers in war. Because of this, I think memes should be avoided as a source of news. Even if a meme seems harmless, it could be greatly offensive to someone else.
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I subscribe to the turnout theory for how the polls got it wrong this year, with a little Covid-19 effect contributing.
In 2016, poll underestimated the number of less-educated voters, who favored <PERSON>. But, there were also better-educated voters who supported <PERSON>. In my neighborhood in a congressional district that went from red to blue in 2018 and almost back to red in 2020, I sensed little enthusiasm for <PERSON> on 2016 until the last days of the campaign. This year the enthusiasm was strong from the start and grew to the end. The pickup truck and boat parades near the end of the campaign encouraged <PERSON> voters to ignore the polls and vote.
<PERSON>'s decision not to hold rallies and limit door-to-door campaigning, combined with the overwhelming early voting by <PERSON> supporters, resulted in less enthusiasm among <PERSON> supporters. While the pandemic made these decisions logical, they served to distort the final turnout.
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First, let me say that I agree with Mr. <PERSON>'s assessment of <PERSON>'s presidency.
But, we will never move beyond our deep polarization until we acknowledge that the white working class voters are not whom we should blame. I see far more than fear of a changing cultural and racial dynamic as driving their choices.
From the perspective of a working class voter, whether white, black, or brown, things have been getting worse for more than a generation.
Today's working class voter sees fewer good quality, good paying jobs as companies outsource their jobs, replace them with robots, or reduce hours to avoid providing benefits.
They see doctors, professional athletes, Wall St. financial types, and others get richer while they pay more for medicine, sporting events, and bank interest and fees with less real income.
So to them, support for diversity, inclusion, and equity and pronouncement of "white privilege" feels false. In fact, these serve as proof that their plight is unappreciated.
This makes them willing, and even eager to give the finger to this new status quo, and <PERSON>'s willingness to antagonize us libtards only makes him more appealing.
To prevent the next <PERSON>, we need to deliver policies that will make it possible for the working class to regain their ability to get good pay for honest work.
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There are two preliminary studies, one in he US and one in Europe regarding Vitamin D and COVID-19 that are very positive, showing significantly better outcomes and the possibility of it being a preventative.
<a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-vitamin-d-role-covid-mortality.html" target="_blank">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-vitamin-d-role-covid-mortality.html</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jffdZOSuIA64L_Eur8qyCQ12T7NXrHSKPxtMe134C0Y/mobilebasic" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jffdZOSuIA64L_Eur8qyCQ12T7NXrHSKPxtMe134C0Y/mobilebasic</a>
Vitamin D has had a reputation of being a potent anti-viral for some time but these studies also indicate that it can prevent the cytokine storm that is a major cause of death with covid.
If you look at the side effects of chloroquine you would probably have some reservations about taking i: <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/chloroquine-oral-route/side-effects/drg-20062834?p=1" target="_blank">https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/chloroquine-oral-route/side-effects/drg-20062834?p=1</a>
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Vitamin D has had a longtime reputation as an anti-viral and some some consider it to be primarily responsible for the seasonal nature of the common cold and flu.
In in addition to the medical references contain herein, there is also this pre-print study:
<a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-vitamin-d-role-covid-mortality.html" target="_blank">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-vitamin-d-role-covid-mortality.html</a> summarized below:
"By analyzing publicly available patient data from around the globe, <PERSON> and his team discovered a strong correlation between (low) vitamin D levels and cytokine storm—a hyperinflammatory condition caused by an overactive immune system—as well as a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality."
I keep my D levels up, currently my Vitamin D level is 53 ng/ml and I do not catch colds or the flu.
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I usually watch the Grammys every year, however, this year I didn’t. Although I didn’t watch the Grammys, the articles released the next day reviewing the night and winners, were no shocker to me. For artists like <PERSON> and <PERSON> it makes sense that they came home with a Grammy. It’s a reflection of hard work but also how popular a song can get. I think what we have to ask ourselves is does an artist deserve a Grammy for the popularity of the song or if people genuinely like the song? Sure, I like artists like <PERSON>, but the amount of times I heard the song “bad guy” personally took away from my liking of the song. I think someone should win a Grammy for people genuinely liking a song—no matter how famous the artist is, everyone should be considered.
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As I get older it seems that value of textbooks in the classroom fades more and more each year. Personally, my school does not rely heavily on textbooks. Sure, we have access to them but I can’t remember the last time I actually took the time or have been told to open a textbook. As I might be biased towards not liking textbooks—due to the lack of exposure— I do not see the purpose of even purchasing them anymore. In today’s technology focused world, the access we have to information is almost infinite. With so many online resources like the internet or apps, why should we confine ourselves to a singular textbook that only contains a fixed amount of information? Instead, schools should be exploring multiple resources to gain multiple perspectives and avoid controversial issues that have been observed in textbooks given to students.
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I think that the new guidelines are a clever workaround because it gives the production crew a way to connect with the world in a more genuine way since they are a live audience. I do think that the only way for that workaround to be considered clever is if the proper safety precautions are taken. Considering that the production takes place in an enclosed stage it's important to take into consideration the level of precautions that need to be set in place. Therefore the production crew should make sure that every person that enters hasn't been exposed to the virus. Personally, I would feel comfortable attending if I noticed obvious safety precautions, but if I didn't I wouldn't attend no matter the money.
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<PERSON> I like how you perceived the photograph. It was a different perspective compared to what I saw but just as valid. I also liked how you pointed out the Italian in the background. Did you try translating it? If you didn't, it means "Years of Pure Madness."
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I would be more more sympathetic to this opinion piece if it looked at the progressive side of the divisiveness permeating the country. When this news paper breathlessly reports on anonymous rumors about Russian collusion for almost 3 years that is ultimately unsubstantiated, when it omits major stories for ideological reasons, when it publishes as truth the 1619 Project and then has to walk back its major claim, when its columnists tearfully recount how they can no longer be friends with people of a different race or political party, a little self reflection on your side seems due.
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3 States out of 50 constituting about 40 million people out of 330 million experienced about half the deaths. It may just be coincidence but all three (as well as the 4th most deadly) are governed by Democratic governors. 5 large states, California, Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Texas have had few deaths relative to population. 4 are governed by Republicans. These are facts, draw your own conclusions but they suggest to me that those on the left might want to have some humility before making partisan claims about governance (setting <PERSON> and the Feds aside).
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Just one correction. Ms. <PERSON> was carrying a very nice shotgun in her ads for the 2016 campaign. While this comment may seem irrelevant, for American gun owners it is not. In order to be taken seriously the media and gun critics need to gain some expertise on the topic, or at least consult with someone who has expertise on the topic. Every story that calls a weapon an assault rifle that is not, lessens your credibility. Please find someone to review all articles that include any reference to fire arms.
A semi-antique shotgun used for bird hunting is not the same thing as a hunting rifle.
<PERSON> is running a much more low key campaign this election, and indeed the governor’s much needed pandemic measures are not playing well in Southeastern New Mexico.
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I’m sorry. But get a grip!
Just spend some reading about, or watching health care professionals in action. Then look at your own situation. I don’t, and you don’t want to end up as a patient in their ICU.
You have a job, a place to live, enough to eat, and you don’t spend 12 hours a day with an N95 mask on.
There is light at the end of the tunnel - you just need to get there.
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Thank you <PERSON>. I live in a country town in South East Australia. We have been advised not to go shopping at all now. There are 2 known cases in our town- possibly more. I working in an aged care facility full of 90 year olds- most of whom would die they became infected. the facility has been closed for the past 2 weeks to any visitors. I am at home making masks because I have a sore throat- it is probably just my sinus- but I can't face going to work and the responsibility that would entail, so I am going into quarantine and being tested tomorrow. This will take 72 hours minimum to probably show that I am negative.
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@Pam I live in Australia in a country town- wiht 2 confirmed cases of Covid 19. People over 70 are confined to home here. I have been advised to go shopping only once in 2-4 weeks and to wear a mask and gloves by my daughter who is a doctor here. I am making masked which are pleated and have a space at the top between the 2 layers to put vacuum cleaner filter.
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What about labs? My husband went to his in-network family physician who ordered a standard cholesterol test. The lab technician suspected Leukemia and went ahead and sent his blood sample to another lab, out of network. Cancer was a shocking diagnosis to receive from a cholesterol test. A $17k bill from the test he and his dr. never ordered arrived weeks later.
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@Jack thank you for your work and for protecting yourself. I am horrified that stores aren't doing more to provide rules of behavior to customers and allow staff protection and ability to enforce these rules. It only takes one oblivious customer to invade your space and endanger everyone around.
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If only <PERSON> was truly shriveling to nothingness, we could all have some sense of optimism. His political decline and demise have been the topic of far too many writers for the past 4 years and yet he persists. Remarkably, his minions continue in their blind obedience and support his continuing destruction of the United States. As I said, before he was elected, if he won in 2016, Make America Great Again would be the job of the President who follows him. it will be a daunting job, but I can't wait to see that begin in earnest next January.
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I assume they will have a brief "cooling off" period where they will write their obligatory books in order to cash in, but the books will be so fawning about <PERSON> and Trumpism that they'll largely be failures. The big time publishers know that and so won't overpay. They could recover, but it's going to take a major disavowal of their families and their actions over the past 4 years.
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I notice that the vaccine is estimated to take about 16 years to figure out, make, and distribute, yet our goal is to find and distribute it in a year. Unfortunately, I find that very hard to believe. I wonder how we could pull it off. People would have to be working overtime in the middle of a pandemic in order to shorten a timeline by 15 years. It does not seem very realistic.
