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We should not view the issue as an “either/or.” For many people, religious belief and practice bind them to a larger community in a way that is more durable and abiding than areligious moral or ethical beliefs. The religious anchor is a durable (if not permanent) commitment to important values like charity and “love thy neighbor.” Others get to the same or similar place without religion. And of course, many don’t get there despite their professed religion.
And my personal experiences are why I post this as a response to Old <PERSON>. One need not be religiously orthodox to experience God. As written by <PERSON>, “The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.” Religion can enlighten or blind.
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<PERSON> did very well for the Republican party despite his re-election loss. One can easily view the relatively better performance of the down-ticket Republicans in this past election (better than <PERSON>) as a repudiation by the Republican voters of <PERSON>, but it's nothing of the sort. He has a lock on the votes of the Republican base and represents the current and the future of the Republican party: one of nihilism, racism, bigotry, xenophobia, and all that makes the GOP "grand."
It would be a huge mistake for the party to toss him overboard, he's their biggest asset. Perhaps in 6-10 years the Republican party will change its tune, but for now it's all about <PERSON> and all about holding the base.
We should not forget either that <PERSON> increased his performance this cycle among some groups that are important to the Democratic party. While some may say that's about his conventional Republican policies (conventional now means anti-immigrant and anti-free trade) and not his person -- and that's of course true for some voters within those groups because they are not monolithic -- that does not account for the results this cycle. Trumpism without <PERSON> would be a dead letter.
Despicable as he is, and as despicable as the Republican party has become, the only rational thing for the party to do is to ride this horse until it's dead.
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As soon as the police said he had a gun, that raised questions about whether or not he had a gun. Police always lie after they shoot people. In this case, it was clearly an execution. Like, for example, most of the shootings by the criminal gang known as the LA Sheriff's Department.
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How strange. Were those entry restrictions sign-posted? (I know it may not matter, it's just that where I live, it's not trespassing if there is an implicit right to enter - and if that university gets a dollar of public money, there would be that right - unless it's explicitly signed otherwise.)
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I am a big fan of Prof. <PERSON>, but having another old white guy downplay the racism inherent in <PERSON>'s comment isn't a good look.
Trying to dictate and deny the blackness of black Americans because they don't support you is absolutely an idea founded in racism. So was the crime bill <PERSON> recently defended that implemented harsher penalties crack which was seen as a black drug, vs cocaine, which was seen as an acceptable white person drug.
Granted, these instances are significantly less racist than <PERSON> many examples of bigotry (from refusing to rent to black tenants, to insisting on the guilt of the central park 5, to his denials about <PERSON>'s Americanism)
An apology is a good start, but <PERSON> needs to do better, and not hid behind the line that he "was just joking" or that he has a black friend (<PERSON>)
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The 2 million number seems like a significant underestimate of the worst case scenario. There are around 330 million people in the United States. If we assume a 60% infection rate and a 1% mortality, that gets us to 2 Million deaths, without even factoring in the increased death toll from hospital overcrowding and ventilator shortage.
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@Sanjay
Sorry to be harsh, but you paint with far too broad a brush. I live in an area rural enough that I drive along the border between two state parks, along the edge of a wildlife sanctuary, and through farm lands in order to go grocery shopping -- and my county is overwhelmingly blue.
Yet, the "small hospital in the western part of our state" from which the patient in the article was transferred was almost certainly within 40 miles of me.
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<PERSON> My heart goes out to you. I too am a practicing Catholic, and although the Church's issues with racism have not hit me as personally as they have hit you, when the last round of sexual misconduct revelations came out, I realized that in my heart I have become less a follower of the Catholic Church and more a follower of <PERSON> who happens to worship in a Catholic church.
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My read: <PERSON> soils bed. Iranian Supreme Leader bails him out. <PERSON> claims victory, turns explanation for assassination into a stump speech. I have no idea whether <PERSON> is helping.
The "broken clock is right twice a day" analogy is spot on. There is no reason to think once <PERSON> and his handlers are parted, his Twitter rantings won't boil-over yet again. Let's hope the next Supreme Leader he picks a fight with will be as accommodating.