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I noticed that because of Covid-19, our spending habits with things to do at home like home renovation or video games have gone up. On the contrary, businesses like airlines and movie theaters have declined due to the social distancing orders. However, I realize that supermarkets have not changed. This makes sense because we all still need food to survive.
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@John That's an unfair assessment and a broad overgeneralization. "Some people" did not take it seriously until football was cancelled. Some people are still not taking it seriously. That is the case in Ohio and California and all over the world. The Ohio governor took the lead on Covid back in March. Ohio was also the first state to announce school closure.
I also was surprised to read in this article that OSU football is bigger than any other sport here. As a native Clevelander, I disagree.
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I've been sober now over six years. I tried a bit of AA, Smart Recovery, and other type programs, but always relapsed. <PERSON> book "The Easy Way to Quit Drinking" probably had the biggest impact on my ability to quit. It helped change the way I looked at alcohol, and I started seeing it for what it really was and what it really did to me. And one day, I just had a similar epiphany to the author of this article. I realized it wasn't worth it. Yes, sometimes when I drank, everything was fine and I had a great time. Other times, I made a fool of myself, I hurt people I love, I put myself in risky situations. After a while, trying to control drinking so I had more of the good experiences became too much work. Admittedly, in the first few sober months, I kind of dropped out and isolated myself. I watched a lot of Law and Order. (A lot.) I just couldn't be around people who were drinking or talking about drinking (When I did go to AA meetings, I personally found it was hard to listen to so many people talk about drinking). Now, I can go to parties with lots of drinking and I have no issue declining drinks. The only weird thing is, even six years later, I'm not always comfortable telling people I am sober. It's usually in professional situations like at conferences. I'll say I'm tired, or I'm trying to get pregnant, or I am not feeling well. I'm not quite sure why that is but am glad more people, like the author, are getting comfortable telling others they don't drink.
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The Senator checks all the right boxes (for this election cycle), says the right things, and can even be labeled "a progressive." All of which could make her the new darling of NPR listeners.
But I'm an old (66) white guy from the Chicago suburbs. What I learned growing up in the shadow of "The City That Daley Built" - and which I believe still holds true today - is that there is only one question that matters: will her presence on the ticket bring in enough votes that <PERSON> wouldn't have got otherwise to make a difference?
Making "exquisite emotional and moral sense" stands her in good stead as a human interest story, but doesn't automatically qualify her to ride herd over a troubled nation of 350 million people should <PERSON> go down. Mr. <PERSON> may not think the choice of running mate matters, but when the age and health of the person at the top of the ticket becomes a campaign issue, the choice of understudy is an important one.
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Let's see how long their new-found activism lasts ... especially among celebrities. If I'm out in the streets, it's no big deal. But for a celebrity, it can be a nice (if temporary) career move. Let's not forget all the celebrities who garnered a lot of press by claiming they would leave the country if <PERSON> got elected ... still waiting on that exodus.
At some point, white folks will always ask, "What's in it for me?" It's early days yet. Time alone will tell ...
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<PERSON> yup! My older son and I have spent three summers working on a woodchuck-deterring garden security system. In this pandemic summer at home, we finally nailed it: buried wire and eight-foot-high hardware cloth-covered fencing. However, a family of five woodchucks spent the entire summer longingly casing the joint, so I don’t have high hopes for next year!
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Alarmed my dogs with a small happy dance when I saw <PERSON> name this morning, and the puzzle lived up to my expectations! The crossing of EEK-A-MOUSE, who I saw perform many moons ago, and <PERSON>, which my kids thought was the funniest movie in the world every one of the 100 or so times they saw it, was fabulous—and the hilarious STONEHENGE trick had me laughing when I figured it out. My puzzler was a bit sore as I fought the NE where FLAT for dull and ELAN for vivacity held me up, but that struggle is all part of the fun! A great start to a long weekend!
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I think that empathy isn't something that could be taught, it is more of an emotion and general understand that has to be in someone's life for a while so that it is natural not forced. It can be learned but there isn't really a way to teach it. I feel like someone just has to understand another. Empathy is very useful though, especially with going onto older years of life, because it even correlates with just being nice to other people and understanding that the specific person could have a very bad past and understanding to not do something that might hurt them even if it doesn't hurt another. Everyone is different and that's the truth now when you have empathy you to a certain extent will understand someone else's emotions better.
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<PERSON> I have many procrastination problems, I do it with just about everything that I don't exactly want to do, I say to myself as well "I'll do it later" and I end up doing it later but it ends up hurting me in someway, cough cough especially with school, for me it's online and it just really doesn't help me. I can do things in a very timely manner, if I have the motivation to do it. I think that helps a lot is motivation. So maybe try rewarding yourself and I'll try it as well, because who doesn't want to get paid for doing something. I have thought about this and reading all of these things have helped me find ways to be better about procrastination yet it is very hard to get away from so I wanted to provide some information that helps me sometimes.
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@Texas Trader unfortunately our governments have seen the light and offered big tax breaks to homeowners to put solar panels on home roofs. That is a very inefficient way to reduce emissions. By contrast, large solar panel farms are incredibly efficient because the panels are at an optimal angle to the passage of the sun.
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My brother returned from an Italian ski trip Saturday. Many of his ski buddies were coughing and sneezing on the bus to the airport. One passed through immigration looking like he might pass out any minute. US immigration asked everyone only about recent travel to China.
His wife got home with a fever and is self quarantining, but her doctor did not recommend any testing.
Bottom line, glad our president is not holding back the government response to Covid-19 for political reasons. Ha!
WSJ articles on Covid-19 were not accepting more comments, so I couldn't post this there. I did read many comments by <PERSON> fans making fun of anyone taking this virus seriously.
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I think the coronavirus outbreak in the West WIng actually has more potential to be more disastrous or game-changing for the election than President <PERSON>'s diagnosis itself. Several senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee have already contracted COVID-19. While the hearings will probably proceed apace since you don't need the full Senate to participate, the actual confirmation will be harder because the whole Committee has to participate in person. This makes it harder for <PERSON>'s nominee to replace <PERSON>, <PERSON>, to be sworn in as the next Justice. This has far-reaching consequences because <PERSON> himself has repeatedly said that he expects the Supreme Court to decide the fate of the 2020 presidential election
There have also been some interesting news stories that have been overshadowed by <PERSON>'s diagnosis. <PERSON>'s tax record was a bombshell article when it was first released, but now most people have moved on from it. Sexual harassment allegations against <PERSON> and secret recordings of <PERSON> expressing frustration over the policies of the Trump administration such as separating children at the border. Unfortunately, this has only become normal in a Presidency with a breaking news story practically every day.
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<PERSON> I grew up in a similar background as you: my parents were also immigrants with a liberal background, but I had a clear set of political beliefs before I even entered primary school. Since our individual formations of political beliefs were so different, I'd like to ask you who exactly did you meet in high school that shaped how you think now? What new perspectives did you see that those people offered that you couldn't have imagined due to your own background? I'd love to hear your response!
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<PERSON> It disturbs me that for a whole generation, hashtag slogans like "notallmen" have become a substitute for nuanced discussions of issues. It might surprise you that I'm coming from a feminist place here - feminist, in the sense of wanting to smash patriarchal gender roles and protect victims of abuse, including so many people who may have been born as biological males. What draws me (clearly to my own detriment) into conversations like this one is the question: what do we want feminism to be? A gender war? Where Group A (with ladyparts) are the gentle victimized heroes and Group B (with manparts) are the neanderthal predators? What if that is to the detriment of ultimately achieving equality, and a safer world for everyone? Also, what's the difference between saying "boys will be boys" and "#menaretrash", other than tone? Because it seems that both of those statements are in agreement with the notion that you can only be one way if you are born with certain biological features - and that's problematic, because it doesn't allow for people to be more or different than what they're being defined as (a way of thinking that is ultimately trans-exclusionary).
Here's a question for you (assuming you got this far in this comment): did you look at the article I suggested? Is some of it, potentially, interesting to take with you into future conversations on sexual assault and domestic abuse topics? Isn't it better to debate based on data rather than hyperbole?
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@bill yup that's definitely exactly what I was saying. Thanks for zeroing in so effectively on the point I was making, and at the same time contributing something so compelling and thought-provoking to the conversation. This is exactly why the internet is such a wonderful place to have conversations.
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Last year the Forbes 400 owned $2.96 Trillion. If <PERSON> and his economic neighbors want to do something, why don't they establish a charitable fund? Why don't they get to <PERSON> and <PERSON>, etc. with the analytics and data pools to see where it should go to help the most needy? And work with their buddies in the financial industry to get it distributed quickly? They get a charitable deduction (if they do it right) and they get to insure the remainder of their respective fortunes against complete collapse. Who would lead such an effort?
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It's hard not to go where Mr. <PERSON> goes first - is this for real or is it just his latest lie designed to get sympathy, to excuse cancelling his preposterous rallies, to slip out of the limelight long enough for his Tues fiasco to subside? And would it be better for the country if this actually were another such lie, or that it were true? What a mess he has created!
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<PERSON> It is not the 'elites' who will suffer most under this administrtion, it is all of us who care about having a civil society where all institutions work for everyone's benefit. And who are the so called elites, anyway. Can you please answer that?of this country who will suffer and more
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<PERSON> Do you know anyone where you live that would be a better candidate for president? I'm not beinf sarcastic I am suggesting we all do what we can where we live to join with others who want answers. We cannot wait for someone to come and rescue us.
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That way we can go back to normalcy, you know, to all of the problems that existed before <PERSON> got elected that we kind of pretended weren’t there? Because that’s what a different racist center of right billionaire would do. Go back to the status quo.
Sincerely,
A finance guy
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Right, so are we Asian Americans going to finally, as a group and across generations, show our solidarity with Blacks, Latinos, Muslims, Jews, Members of the LGBTQ communities and others by making conscious career, social and life choices that are better for the world and understanding of others who have been discriminated against?
Or are we going to go back to generally ignoring the above groups and focus on getting Ivy League schools so that we can become doctors, bankers, lawyers, techies, live in suburbs, drive BMWs and pretend to be white?
I really hope the former.
Sincerely,
An Asian American Dude
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No wine professional or knowledgeable enthusiast I've met subscribes to the idea (or anything close) that those "noble six" are the be-all and end-all. Right off the bat, without even leaving France: who would write off the Northern Rhone's Syrah - or the brooding mourvedre of the Southern Rhone and other parts? And easily another dozen varietals that are used in remarkable wines I've tasted.
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Yeah, except that one party making the other one "pay the price" with such a reckless move is really making all of us pay that price.
Just because the two major parties have gerrymandered themselves into semi-permanent power doesn't mean that the government institutions they've used to orchestrate that belong to them to use as political weapons.
<PERSON>'s hyperpolitical hypocrisy has been disgusting. The answer isn't to ramp up the irresponsibility.
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Brilliant. He should also put in place a broad based communication plan to educate Americans that this particular election will not be decided on Election Day. Instead it may take up to 10 days to count all the votes. Set expectations for such an eventuality, which is likely given the unprecedented absentee voting due to COVID-19.
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<PERSON> Whenever <PERSON> accuses someone else of doing something wrong, it usually means he is doing that exact thing. You are spot on. Further, it does not take a great memory to remember <PERSON> saying the 2016 election was rigged while his campaign staff were coordinating communications with Wikipedia and Russians on when to release <PERSON>’s email after <PERSON>’s famous statement: “Russia if you’re out there we would love if you can get those missing <PERSON> emails.” Within 24 hours Russia hacked the DNC. Soon thereafter <PERSON> was co-planning the release of the emails with Wikipedia and Manefort was sharing polling data with Russians who were planting fake news stories on Facebook.
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While raising the minimum wage to a living wage and providing paid maternity leave and health coverage are extremely important, if something is not done to control the ever-rising cost of housing in this country, wage gains for working people will be temporary. Housing is the largest expense for most members of the working class. After a minimum wage increase, landlords will continue to charge whatever they can get (which will be more after a minimum wage increase), rents and home prices will continue to rise, and soon, workers will be back in the same position they are today. We need a public option for housing, where rents are capped at e.g. 30% of income for anyone who wants to live there. We need the federal government to renew investment in public housing projects. We need to break the trend of ever-increasing rents and home sale prices. Housing can either be affordable, or it can be a good investment, but it cannot be both. As a society, we need to choose which we value. Should housing be primarily a vehicle for the better-off to get wealthier? Or should we prioritize the right of working people to have safe, healthy shelter?
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I wish people would stop shaming those who get infected. Some are irresponsible, sure, but many were infected at work or by members of their households who were infected at work. My dad, mom, and I got it from my mother, a home health nurse, who got it at work. I guess this focus on callous bar hoppers, or people who just could not forego a holiday gathering with their families, is helpful for preventing infections in people who can otherwise afford to quarantine. But only policy (specifically, relief measures, enforced mask mandates, and shutdowns of truly non-essential businesses) can prevent infections in working class people who have to go to in-person jobs. I worry that the latter group is harmed by all this infection shaming.
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@Steve: <PERSON> was also the man who denied "French Indo China" a chance for self determination when he refused to entertain pleas from <PERSON>, later known as <PERSON> for an audience to discuss independence for his people. To my mind, he is personally responsible for the hundreds of thousands of US casualties in the Vietnam War. A man with deep Presbyterian roots and upbringings, he plunged us all into grief and agony, not to mention the shame of an American loss on the battlefield.
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@David : So you'd be willing to let/watch your men die from an invisible enemy in order to maintain the COC. What a fine leader you are. I agree that the "liberal progressive anti-Trump movement" would use it as an opportunity for political game, but that's just how the system works. It's no different from DJT pressuring Ukraine to dig up dirt on <PERSON>.
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<PERSON> wants to keep his job for another 4 years and he wants his daughter and son in law to keep theirs so he has sold his soul to the devil. He knows, as does <PERSON>, that the role of Russia in getting <PERSON> elected hasn’t been buried with the <PERSON> report because the two key figures in that conspiracy are up before the courts and might well squeal if they do big time. <PERSON> knows where all the bodies are buried and was the key figure organizing the release of stolen property the Russians choreographed, and which essentially led to <PERSON>’s defeat. More critically <PERSON> met with <PERSON> earlier on, undoubtedly initiated by the Russian FSB Officer, to undoubtedly discuss a quid pro quo - remove sanctions, deep six the <PERSON> act and we will dig up dirt and flood Facebook with negative ads on <PERSON>. Both <PERSON> and <PERSON> know too much and <PERSON> does t want them squealing if they are unhappy in jail. He’s not angry, he’s fearful. And <PERSON> knows this could all blow up and he and his family end up getting booted out by a New Democratic president, who may well turn around and investigate Mr. <PERSON> for his dirty dealings.
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“ bordering on criminal”? Sorry it was absolutely criminal pure and simple because <PERSON> KNEW that <PERSON> was a killer and he didn’t tell the victims the killer was coming. In fact he told victims the killer was going away, “beautifully”. And not to, metaphorically speaking close and lock their doors, wear masks and socially distance. And this disgusting criminal is still deceiving the public today as we speak. If that isn’t out and out criminal I don’t understand the American justice system. And I thank God I live in a democracy where a criminal leader like <PERSON> would be ejected from office and tried in the courts.
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I want someone smarter than me leading the country. Do Americans have such poor self esteem that they are intimidated by anyone who has more education or expertise? As for the first name stuff, I think it is ridiculous. Do you want an “amateur” surgeon without a medical degree to operate on you? Why would we denigrate education?
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The Republican party of <PERSON> says they represent law and order. This is impossible and totally hypocritical because they do no respect or obey the law and support chaos over order. And as for the constitution, where were the so-called originalist judges when they refused to hear the case of <PERSON> violating the emoluments clause which is crystal clear? It says ANY person who holds public office cannot accept money from foreign governments. The only laws they respect are laws of convenience when it benefits themselves so their law and order rhetoric would be laughable if it was not destroying our country.
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I appreciate that there can be long lines and difficulty in getting the test. But my own personal experience was very different. When my doctor discouraged me from getting a test based on my symptoms, I spoke to a friend who is a nurse who directed me to a private testing site called Instadoc which had six or seven testing places throughout Ocean County. I filled out an online form, got approved for the test, had my nose swabbed and two days later I had my results. This was last week. My sister, who also needed a test , was able to get one the same day in Morris County. So I think the situation is different depending on where you are and there are certainly testing places available in NJ should you meet the criteria for a test.
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@j The site is an urgent care. Anyone can go - when I said private I simply meant it is not one of the state run sites. My sister went to a site in a different county with a prescription from a doctor and had her test the same day. I’m not disputing that the viral hotspots don’t have long wait lines but that is not the case for all of New Jersey. I wanted people to know that there are options for getting a test if they need one. The Times has been doing a terrific job covering this – just bringing another perspective to testing in NJ.
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There is only one thing that matters, and that is defeating <PERSON>.
Everything else, every cause, every nuance of position, every social question will be meaningless if <PERSON> is reelected. The far left preaches wokeness but often appears dead asleep to the threat of another four years of despotism.
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What a refreshing take on the all or nothing climate we're finding ourselves in today. This isn't an article about <PERSON>, it's a reminder of how easily things are destroyed and how long, hard, and painstaking they are to build. How many radical revolutions have led to anything but chaos? Look at the shambles that <PERSON> and his lackeys have created in their effort to tear it all down.
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I have been a scientist for my whole life.
It baffles me that people can trust their GPS will get them to their location, the planes we fly will reach their destination, the medicine we take will heal us, and our phones will turn on everytime we touch them, yet when it comes to trusting the same people when we say "the earth is round, vaccines are safe and necessary, and man made climate change if unchecked will cause human suffering" there is doubt.
I don't get it. It is selfish, cherry picking what science you want to trust in.
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So much ink has been spilled about this but for the sake of brevity here it is.
Politicians can now ask for help from foreign governments if it helps them get elected in their "public interest".
Things that are not blatantly illegal (though I would not be so sure now) but run out against the spirit of the law and oath of office are not enough to impeach.
Finally as long as the GOP has an outsized advantage in the senate (because of the geographic distribution of citizens), any Republican president can never be impeached. The 67 senator threshold is too high a wall for democrats to ever breach and as such future Republican presidents can look at this pitiful affair and act with impunity... If they aren't overwhelmingly defeated in November.
It is not hyperbole to say this literally is the most important election of our lifetime. And to just donate $20 once and hope for the best isn't enough. The future of our people is at stake. If that doesn't motivate you to call or knock on doors we don't deserve a better nation.
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As an ex Intel employee (2015-2019), my impression is that by far the largest factors in Intel's decline are poor senior leadership (at the CEO, CFO and senior VP level) stretching back at least a decade, an excess of middle management (so many people in the middle not adding any obvious value), over burdensome 'one size fits all' corporate dictates, and paranoid silo-ing of data, expertise and responsibility. These factors are all related and play off each other, especially the last three that are all related to poor scaling.