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Our "blame society" is a co-morbid feature of the "never wrong" tactic. When the media in particular, and society in general, examine others' every word and act of political, business and personal adversaries to assert blame for gain, whether deserved or not, it is easy to predict the knee-jerk reaction of denial, swiftly followed by redirection of blame, and so on. Weren't we taught that "nobody's perfect"? When did that change?
These days, even three-year-olds understand that the first defense against either discipline or embarrassment is to throw someone else under the bus. The current White House occupant is just the most visible and morally bankrupt three-year-old. But as between the blame-game and the never-wrong instinct, which is chicken and which is egg? Perhaps best viewed as two spoiled eggs from the same corrupt chicken.
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Stunningly incompetent Mayor who has engaged in the Federal political debate by backing violence.
Of course many New Yorker's will agree with this article. After all, it's specifically written to inflame your left leaning passion. It has all the "rumor", "innuendo", all the fabrications and hate the left like to read about the FED and <PERSON>. It's also being delivered by a rabid one sided Democrat.
The Dem's are praying for casualties. That is the end goal of these “peaceful” protests that continue unabated across the country. Get the Fed's to kill a few Americans.
Of course, the Fed's are attempting to avoid casualties, which they know will be used by the Democrat's to add more fuel to their fires, which they continue to build.
For Canadians, JT's closing of the US - Canada border does have a silver lining. Few Americans will get into Canada. We'll avoid “hosting” all their trouble makers.
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Nothing but pure "conjecture" here. The author and his pals are simply "making stuff up" to suit their narrative.
Like so much of the Left's thought process, this opinion piece is 100% based on the active imaginations of the contributors. One can just as easily "foretell" of an "American Disaster" should <PERSON> and <PERSON> be elected.
That the Europeans look at "containment" is proof that they cannot counter <PERSON>'s policies. They have neither the wherewithal, strength, or the resolve.
<PERSON> has not started a war, and he will not. All his actions have shown this. Only the left's continued conspiracy theory's suggest otherwise.
But that is not to say that China or North Korea (China's proxy), Iran or Hezbollah ((Iran's proxy) will not attempt to start something to deflect from their very real fear of <PERSON>'s continued defense of America.
<PERSON> and <PERSON> will defend nothing, as their implied policy of continued appeasement suggests. If <PERSON> has a policy on Iran and China, he had best state it for the record.
Let the voters decide based on facts, not fiction.
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China and Russia have their vaccines (under Phase III) for limited use, primarily for high-risk populations. These vaccines had pass Phase II studies, so scientists have some knowledge about their potential side effects.
There is a substantial difference between "using an unproven vaccine for general public" versus "put Phase III vaccine into limited use".
The risk/benefit depends on the working and traveling conditions of individual. One could criticize the policy based on scientific stand points, or political view if preferred.
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I lived in Taipei for 24 years and NYC for 8 years. Cities with high density required highly organized civil service, otherwise would be fragile under extreme conditions, such as typhoon, earthquake, and pandemic disease. I grew up in Taipei and see how government keep learning to respond to all kinds of extreme condition above.
For Taipei, the civil service has 3 administrative levels below city (district - village - neighborhood). Each level has officers and perform different duties of different scales. For the lowest level (neighborhood), the officer spreads city notice, allocate disinfection reagents and report the latest situation back to the city government. This seems a lot of bureaucracy, but under extreme condition it becomes vital. This type of "dense administration" is very typical in east asian cities.
In my opinion, dense populations requires equally dense administrative management. Government should not expect that corporations will provide enough services under extreme conditions.
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@SeñorWenceslaus Says someone who doesnt live and breath the PEOPLE OF NEW YORK. The city is just the outer shell... The heart are the people who love this city, who can't afford to live in Manhattan but STILL work in the trenches and cross bridges and tunnels to help give this city life.
The facade are the people like you. Who can't see past Times Square and value the Bodega or the Park where meet up to live, laugh and love.
When the vaccine comes and they open the international doors --- they will still see diverse, united and happy faces. PROUD OF NEW YORK.
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@HYP Working Age - includes Teens (depending on laws) College Kids, Stay Homes, Retired, and outliers like the disabled and the elderly... you are missing certain parts of the population. The labor force participation rate is the share of WORKING AGE people who are part of the labor force (employed, on temporary layoff or actively searching for work).