The senior leadership resembled a rudderless ship, constantly changing direction, firing, rehiring, shuffling things around, changing names, creating new positions out of thin air, buying businesses then running them to the ground and selling them, creating an impenetrable wall of Kool Aid to justify multi-million dollar bonuses, and death by bean counting. Fundamental here was a lack of accountability (all initiatives were touted as great and then forgotten when they missed all their goals and a brand new initiative was created).
Its amazing because I've never seen so many smart people in my life as at the lower rungs of Intel, but the management was so poor that I sold every piece of stock they gave me as soon as it vested (such was my lack of faith).
To be able to stymie so much talent is quite an incredible accomplishment, and roughly analogous to how Washington DC and corrupt vulture-capitalism is stymieing this great nation.
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@Ladyrantsalot , what's wrong with it is that doing it that way encourages bait and switch politics. Lets say a group with political agenda A has a lot of money. It runs one candidate who is vocal on political agenda A, then (using its vast bags of money) it funds many many candidates on political agendas B, C, D, E, F, G, etc. Now out there is a candidate that many people love and that is charismatic/electable/trustworthy/etc that represents political agenda Z, and she gets a plurality of votes but less than 50%. She is the most trusted and beloved, but she couldn't get a plurality because there were so many candidates out there catering to special interests A->G splitting up the electorate (for example, someone might like Z but care a bit more about F, so they vote for some nobody representing F).
Now comes the brokered convention, and nobody has plurality. Candidate A asks for and gets the support of candidates B->G because they owe him and his bags of money pretty much got them some (or all) of the delegates they got. People who voted B->G didn't want or expect their people to get behind A.. surprise! Money wins and candidate A becomes president.
The answer to the dilemma is ranked choice voting.
>>"And keep in mind that <PERSON> is making no effort to gain the support of the majority of Democrats."
Says you. I'm pretty sure the majority of Democrats want single payer, green new deal, infrastructure spending, a wealth tax on the ultra-wealthy, end to endless wars, etc.
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@ARL I think <PERSON> has less a chance of making it than your argument suggests: If he is nominated, then almost certainly there will be a spoiler, e.g., <PERSON> or some other <PERSON>. Which, of course, leads us to conclude that it will be <PERSON>, again, with a better than 50% probability.
But then again, if <PERSON> gets the nomination, the big money interests you mentioned just might ditch <PERSON> for <PERSON>, completely in line with what you said.
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@Steven Ridiculous. Any human agency can get things wrong at the start and then admit it and make corrections. <PERSON> hasn't done a "brilliant" job in a difficult situation. He's done an incompetent job. Declaring that he wasn't going to take responsibility for what happens concerning the coronavirus epidemic and that each of the Governors in the 50 states should deal with it, thereby ensuring that there would be no uniform strategy for inhibiting the spread of the virus throughout the country (and also alienating former allied countries - guaranteeing that there'd be no coordination there for bringing down infections and deaths.) And then trying to shift blame to the Chinese because it probably started there, which, of course, does nothing toward minimizing cases and deaths. So that it is now known that the US, with 5% of the world's population has had 20% of the world's deaths due to the pandemic, while <PERSON> says, at one point, "It is what it is" and tries to juggle figures around so that it won't seem so bad.
Also implying that the other guy hid in the bunker (and did nothing nothing else) is setting up a straw man.
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If countries attacked us for all the "plans" we have and are making for attacking other countries, it would truly be a World War, unlike anything imagined. I find that wording an eloquent decoy, much like calling the <PERSON>/<PERSON> tape "locker-room talk" excuse. I've noticed that word craft is really a major defense mechanism for <PERSON> and he's quite accomplished at it. He comes up with things few politicians without screen writing experience can match. They are ingenious, accessible, well positioned in his excuses for things, and quite effective. Others probably have their theories, but I think he plays on folks desire to want to believe <PERSON>. The word craft doesn't have to be perfect, simply powerful enough and 'just right' enough to allow the base to believe what they want to believe, which is very similar to what <PERSON> wants us to believe.
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<PERSON> can beat <PERSON>? Nothing slightly certain about that. Someone said he's the old person's image of what a young person should be. i think it's also true that he's the establishment's image of what a progressive should be. <PERSON> and <PERSON> with a young outsider resume.
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They are heroes right alongside doctors and nurses. Cleaners, kitchen staff, grocery store workers - putting their lives in the line for far less pay and credit. When the real crisis struck, they were as courageous as any member of the military. Thank you for your service. Now let’s treat them and their families like their lives and contributions matter.
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“no other discipline promises to teach only a style of thinking and not some essential substance.” Except, you know, science, which teaches essential rules alongside the scientific method, which in itself teaches that the rules are less important than mastering the methods to test and question them.
The real crisis in the humanities is that lame thinkers like <PERSON> are given an honored perch as a public intellectuals, when there are much brighter minds out there, simply because the NYT has a mandatory “both sides balance” that is a sinecure for conservative white men. Instead you could use your critical thinking and realize the reason it’s hard to find quality purveyors of that point of view is because its time has passed and the purveyors of it are simply dinosaurs.
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Wonderful research done by the scientists in Mexico. Mexico is starting to come to terms with its African population, something that many other Latin American nations struggle with. That said, it is amazing and sad to think of the devastation first contact had on the Western Hemisphere peoples. The people from North America all the way down to the Incas and to the tip of South America were destroyed by disease brought from the Old World and Africa it seems now.
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Rampant uncontrolled capitalism. Capitalism needs to be wrestled to prevent the current society and situation. First the democracy needs to be rescued and the solutions that people here have proposed: tax the wealthy at high rates, universal health care, child care support, and income support. But first campaign finance reform that is locked and prevents the wealthy from capturing it again and having their way.
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The contents of the letter seem harmless on the surface, but you have to consider the fact that every single signatory is in a position of power. You must question whether they are acting to defending the marketplace of ideas or their entrenched position in said marketplace.
To see several professors signing this while the higher education environment has been systematically eliminating the tenure-track positions that would shield their younger colleagues from the dangers they denounce seems cynical at best.
In the letter, the writers cite the injustice of "heads of organizations [...] ousted for what are sometimes just clumsy mistakes." Workers lose their livelihoods all over the world for their clumsy mistakes; why should leaders receive less scrutiny and not more?
Boycotts are common in any marketplace, why should it be different in the marketplace of ideas? No one is trying to curtail the freedom of ideas, but rather the notion that paid platforms be given to amplify the voices of those who espouse abhorrent views.
It is obvious that the authors are more concerned with the freedom of consequences than the freedom of speech.
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Having worked in workforce development, I get where you're coming from, but at some point we need to have a discussion of what the purpose of higher education is. I think it's a disservice to treat it as solely a career pipeline, though students just consider the returns on their investment.
It's easy to fault a student for choosing a major with poor career outlooks, but a strong liberal arts curriculum such as the one offered by IUP when I was an undergrad there demands robust departments beyond business and STEM. I have many friends from IUP who graduated with English, Philosophy, and Political Science degrees who found successful careers completely unrelated to their majors.
I'm glad you mentioned CareerOneStop and O*NET, as they're wonderful resources for jobseekers. Surely you agree that skills are more important than credentials; if anything we should move away altogether from the idea of a college degree being required for entry-level positions to begin with.
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One of my personal favorite situations is going to the home improvement store on a Saturday morning with my husband, who is decidely not mechanical or a DIYer, while I am. When I tell a male sales person specifically what I’m looking for or ask a question, he inevitably, as in every single time, turns to my husband with the answer. My husband will not be able to converse with him, but that’s no matter. The sales person just keeps talking to him anyway.
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Malpractice in the broad field of "psychotherapy," no matter what credential the professional has, is an important problem. There should be more stringent safeguards in place -- in both directions -- to protect patients and to protect professional therapists. I am a licensed psychotherapist in practice over 30 years. This past summer, the parent of a client made false allegations against me to my state licensing board. With no investigation into the parent's background or the credibility of the claim, the board sanctioned me, forcing me to take multiple "ethics" courses and have a "warning" letter sent to me. Despite the state's acknowledgment that I had a "stellar" record for over three decades, the attorney general's office saw no reason to question the validity or veracity of this angry parent, whose motivation was to keep a highly effective therapist from interfering with his ongoing abuse of his child. My state was not required to tell me who made the claim against me, or what the allegation was. While I easily guessed who the complainant was, I still have no idea what I was accused of, and no idea what the "warning" letter was warning me about. Understand there is a crisis in mental health delivery as skilled, devoted practitioners are scared to take on the most challenging cases because of a lack of practice protection standards in place to keep practitioners, their reputations and their practices safe.
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Self preservation is a strong instinct in humans. It seems that the desire to follow a charismatic leader is stronger. <PERSON>'s greatest failing as a human being was to tell his followers not to protect themselves from this virus. The only thing that would turn this around is if <PERSON> ordered his 70+ million followers to take precautions.
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<PERSON> it's hard to say this but that's exactly what the Trumpistas want. It was never about policy. It's about the man. They love HIM. If he told them to "wear a mask and open the border to every single mexican" they would cheer and do it. We are looking at power unlike we have ever seen.
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In addition, on 12/31/20 all the FFCRA paid sick time will vanish as with the expanded FMLA -- which will likely be just as we are in the middle of a horrible surge in cases. Workers need support to enable them to stay home if they are sick or if they need to care for a loved one.
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My mother is struggling to survive as I type this... she contracted Covid in a hospital after being admitted for another reason and WITHOUT Covid. She and 9 other patients were identified as positive in one day at the 169 bed hospital. I am in quarantine- unable to be near my kids or other loved ones - because I had prolonged exposure to her the day the found it (the day before she was supposed to be discharged). Now I spend hours on the phone trying to follow my mother's case and advocate on her behalf, all from my bedroom. I am trying to keep her alive long enough to bring her home when it is safe so that she can spend her final days in the care of her family. Since March, I have cried for the victims and their families. I have worried about my kids going back to school. I was so careful after rescuing my mom from a nursing home as she failed more and more mentally. Then I read and HEAR what <PERSON> said 7 months ago and just as the virus was taking hold. I am utterly disgusted and sickened. This is beyond reprehensible. <PERSON> and anyone else in any branch of our government who was briefed on the true nature of this beast and did not speak up should be prosecuted.
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This administration is dead set on destruction. The short-term motive is obviously profit. Every rollback of an environmental protection benefits a major donor or industry or corporation. But what is the long-term motive? What motivates this scorched earth policy that will leave a depleted, toxic, vacant world to our children? All I can think is that these little men want to witness the end of the world. In fact, bringing about the end of the world must be the ultimate dominionist's fantasy. The idea of it must make them feel big and important. Why else would they do it?
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Why is it that a woman thousands of miles away, in South Korea, understands and feels the tragedy of the lives lost in the US more deeply than our own president or the large number of people who still don't take the pandemic seriously? Why haven't more people in the US seen those images of mass graves here in our country? The two are related. Mainstream media's coverage of the deaths in the US has been disconcertingly distant. It won't feel real to us until we see - and feel - the toll this pandemic has taken on our fellow citizens.
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We already know that many <PERSON> supporters don't like his tweets and think he is tasteless. Most people with eyes and ears across the political spectrum can detect that his behavior is offensive. I am waiting to hear from the former supporters who admit that he is corrupt, ignorant, a national security threat and a danger to our democracy.
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I heard through an anonymous source that he was asked recently on a website to click all the squares that contain a traffic sign to prove that he was not a robot. My source says that he has been crowing non-stop, boasting that he scored 100% and challenging <PERSON> to accomplish the same.
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It is hard to let go the taste of what it looks like to have the principles enshrined in confederacy and those motivated by racial dominance. The crusader of the "Lost Cause" continue to march on across generations under the pretense of the "American Way" to gain relevance. GOP has not been infected by Trumpism - they are and have always been fancying the idea of a socially and economically unequal world. It is now the veil is thrown over from their faces so we can see - at least those of us who choose - in our plain sight.
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There is no moral, fiscal, or policy argument to vote for falsehoods, incompetence and blatant corruption. Republicans must come out of their "buyer's giult." Sorry, he cannot be a victim who practically owns the tv airwaves reaching millions of people in the U.S. and globally. Put an end to this insanity and the pandemic. There will be another time to haggle on policy and social issues.
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There are plenty of problems with the U.S. healthcare system, but blaming capitalism for the shortage of ICU beds, ventilators, etc. assumes a state-run system would have been stockpiling these supplies in preparation for a one-in-a-hundred-years pandemic. Seeing how Medicare and Medicaid are funded in this country, it’s hard for me to believe that would have been the case. Even Italy’s relatively effective health system was unprepared.
Looking at the federal government’s response to testing, do you really want those clowns running the entire healthcare sector? Blaming corporate cultists is finding a simplistic scapegoat for this mess.
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Good question - My experience with alcohol was that I didn’t experience physical dependence, and could go for weeks drinking in moderation. However, triggers such as social anxiety, stress, depression, etc. could easily lead to “going off the rails” and binge drinking to excess. I eventually realized that it was easier/healthier/safer to stop drinking entirely. Calling myself an “alcoholic” or “drunk” feels like a loaded term implying I can’t be in a bar or talk about alcohol without being in danger of waking up drunk in a dumpster the next morning. Alcohol use disorder feels like a more accurate reflection of my relationship to alcohol. I think the word also opens up a more holistic conversation about how and why we use alcohol without putting people on the defensive or having them tune out of the conversation because they don’t relate to the word “alcoholic” as portrayed in popular culture.
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@Paul Or better yet, engage a reputable management company. I couldn't imagine my 146 unit condo not having one to deal with absentee investor/owners (some out-of-country), or being the bearer of bad news, and keeping abreast of the state laws governing mutual benefit homeowner associations. And my board consists of active knowledgable professionals.
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@Lalaland As more people move into Texas from elsewhere seeking "no state income taxes", every other form of taxes will inevitably go up because nothing is free. The rich hate progressive "income" taxes but love all of the other regressive taxes (sales/use, property, licensing, fees, etc.) because they've convinced the little people that all taxes are bad when, in fact, they're the ones paying proportionately more than the wealthy.
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She is similar to <PERSON> as she was born rich and will only serve her own interests. People will vote for her because she has an R next to her name. Rational and critical thought is a difficult thing for some people. It is hard to debate or reason with someone whose worldly view is based on fairy tales and a rejection of science.
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My sons have been active in Scouting for several years now and they have gotten a lot out of it. I have been actively involved as well to ensure they had a positive experience. Unfortunately, this is not the experience for everyone. It often depends on the Troop that you are in. My Boy Scout experience was awful. It was not because of any abuse. I was a non-mormon kid living in Utah and was in a LDS troop. I did not like having religion forced upon me, but I was new to the area did not have any other options if I wanted to be in scouts. I did not stay in the program very long. Fortunately, my kids did not have to deal with this. It helps that we do not live in Utah.
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My name is <PERSON>, and currently, I am an eleventh grade student within New York City. As many people have most likely realized by now, politics are everywhere. News, Social Media, Etc… As a young child I've never really been interested or cared to invest my time into learning about politics until around the times of 2016 when <PERSON> decided to run for the presidential election. Since then, as I have grown into my older teenage years, I have decided to spend more time looking into politics, researching, understanding and forming my own political views and opinions on the several topics and such as well as being open minded to other opinions from people like my friends, family, and other people who’s different backgrounds and ideas help me truly understand the situations we experience in our world in more depth and detail. This also allows me to understand what appeals to me most as a citizen of the United States and becoming more informed about what was and what is truly happening in America, as well as how my views on things have changed throughout the times.
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To teach and guide students through different subjects and topics, there are plenty of more effective, practical and interactive alternatives rather than just going by the directions of a textbook. Today, textbooks are substantially inferior compared to the wide variety of information accessible worldwide on internet sources online. Reliable educational online sources are consistently updated with accurate and verified information confirmed by professional historians and other kinds of people all over the world, while textbooks we use today are as updated as the day they were published, often many years ago. These textbooks are often altered by multiple individuals, authors and such, being affected by the bias of the reviewing process to tell and portray a different story rather than the actual, truthful one that should be told to the readers. These reasons are most likely why In my experience throughout high-school that teachers have decided to supplement textbooks with reliable educational sources online to teach us more effectively rather than using textbooks.
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It is important to put yourself in <PERSON>’s shoes in viewing these decisions. While the production of his tax returns might have had an impact on the election 5 months ago, it no longer matters. There is a blue tsunami coming! <PERSON> now looks down the barrel of the following timeline: 1. 6-12 months Grand Jury indictment 2. 12-30 months trial . So sometime, likely in 2022 or 2023, now out of office, the NY state prosecutors proceed to trial where all this information becomes public. No pardon, much disgrace as an enfeebled angry old man, his kids ( and perhaps his siblings) lives ruined and <PERSON> and <PERSON> looking for a new horse to back! As long as he is gone, I, for one, will revel in the torment this will cause him!
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The history of this Island and City is replete with stories of doomsayers predicting its demise. I will take a bit of time and likely an effective vaccine but it will come back- a bit repurposed perhaps- but as vital and exciting as ever. Never bet against this City. Never!
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<PERSON> I am a pediatric nurse practitioner in a public NYC ER and was "willingly" immersed in COVID during the surge. Your equivalency is completely false, and is an injustice to all who work in the schools. In the news today, Iowa's governor is not only insisting on full time in-person classes, but is reiterating that there will be NO MASK REQUIREMENT. I could go on.....
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@A j I also work with COVID patients in the hospital. Teachers will NOT be given proper PPE, the students in many places will not be required to wear masks (Iowa governor just reiterated there will be no mask requirement for anyone) and many classrooms have no windows, or non-functioning windows. The federal government has essentially told school staff to figure it out, suck it up, and don't expect any help from us. One young man I know who teaches music in Maryland has been told by his district that the teachers and students themselves will be expected to sanitize the rooms between classes. Back in the stone age when I was in school, "between classes" was four minutes, and I don't think that has changed. This is one anecdote, but multiply it by the millions and it's going on all over the country.
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I literally saw a teenager running her hand along the canvas of an abstract piece of art at the St. Louis Art Museum while chattering away on her cellphone. It wasn’t until my wife said “don’t touch the art” that she stopped....guys if you don’t care about art, just stay home.
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I would’ve liked to see how minority residents feel about this change in the neighborhood. From what I can tell, the author asked a former resident of color who had a “no-police” policy and limited the comments of a father of color in the neighborhood to “I couldn’t contribute because I don’t speak English”. A Native American resident was quoted that “her feelings change about it every 30 seconds” - which tells me nothing about what she is actually feeling. How are the Latino and Black residents feeling about this new encampment? Are they happy about it? This article, while attempting to be something else, was hopelessly one-dimensional.
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More violence and death and dispair.