And Geographically that number will shift too.
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"Baseball's Unwritten Rules: Where Does It Say You Can't Do That?" <PERSON> hit a grand slam off the Texas Rangers this week. However, his post-homer celebration was cut short when he received a stare down from his manager. The reaction was a response to the grand slam coming on a 3-0 pitch and adding four more runs to the Padres 10-3 lead. Apparently, <PERSON> had broken an unwritten rule as he was supposed to take the pitch rather than swing. The Rangers retaliated by throwing the next pitch at his teammate, <PERSON>. <PERSON> later apologized for his offense but I don’t think he should have. No player should have to take a pitch just to avoid hurting the pitcher’s feelings. Maybe the pitcher shouldn’t have assumed he wasn’t going to swing and actually thrown a pitch that couldn’t be hit. A pitcher’s job is to throw strikes and the batter’s job is to hit. <PERSON> was just doing his job, so maybe the pitcher should have done his too. Some unwritten rules make sense as they keep things classy. Not watching a homer land and not having an overly obnoxious bat flip are two “rules” I can get behind. One rule that I don’t agree with is not bunting to end a no-hitter. I get that a no-hitter is a cool accomplishment but the other team doesn’t care. The opposing team is trying to win a game and will take their at bats anyway they want to in order to win. In all, it’s important for people to realize that unwritten rules are unwritten for a reason.
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"As the Virus Spreads Through M.L.B., So Does Frustration" The Marlins sparked fear and frustration throughout the league when they announced that they had 20 positive cases of the coronavirus. What did the Marlins do differently than other teams that led to this outbreak? Apparently, prior to the start of the season players had been out and about shopping and going out to eat. Then, after some players and tested positive, the team still decided to play the Phillies subsequently leading to the Phillies 8 day hold. This situation with the Marlins really messed with the Phillies as they are now competing with teams who have 10 or 11 games under their belt while they only have 4. That long of a break with no action can really mess with a team's momentum and level of play. Likewise, the Cardinals now have 13 positive cases and have had to postpone two series: one against the Brewers and another against the Tigers. Right now, they plan to play the Chicago Cubs but are not certain of whether they will be able to. A postponement of the series would negatively impact both teams as the Cubs -- who are on a roll right now with a 9-2 record leading their division -- would go four days without playing. On the other hand, the Cubs may feel uneasy playing the Cardinals as they are yet to have a positive case and are looking to keep that streak going.
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@Richard
I can't believe so many people are immune to the "other" meaning of myth. If you just google it, you'll notice <PERSON> is talking about meaning #1, not #2. It's the "story" a candidate is telling.
"1) a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon.
2) a widely held but false belief or idea."
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This was an utterly, overwhelmingly shortsighted view of life's longevity.
Yes, "life's" longevity--not ours. It confuses "living" with producing. Didn't it happen to the authors of this quintessentially American approach to life that there are people who think they're actually living while they slowly peel and chop vegetables for cooking, or dedicate quality time for reading (preferably purposeless but beautiful literature instead of productivity-boosting self-help books), or love the routine of getting into a coffee shop and maybe sit down there for five or ten minutes, or just appreciate as the essence of living the act of standing quiet and slowly contemplating how a bunch of leaves dance with the breeze?
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<PERSON> The Arab ME loathes the Palestinians and discriminates against Palestinian "guest workers" more than any other group. That said, Israel's new friends are among the least moral nations in the world. The fact that they are also our "friends," the "friends" of all oil-loving nations does not mitigate the facts of what they are.
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This is astonishing. These folks want to reopen the colleges and will be protected from lawsuits brought by anyone who gets the atrocious disease. This would suggest, would it not, that they are fully aware that they are putting students and employees at serious risk. Our brave new world, why does it have such people in it?
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Check out the song Beware of Young girls on YouTube, written by <PERSON> after <PERSON> moved into the <PERSON>'s household then basically stole her husband, <PERSON>, from her. Interestingly enough, another song on the same album is entitled With My Daddy in the Attic. Sound familiar?