Antifa recalls the Weather Underground: Spewing noble sounding phrases laced with vulgarity and pretzel logic justifications for violence and intimidation all while reveling in chaos.
Some of the craftier ones will age out into "respectability" and find a way to make money on the gig, as did the <PERSON> in Chicago. The hapless ones will go the <PERSON> route: maim one person too many, set one fire too many or slug the wrong cop and go to jail or on the lam.
Yes, this "Antifa 100%" man was right to worry for his children's future. Now they have to overcome life with no father - and for what?
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Great song and don't forget "Get Back" by the Beatles:
"Sweet <PERSON> thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can"
Talented artists find an accessible way to show you the world as it is. The <PERSON> were a bit more subtle than the <PERSON> but the last two lines suggest that times could be tough for people like "<PERSON>" so "she" better make the best of it and good luck to "her".
I have no idea if <PERSON> and <PERSON> were thinking that way but in the context of the article, that's how it strikes me.
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@Snowball The way I see it is that every deal offered to the Palestinians always included something they could NEVER give up. Such as, loss of control over their religious sites or letting every Israeli settlement become part on Israel and effectively leaving no contiguous land mass for their own state. I'm sure if the Israeli's had been offered the same terms, they would have also rejected them.
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I'm convinced that the people in those states just don't care when a stranger dies. They don't understand "per capita", but only see the total deaths in their state. Since their population is so small, a daily death till of 20-30 people also seems small and insignificant. Especially when compared to the total of 270,000 plus deaths natuinwide.
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If you get your hands on any N95’s, please donate them. At hospitals, staff are properly fit tested to use them, and yes, if you have a beard, they don’t work very well and you have to use a hood. Loop masks are not fit tested and aren’t as effective. You do not need them at the grocery store. Nurses are dying in New York. Give them to us health care workers, for the love of everything good.
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Uhhh...you live in the West. Leave prognosticating about MN to Minnesotans. The political landscape is a complex minefield here this year between Covid and police brutality but our governor isn’t up for election. It’s hard to know how it’s going to shake out but right now I can’t believe that rural <PERSON> support will knock out the revved-up metro areas. No one is even labeling us a swing state at this point but a Democratic defense. <PERSON> didn’t even win here in 2016. Do research, then comment.
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I hope <PERSON> reads this and alters her dismissive “he said/she said” opinion. Oh wait, she’s already referred to the New York Times as “trash.” Well, maybe <PERSON> can set her straight on tomorrow’s telecast of The View. Of course <PERSON>’s response will either be a hissy fit or stony silence for the remainder of the show.
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The Bold and the Beautiful has been one of the most atrociously bad things on TV since its debut in the 1980s. One of the male leads on it (he’s long gone) was the spitting image of a mannequin so the fact they’re using actual mannequins and sex dolls comes as no surprise.
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<PERSON> You dont even understand the basic of economic. The size of this stimulus package will become irrelevant if US morgage crisis kicks in in the middle of a Pandemic. US economy was built solely on credit. The total amount of credit floating the economy is a behemoth's size house of cards. Collapsing into Depression will be even more severe just because of its sheer size. The danger is to spend too little too late.
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Election has consequences. But this one is just... too harsh. People are dying. Life's lost. The elected leader's roaring in denial mode. So do his supporters. Sound like great music the virus took chance for a dance along Southern States. In the end, people died. Life's lost. Its hurt.
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What's amazing here is that it is illegal to be a paid foreign agent of another country and not disclose it. It is also illegal to put false information in such a disclosure.
<PERSON> did not register as a paid foreign agent until it was pointed out to him that he was breaking the law by not doing it. Then, after being indicted for not filing out the paperwork, <PERSON> filled out the paperwork, but lied in the process.
Later, <PERSON> lied to the FBI about a phone call he had with the Russian ambassador. Lying to the FBI is not a crime.
None of the above facts are in dispute. <PERSON> pled guilty to these charges.
And now because he's friends with the president he goes free?
I don't understand.
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The weight of science is heavy. And facts don't easily bend. Which is to say that 2+2=4 every time you run the equation and the sun comes up in the east in the morning and sets in the west in the evening every evening.
The weight of science and the intractability of facts, then, are the boring roots that define our existence. That boredom will inevitably irritate a subset of minds and, in doing so, inspire such minds to offer an alternative hypothesis.
"Maybe 2+2 is not 4--I don't know what else it might be, but maybe it is not 4." The seduction becomes complete when you get someone else to agree with you. "Hey, you know, maybe you are right--maybe the sun does not rise in the east and set in the west."
When you get enough of people who worry that 2+2 might not equal 4, then you have a serious problem.
Once upon a time in Indiana the state legislature decided to round the mathematical number for pi to 3.2 as a matter of state law.
It took nothing less than the top scientist from Purdue University to show them the folly of such a move.
We used to call these people "suckers," but that is not politically correct any more.
Now we call them president...
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Eat Real Food which means whole and fresh fruits, vegetables and grains.
I make a breakfast of rolled oats, fresh and frozen fruits bananas mashed, dried coconut, ground nuts either hazelnut of almond, sometime peanut paste (which you can find in Europe) and oat milk.
I usually make enough to feed 4 adults for 2 days. Takes about 10 minutes to make.
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I find it so bizarre how sexist news organizations are about things both men and women do.
I have cooked since I was 5 years old. I became a visiting chef for friends who owned restaurants because I did not want the pressure of cooking full-time. It was a love affair.
I remember seeing some article once about the Shock that men cook. My mother who was raised in privilege said, look at the great chefs around the world, 98% are men (back in the 60s) <PERSON> was the only famous woman.
Look at most of the designers, also men and may of the sew. Tailors sew. Now was Simplicity female-centric? Absolutely. Were boys belittled when they studied Home Ec back in the 60s, I was the only male in my class, but as a rather dominant, Alpha male I never got any push back. I also got to meet the best young women in the school and was known as a feminist before feminist was even a term.
I helped over 200 women start businesses under a special contract with the SBA in the early 70s. I found them far smarter in starting companies. Today 90% of them are way more intelligent at focusing on getting the job done and the product or service out and too many Men focus on a Cool Location and the Hottest new furniture. They burn through money in the stupidest ways.
Women are happy with old used furniture, often given to them for free. They rent the cheapest place or figure out how to do this from their homes.
Time we take a new look at how All of us can work together.
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@Mark <PERSON>, yes, there should be more gun regulation, however, I would also like to see more regulation of the police. People desiring to serve as police should need to be trained to national standards (none exist as far as I know), pass intensive psychological examination to weed out every-day sadist, narcissist, and the violence inclined, and be held to a high standard of conduct while being paid a salary commensurate of the required professionalism. These requirements should extend down to the rural town level.
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This one statement by Mr. <PERSON> likely carries more import than the space it is given in the essay;
"... by making sure superstar businesses don’t use lobbyists to lock in their advantages."
Anti-trust laws USED to work for the consumers, however, since at least the <PERSON> years quite the opposite has been the case.
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We have a choice--continue to watch political and economic systems erode, while ecologic systems collapse, or we can move forward positively and enthusiastically toward clean energy (where we will head eventually either way). Somehow we need to end the focus on gods that don't exist, promises that have no chance of being kept, and simply take the heat and energy from what reliably rises everyday.
God doesn't exist, so no need for Shiites vs Sunni's vs Christians.
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<PERSON> People are fleeing democratic cities because that's where are all the jobs were, they got rich and then decided to go buy something for half the price in a run down extraction based red state because it looked so quaint. And yet they still probably kept their places in the cities so they can come back when the restaurants open back up.
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@kenneth Not really, <PERSON>, with all due respect. The difference between the moderate approach and the "insufferable woke" approach (to quote <PERSON>) is that we merely state our minds and we're done with it. We don't pass out orders, and we certainly don't ravage the intellectual capabilities or moral compass of anyone who disagrees with us.
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The search for someone who appeals to everyone rolls on.
It will never be <PERSON>. Anyone who has ever run a business or had to balance a household budget gets the heebie-jeebies any time he starts talking.
It will never be <PERSON>. Same adverse reactions to her policies, plus an additional element of unease about her casual willingness to bend the truth to her advantage from time to time (we're desperately attempting to avoid four more years of that).
<PERSON>'s too old and frail, Mayor <PERSON> is too young and hasn't done all that snappy a job running a city with 100,000 people living in it.
Read <PERSON> this morning, he's spot on. It's either <PERSON> or bust. And if you didn't like his stop and frisk policies, maybe you should have taken a stroll through Brownsville in 1985. It would have been an eye opener. As in wide open in fright.
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@Blake Among the essential supplies, sanitizer is probably the easiest/quickest/cheapest to make. After a very brief period of it being a bit difficult to locate in Singapore, now even dollar stores have shelves and shelves full of the stuff. I’m assuming market demand will solve this issue pretty quickly.
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<PERSON> Singapore in particular is a massive air transit hub that sees 66 million passengers yearly. It is also the second busiest container port in the world. So island or not, it’s by no means isolated. By any definition, they’ve done an extraordinary job with swift, firm and early intervention and I believe that any country can learn from its world-class approach to contact tracing, and most importantly brilliant communications strategies to calm the populace and get individuals, businesses and organisations all swiftly on-board in actively practicing temperature screenings, good hygiene, flexible work-from-home schemes and social distancing. The government was also quick to release a generous financial package to assuage the financial impact of the virus on businesses and individuals. Really shows that from the beginning and even now they’re planning 3 steps ahead.
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<PERSON><PERSON>, you wrote a wonderful story. I wish, though, that you had mentioned that the Upper Peninsula is located only 4.99 miles away from Michigan (the distance across the Big Mac bridge). The U.P. is a world unto itself and has a different state of mind. I live way closer to Chicago than to Detroit. Go Packers! Well, maybe next year they will get past the 49ers.
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@Brian
1. Social Security for all retired
2. Medicare for all retired
3. Food assistance for low income
4. Federal housing assistance for low income
5. Tax shelters, tax havens, and no-tax or low-tax regulations for the wealthy
6. Guns for anyone who wants one (or 2 dozen)
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<PERSON> The focus in this article is on the large countries. Both of your mentioned countries are ten times smaller than Germany and the population density is smaller. And honestly, I accept your point on Norway, but not on Austria. The way the outbreak in Ischgl was handled caused many problems for other countries. The Scandinavian countries repeatedly told Austria that there is something going on based on the homecoming tourists, but Austria didn't act.
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<PERSON> I would oppose your second point. The discussion about the lockdown vs freedom is ongoing and sometimes it even feels forced. Because of the perplex reaction that everybody accepts it and just few challenges a couple of media outlets make a story out of it. But honestly, why would we challenge it? A concerted lockdown helps us all, because we want to be over with it. After that we can go on with our life. And concerning your comment about the past: you can't be serious. Are you really comparing the discipline of the Germans in regard to the lockdown with the blind nationalism of Nazi Germany? Apples and pears as we would say.
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I woke up defeated this morning knowing that <PERSON> would be acquitted and knowing he'd then boast about his absolute right to do as he pleases. Then I heard Senator <PERSON> speak. I heard him not with cynicism but instead with my heart. Just one man reminded us not to lose hope that our country is greater than any political party, greater than any one president.
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I grew up near the Potomac shore during the 70's. As children we'd gather by the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to smoke and to skip rocks. At certain spots we could see the Washington Monument. My parents instilled this history surrounding us, the importance of our Constitution as the lifeblood of our Democratic Republic. I remember the <PERSON> hearings on the tv, and my Mom shaking her head in anger. There was a sense of betrayal, and most Americans shared in that feeling. And here we are again dealing with a President who appears to have betrayed our trust. But this time there is no shared experience, no sense of our American story.
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<PERSON> Think of it like airline delays. At first, they say 20 minutes. Then when 10 passes, and you don't see the plane at the terminal yet, they reveal it's actually 40 minutes. Then it's 2 hours, then 4. It's called managing expectations.
From the very start I looked at the math and I knew that this wasn't going to be just a 2 month thing. It was obvious, and I'm not an epidemiologist, just a math geek. We've been having our expectations managed, to get us all to go along with extreme social distancing. I'm not saying that social distancing is bad, but, I think we have to think about what it really means if we are going to do this for the amount of time needed. What are we ultimately trying to accomplish? What will be the economic ramifications, and ultimately loss of life and livelihood as a result of this new expectation? Could we possibly be pro-active and think it through, rather than reactive week by week?
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"...it’s hypocritical to say that you don’t like density but are worried about climate change." Actually, no, it is not. Not if, like me, you believe in curbing overpopulation by giving women all over this planet access to education, birth control, and the rights to use them. Population growth is the number one enemy of climate change. Everything we do in the interim of getting our population growth under control is only kicking the can down the road.
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<PERSON> thanks for asking - the vast majority of the oil revenue when it was at its peak in the 70's and 80's went to pay the social cost of the deindustrialization of the UK, driven by the policies of <PERSON> and her Government. Otherwise, as the <PERSON> report, kept secret by the UK Government for 40 years points out an Independent Scotland would have had and I quote, "a chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree and it's currency would become the hardest in Europe".
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<PERSON> it has been suggested that the issue might be that test and trace has been in many cases outsourced to the Private Sector in England and there was no provision for sharing information at an individual level written into the contract. In Scotland test and trace is carried out by the Scottish NHS, without the Private Sector involved.
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@kim
Thank you. I am truly sorry for your losses and the losses of us all. Your experience obviously gives you very clear vision here, and you express your weariness with those who are "selfish and hardened" non-judgementally. They have no concept of the world beyond their front door or town limit, that there are a great many who are suffering because of the failure of leadership we have had to endure. They really don't seem to care as they cast their vote.
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Men have been behaving badly towards women for centuries; they've had all the power and the upper hand, giving them freedom to treat women as possessions. Sorry that the proverbial pendulum has swung towards the favor of the woman.
Burden of proof? Men shouldn't have to prove innocence if they treat women with respect. Don't want to be blamed? Don't put yourself in situations that can be misinterpreted while understanding the meaning of the word "NO". This goes double for those of you out drinking and feeling randy. Good judgement should always prevail, lest one of these man-children be accused of not having any self-control (or worse).
It's about time that the voices of the abused are given a chance to be heard. Let's not dilute their cries in the name of equal justice- society has been unjust to them for too long.
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<PERSON>’s argument emphasizing the negative affects that come with tracking children at an early age ar relevant in today’s modern world of growing technology. For example, research done by <PERSON> suggests that parents should stray away from the idea of cyber-spying as it makes it extremely difficult for parents to have a sturdy working relationship with their children. While it is certainly reasonable for parents to be concerned about the safety of their children at all times, there are actually some safety hazards that come with smartphone-tracking. While using these tracking devices, parents are blindly putting their child at risk by allowing anyone to intrude in on their private lives. According to an article from Mobistealth, what may seem to be a regular location tracker can put one’s personal life at risk by revealing information such as one’s home address, phone number, and even their top frequently visited locations. All of this is done just by the use of a simple tracking app on a child’s smartphone device. In closing, while parents continue to believe that tracking their child is just a common practice of making sure their child is safe, these tech-savvy apps have many unknown consequences when coming to personal privacy. Therefore, to ensure that children overall stay safe and maintain a working relationship with their parents, parents need to overcome the paranoia that builds up inside of them over their child’s safety.
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<PERSON>’s argument emphasizing the negative effects that come with tracking children at an early age ar relevant in today’s modern world of growing technology. For example, research done by <PERSON> suggests that parents should stray away from the idea of cyber-spying as it makes it extremely difficult for parents to have a sturdy working relationship with their children. While it is certainly reasonable for parents to be concerned about the safety of their children at all times, there are actually some safety hazards that come with smartphone-tracking. While using these tracking devices, parents are blindly putting their child at risk by allowing anyone to intrude in on their private lives. According to an article from Mobistealth, what may seem to be a regular location tracker can put one’s personal life at risk by revealing information such as one’s home address, their phone number, and even their top frequently visited locations. All of this is done just by the use of a simple tracking app on a child’s smartphone device. In closing, while parents continue to believe that tracking their child is just a common practice of making sure their child is safe, these tech-savvy apps have many unknown consequences when coming to personal privacy. Therefore, to ensure that children overall stay safe and maintain a working relationship with their parents, parents need to overcome the paranoia that builds up inside of them over their child’s safety.
Dawson High School
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Caste system is a terrible word, and it's inaccurate. A caste system precludes you from mobility. What America has is the freedom to live constructive lives or destructive lives.
Those who live constructively tend to pass on constructive lifestyle habits to their children. Those who live destructively, to the extent they have any contact with their children, tend to pass on destructive lifestyle habits to their children. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see where that goes.
It would take a very strong, active government to "fix" that problem, and the result would not be a nation of free men and women. The author likely has no problem with that. I do.
If you want to better yourself, this country has tons of opportunities. Do some have to face more adversity than others? Absolutely. But this nation still provides opportunities for those that want to better thamselves. A caste system does not.
People like this author provide nothing but hopelessness and victimization, when the opposite is really true. Because success might be challenging doesn't mean it's not available to all.
With all this nation's warts and wrinkles, it's still an amazing place of opportunity for those who want to work hard and better their lives.
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@MA "What makes this more suspect is that <PERSON> and his ilks lack foreign policy prowess. A weakness that's been on display since he took office. I don't even think they know what they are doing and the long term implications on the region. The X-factor here are the other Gulf states and how they respond."
I'm not going to blow sunshine, but <PERSON> took a hard stand against Iran, and changed the entire dynamic in the Middle East without flying hundreds of millions of cash in the middle of the night. <PERSON> was also right on China (the spying, the human rights abuses, the trade nonsense). He's moving troops into Poland, which is more strategic. I'm not so sure I agree that he has no foreign policy prowess. May not agree with where he's going, but he's going... and in the direction he wanted to go.
My guess is the other Sunni states will make similar deals, but only time will tell.
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I saw <PERSON> in concert only once, but it was memorable. This was at Syracuse University in 1976 with his American Quartet. <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON>, all masters, were in exalted form as was <PERSON>. At times the band sounded like a pack of wild dogs, howling with apocalyptic grandeur. Other times the music was serene, hypnotic and mystical.
This music had a powerful impact on me as a 19 year old and I can still hear it now. Bravo, <PERSON>, jazz master.
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One can always count on the NYT to bolster the status quo. The Board sees no gain in "replacing one divisive figure [<PERSON>] for another [<PERSON>]." A false equivalency, no?
Private health care "is not nearly as flawed" as <PERSON> says. Sorry, from where I sit she is spot on.
Capitalism "has some flaws," but the "business community" (note the softening switch) should not be held accountable for what we all are guilty of. All too familiar apologetics.