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Really. This sounds like 2016 all over again. "The Princeton Election Consortium gave <PERSON> a 99 percent chance of winning, The Huffington Post’s forecast gave her 98 percent, PredictWise gave <PERSON> 89 percent, and the New York Times’s The Upshot gave her 85 percent. Even FiveThirtyEight, which was the most bullish on <PERSON>, gave <PERSON> over a 71 percent chance of winning." - Politico
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<PERSON> Actually, some places have zoning restrictions on the number of unrelated people who can live in the same single-family residence. Where I used to live, this was largely unenforced until college students stated acting worse than these Sway House people are and there was a sudden crackdown on their landlords.
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@Barbyr That makes no sense. If people don't care where their energetic electrons come from, they certainly don't care where their petroleum cones from either. If this is going to be a problem, it would already be a problem now. Yeah, a few new EV owners might get on it when they first get their vehicles, but after a while, they'll get it out of their systems and drive about as well as they do now.
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<PERSON>
Yes. Though it is not a only question of how Covid19 behaves. Also a question of how mild cases are treated - kept at home (with as yet uninfected family members) or removed from family as is my understanding in Wuhan. An extra precaution not yet done in North America to my knowledge. Also lockdown in Wuhan was more strict. Other factors would be access to resources like PPE and ventilators. And the deaths are *in addition* to flu deaths. Each life is important.
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<PERSON>
Yes. Though it is not a only question of how Covid19 behaves. Also a question of how mild cases are treated - kept at home (with as yet uninfected family members) or removed from family as is my understanding in Wuhan. An extra precaution not yet done in North America to my knowledge. Also lockdown in Wuhan was more strict. Other factors would be access to resources like PPE and generators. And the deaths are *in addition* to flu deaths. Each life is important.
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@Nature Lover >Every new child is an enormous addition to man's future carbon footprint, an addition to the waste stream and a depletion of raw materials.
Note the Leftist evasion of more people as more thinkers to solve problems. Leftists are as anti-reason as Rightists. But Leftists are intellectually anti-reason.
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Man’s volitional/logical mind is the cause of psychology. Our schools have been dominated by Progressive education since 1920. This is a rejection of the principled focus onto reality of classical education. Classical education has problems but is vastly better than the anti-knowledge socializing of Progressive education. American students are taught to be short-range Pragmatists. The result is an inability to and hatred of principled, systematic, long-range thinking. Addiction, suicide, dispair and paranoia are the effects. See “The Comprachicos” by <PERSON> for more. Man’s mind should be reintegrated with his body.
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While I thoroughly appreciate the idea of the sugar challenge and the provided answers, I think mentioning "guilt-free" enjoyment is rather problematic. Clearly, eating little sugar is advisable and desirable as, unfortunately, too many people eat too much sugar. Yet, even when attempts of a healthy diet fail at times, all food consumption of plant-based foods should be guilt-free. Guilt should not be associated with food intake and the American diet culture, which equates certain foods with negative feelings, does not contribute much to healthy lifestyles. Instead stigmas are reinforced and troubling experiences with diets, eating disorders, and general confusion about nutrition are perpetuated.
Also, the two answers about the bread are a rather confusing. The question regarding the homemade whole wheat bread does not state the weight of the bread, yet the reader is encouraged to change the recipe. In the following, very similar question, the reader's choice is supported. However, it is possible that the first reader bakes an equally large bread (1,800 gr.) and consumes less sugar (15 gr. of molasses vs. 40 gr. of malted barley syrup).
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@Chris I hope that the original author of the post wasn't the only member of her team "talented" in taking notes. Comparing note taking to being fluent in French makes your argument appear like a joke - considering the only major requirements suggested here are being fluent in English and able to write.
This seems to be something that most team members in a professional office environment should be capable of, regardless of their gender.
Further, I am sure that the author was not hired because her/his greatest talent was note taking. Rather it appears to be the case that you are finding excuses to reproduce gendered and stereotypical behaviors in teams that are detrimental to success.
To say it in your words: when you get sacked, it will be because of misogyny but maybe also because of your unprofessional attitude.
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I just couldn't take my eyes, and ears, of her dog! What kind of a person would do that to her "best friend"?? That dog would die defending her, selflessly, but she couldn't care about his suffering, what mattered was to prove herself right against another human (forget the race issue here). She deserves what life offered her... sad to say
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The problem of statistics is that they often do not normalize all contributing factors.
Sweden has an incredibly low population density, compared to Portugal their population is considerably younger (27% over 60 compared to 41% over 60 in Portugal) and those are important factors to take into account.
With proper containment measures in place, I believe they would be a lot better. But again, in a situation like this, it's not like we can make some city/territory a control group, to compare others against them, and for that purpose, Sweden does not fill in the requisites.
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<PERSON> I'm a big fan of <PERSON> and our family follows all his recommendations.
I do think there are tradeoffs. I let my kids drive--one of the deadliest things they do--because the risks there are viable.
I'd be devastated if any of my children died. But that still doesn't mean that I think we might have done better to have responded to the virus as has Sweden rather than the disorganized and incoherent way the US writ large has.
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The examples Mr. <PERSON> cites may have been effective in a a pre-internet era. However, in the 21st century, progressive activism is a disaster for American success. It's deeply frustrating for the vast majority of American liberals to see our chances of returning sanity to the nation, to the political system that rules our world, wrecked by the relentless, uncompromising vision of those who feel politics is beneath them.
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I would've felt offended and embarrassed to have a truck with a Confederate flag on it near my house even if it wasn't in the driveway. Luckily my husband would've too. I'm sure we would've talked to the foreman or business owner to ask that the person leave or simply cancel the job. I wouldn't want a person like that working on my house anyway. It's also possible the foreman didn't like the flag either but felt he couldn't say anything unless a customer objected so maybe it would've given wanted leverage. You're paying for a job to be done. It doesn't include having to feel offended for however long it took to complete that job. Businesses should not have employees that display offensive flags, signs, bumper stickers, or clothing nor employees who swear excessively, make rude comments, smoke, etc. It's not professional and to me would be a clear sign that we need to find another roofer or whatever the case may be.
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"Mr. <PERSON>, the livestreamer, said he believed the Portland police should not have allowed the pro-Trump caravan to enter an area they knew would be occupied by opposing protesters."
Yes, why didn't they block off the downtown streets? A violent confrontation was inevitable based on past protests where armed white ring supremacists have shown up in Portland.
The Patriot Prayer guys obviously went there looking for a fight, looking to instigate. They came with paint guns, bear spray, knives and most likely guns too. They veered off their route looking for a fight. (What kind of Christians are they anyway?)
We need to get guns out of our society. Everyone is packing now. But really, didn't the Portland Police see this coming?
Full disclosure: I used to live in Portland and love the city.
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I never saw those boulders, or created a crater, or saw the steam shooting up!!! Will have to recheck that area. For anyone considering playing this game, do the side missions, especially the pizza deliveries (won’t spoil more than that). You’ll get gear that will significantly improve the game. No need to trudge through the mountains slowly for hours if you help out the preppers. You’ll also get plenty of materials to rebuild the roads, and learn more about the history of the stranding.
I’ll save my plot analysis for a blog post, although it wasn’t the point of this article, would have been nice to see a bit more depth there.
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"Internet-era political derangement is partially responsible for white supremacists goading one another into shooting sprees, or the <PERSON> supporter who tried to massacre Republicans at a congressional baseball game in 2017. "
Why mention that the baseball game shooter was a <PERSON> supporter, but neglect to mention that the white supremacists are <PERSON> supporters?
While overall the article makes a good point, it fails miserably in one respect: refusing to address the most pressing issue of our time, ecological devastation. Addressing our ecological crises is where we'll find the renewal for which our moment in history calls. Your facile derision of <PERSON> is only made possible by ignoring this fundamental part of his platform.
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I’m a life-long Democrat. But as a senior now, if I don’t see <PERSON>, his family, and his Republican cohorts held to account and at least some progress with a progressive agenda, I will likely leave the Democratic Party. No, I will NEVER be or vote Republican, but will likely change my registration to Independent.