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<PERSON>
I certainly agree with your comments about <PERSON> and his compassionate conservatism. The well-organized assault on our democracy from the miniscule rad-right commenced in the mid-70's (see the Lewis Powell Memo to US Chamber of Commerce), resulting in the <PERSON> revolution that we still suffer under today. To suggest that somehow those folks on the left side of the divide bear an equal share to the Blame-Game that dominates governance today is pitifully and willfully ignorant of history. And <PERSON> continues the assault thru his rapid ramrod agenda installing conservative federal judges. <PERSON> is in his sheltered world, rarely stepping outside to walk amongst the rest of us..
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I wonder why I remain. Most vividly, I wondered that during Bush 43. Lt. Col. <PERSON> is correct to say that the creature is <PERSON>'s useful idiot, but the divisive force that allows the creature to roam freely is a very small cabal of super-wealthy (here and elsewhere) intent on serving their interests, which means successfully discombobulating the federal government.
But I will not be moving - I have too many attachments here.
And more importantly the problems I would be fleeing still exist...and are growing internationally. Irrespective of election outcomes, the cabal will still be manipulating things to their benefit. To move away, to try to wash my hands of our problems, I'd find that they have followed, soon arriving at my global doorstep. <PERSON>'s presence serves as a reminder that this is an international problem. The good folks of Sweden, Iceland, etc., will open their doors one day and will also find themselves face-to-face with the Problem. If not them, then certainly their children.
Given that, my best option is to stay and engage the opposition here. A <PERSON> win doesn't solve our problems. But it does allow us a fighting chance to re-build our institutional norms that, though flawed, have remained powerful examples for other countries. A win for the creature makes things extremely dire. "Its" presence super-charges the dismantling US institutions. And there won't be a place far enough away to protect us.
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When I heard that I had to do online school or regular school I was devasted because I love going to school and seeing my friends and teachers but I have to do online school to protect my friends and the school even if I wanted to go back to school I would have to wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart which is sad because you can't hug your friends and do anything with them because there 6 feet apart from you. I feel like going to school is better than doing virtual because in school I do better with my classwork and my assignments but when I do virtually I do okay in my assignments. I'm afraid if my grades are going to drop because I've never done virtually in my life and its hard for me to adjust to it. When I'm in school I'm so focused and sharp but when I do virtual I feel so tired and I feel like I'm not getting enough sleep when I'm doing virtually even though I wake up the same time when I was doing regular school. I can't live with doing virtual for the rest of my life that would make me go insane and I don't like virtual because I can't see my friends but I have to protect the people that I care about and I hope to go back to school one day.
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This looks like a mother and daughter going through an alley with a lot of garbage. You can see the mom pinching her nose from the awful smell of the garbage and the girl is holding up her hands so she doesn't touch the garbage when she's passing through. It looks like this picture was taken in the present time and it was taken in Italy.
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@Real Food
I love cooking and used to work in a cooking school. Nowadays, I'm way in another realm. In order to keep diabetes under control without medicines, I follow a low carb/keto diet. Most keto/low carb food bloggers are basic home cooks who are trying to translate their former favorites into keto food. Many recipes are brilliant. But, then there are the other ones. I change them before I even make them the first time because I know how to make it easier, simpler, or more flavorful.
Sometimes, when you're following a special diet of some sort, recipes are just plain wrong. Not adding an acid for baking soday to work with is a common baking mistake in the paleo community. As is swapping out the same amount of baking soda for the original recipe's baking powder. They don't swap 1:1.
OTOH, people don't need to know how to cook gourmet specialties to make nutritious, appealing food. A friend of mine used to say, 'Sometimes you just need to get dinner on the table."
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<PERSON>
Shop classes aren't quite the necessity cooking is. You can go your whole life without shop classes. I don't need to know how to make a coffee table, which was one of my brother's shop class projects.
What's needed is basic home and auto repair classes. Those things aren't covered in traditional shop classes. And I agree, financial literacy is super important, too.
Our education system is based on the education rich landowners who didn't need to know the practical stuff because they had staff to do it for them. So they went with literature, art, science, intellectual subjects. We need to rethink that. Today's world needs those subjects, plus the practical stuff every adult needs in order to live their everyday life without a staff to cook, clean, etc.
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So.... Tomorrow is the last segment
with..... <PERSON> and <PERSON> ?
I'm Crying !
Thank you both for your wisdom and grace together.
You both,( along with <PERSON> and our Lovely late <PERSON>) . You have been my husband's and my Constants on Friday nights for so long.
We will miss you <PERSON>, more than you know. Thank you for being you.
<PERSON> , I have always referred to you as my favorite republican .
Good luck finding another Mr. <PERSON>.
Thank you .
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I read this beautiful piece of information this morning at 8:00am.
I have no words strong enough to state my outrage.
My outrage to the lack of awareness of the Powers to be in the Federal Government !
At 8:30 am , I was sobbing. I went from , outrage to sobbing in
30 minutes.
Why does the NY TIMES have this information and shares freely? When our Federal Government Can Not !
Good night
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I have three daughter in their late teens and early 20s. By no means are any of them perfect, or model citizens, and they make stupid mistakes often. But they would NEVER use a slur, even in jest. People need to realize that using this kind of language hurts others, and has serious consequences. She should have been outed. Sunlight cures mold.
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I had PTS twelve years ago from Parvovirus (Fifth’s Disease). I had three small children who got it, then transmitted it to me. I never developed 5th’s disease symptoms, but the runner’s symptoms exactly mirrored mine. I woke up with what I thought was a knot in my trapezius muscle, and several hours later went to the ER with unbearable pain down my arm. The ER doc thought I had slipped a disk in my cervical spine, and was going to put me in traction! I was fortunate to have a primary care doctor with an infectious disease background, and he tested me for multiple viruses. I couldn’t fully straighten my arm for six months, but the pain resolved after a course of Prednisone. My primary care doctor told me that my case would be an excellent board test question!
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As much as it is essential to understand and sympathise with children’s emotional responses, in my experience it is very possible to over engage with and over explain tantrums. Life is complicated, frustrating, and tiring for young children and they have very little agency over anything - it is entirely reasonable that they just need to stop, scream, and rail at it all sometimes.
Normally these outbursts are more of a response to a final straw rather than, say, over some major, sublimated issue. Letting the tantrum run its course and leaving the child be is usually a perfectly sufficient course of action. Often it really is just the fact that there aren't enough strawberries in the bowl.
I certainly remember as a child retrospectively overcomplicating the meaning behind such responses after being prompted by an adult to go over my emotions in detail. In our own lives as adults, we often realise angry outburst can simply be explained by the fact that we were hungry or tired, seeking a deeper emotional explanation in such cases is not always helpful.
Every child has tantrums and the vast majority grow out of them naturally. In my experience, one of the best ways of speeding this natural process up is talking about the tantrums of other children you witness with the child - they'll soon agree that, while it was understandable the child felt that way, the response was disproportionate.
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What a strange, nativist perspective to take. She simply tried to make the best cookies she could and she shared the results. I'm no fan of Britain's food culture (and I live there), but perhaps you'd be better off not reading the NYT's cooking section if the idea of someone without the "right" background daring to experiment and share their recipe triggers this sort of condescending response.
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Heirloom lady - You gave something of value to you to a “girlfriend” again and again. Aquamarines are not particularly valuable. Perhaps the girl did not appreciate getting your old “stuff” instead of a personal gift that recognized her taste. You should discuss with your relative who is the best person to contact her, explain that you see these items as heirlooms and offer payment at least equal to what you would have spent on gifts to her for those holiday presents — or more.
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I will miss Homeland very much - I always found it filled with surprising realism in its treatment of spys and politics. The only thing I won't miss is the absolute terror I felt for <PERSON> in every episode. I would tape the show and then build up my courage to watch it. <PERSON>'s desire to do the right thing and all the forces against her, especially the episodes over Franny, left me a complete wreck. To all the <PERSON> and <PERSON> out there, God/Allah bless you. I hope you all succeed.
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If millions of people die, it will be at least partly *because* <PERSON> has cut funding to the CDC, and eliminated the pandemic response team in 2018. You want a repeat of that type of “very stable genius” thinking?
<a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team" target="_blank">https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team</a>/
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Right, it would have been so much wiser if <PERSON> had only questioned the country in which <PERSON> was born. That would have been so much wiser and gentlemanly and appropriate. It’s completely out of line for <PERSON> who had devoted his time and wealth to helping solve public health issues in the poorest countries for many years now. It’s completely ignorant for him to voice his opinion despite the fact that he gave a TED Talk specifically warning the world about the potential for a pandemic years ago.
What a blunder.
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“One of the obstacles, <PERSON> said, is a media environment in which different Americans now consume entirely different facts.”
<PERSON> echoes what’s often said - and always wrong. By definition, there are not “entirely different facts” about a given situation. There are facts and then there are other things, like interpretations. Consistently mistaking the latter from the former takes us into the realm of the delusional and the insane.
As long as we start from the premise that there are no reasonably reliable facts, we will continue to move further and further away from reality and our conflicts will become increasingly intractable and vicious. Reality will be defined by those most characterized by “passionate intensity.”
Alice’s Wonderland is where we are headed. Actually, we are in many ways already there.
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Thank you, <PERSON>, who got the hate-government ball rolling 40 years ago. Thank you, Republicans who loved the Contract with America and benefited year after year from the Tea Party, and now from far-right extremists. Thank you, <PERSON>, for finding out the hard way that leadership in a time of life-and-death isn't actually a reality show, and that incompetence and corruption are revealed clearly by crisis.
But special, special thanks to <PERSON>, who wanted a government "small enough to drown in the bathtub." Thank you for the dismantling of national-level health initiatives.
The families of 200,000 dead thank all of you.
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