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Make no mistake about it. The GOP have effectively annointed the USA's first dictator, answerable and accountable to no one. This is fascism. Period. We've seen it before. Attack the media, Attack the intelligentia. Normalize corruption. Attack a scapegoat (Latinos, Blacks, Women, Gays, Transgenders, Muslims, Democrats, Republicans who dare to oppose <PERSON>.
We have always wondered how dictatorships can happen? This is how, with the consent and encouragement of the GOP.
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As a US citizen living in Turin, I agree with the statement Italians are not inclined to follow rules. Parking- if your car fits, it's a space- no matter if it blocks pedestrians. Speed limit? That's just a suggestion. So I was amazed how quickly Italians responded to the lockdown measures. Overnight it felt like there was a very clear understanding- the community as a whole is more important than what I feel like doing right now. For 6 weeks, was I happy to only go 200 meters from my house when I could (fortunately) take my dog outside? No. But hearing ambulance sirens all day made compliance very real and urgent. I don't blame people for being tired of restrictions when the danger wasn't in their face. My question now- how do we change the messaging in the US so more people comply with wearing masks, etc to save their community? Shaming is only increasing the anger and widening the divide.
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<PERSON> I'm from the US and live in Italy. In addition to the poor health care system and zero social support in the US, what you've said is another reason why the US could fare worse than Italy. Italians generally look at many rules as guidelines (parking, speed limit). But I have been super impressed with the way they adapted immediately to the lockdown- because they realize this isn't just about their individual freedom at this moment but the long-term wellness of everyone.
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<PERSON> No, not at all. But we should take their pseudo-patriotic chest-thumping and bellicose calls for American superiority with a huge grain of salt. Men (or overgrown boys) like <PERSON> talk big about the importance of the military and American dominance and values, but they themselves have never taken even one tiny step to sacrifice anything for this country and its citizens ... not as a part of our military, certainly, and not even by paying their fair share of taxes to support any part of this nation. And don't get me started on the efforts of the current administration in blocking benefits for veterans.
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<PERSON> I'm with you! I hate to sound grumpy, but I SO much prefer reading than videos when it comes to getting information (for one thing, it's a lot faster!). The video was well-produced and cute, but please give those of us who prefer to read that option.
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@politicallyincorrect
In my opinion, the eviction ban does not go far enough. The New York city council is contemplating extending the eviction moratorium until April 2021. If that’s the case, I imagine there will be thousands of illegal evictions (threats of violence, changing locks, etc.) since landlords will not collect any rent during the pandemic and are still liable for mortgages, property taxes, insurance, and all related expenses. If we look at the LW here, there could easily be violence if she realizes she’ll be on the hook for a year’s worth of rents if the subtenant stops paying and she has to live with her the entire time.
What needs to happen is a mortgage and rent cancellation - as crazy as that sounds - because it’s hard to imagine how we’re going to process all the housing and civil cases once this period of social distancing ends (and it could continue until 2022 if you look at the Harvard study).
The press on the eviction ban doesn’t cover these “master tenant” situations, but the ban disadvantages these types of tenants as well (and I can assure you, there are thousands of subletting situations in New York City).
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@CS can you distinguish between “tenancy rights” and “tenancy”? The legal situation is confusing because on the one hand, the roommate has tenancy and the legal right to an eviction, but on the other she doesn’t have “tenancy rights.” What are the other “tenancy rights” she does not enjoy in this situation?
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@Hedonikos Every time I read a comment, by an obvious youngster, about “culling the heard of the elderly,” I reply with a short note ... “Which of your grandparents – or parents – do you consider to be ‘expendable,’ and have you told them that’s how you feel.”
For some reason, they never respond!
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Just another assault on democracy by The <PERSON> and republicans of his ilk.
Add to that the obscene gerrymandering of districts and a decline in polling locations engineered by Republicans.
“Southern U.S. states have closed 1,200 polling places in recent years” – Reuters, 9/10/19
<PERSON> & Co. seem to be directing our elections and democracy to resemble that of Russia and corrupt South American countries.
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Parks are still crowded. Beach parking lots look like it's labor day weekend. A few counties in the Bay Area are taking note and beginning to close state parks and beaches... and many people are howling. Such self-centered reactions seem to be a testament of our time.
Is it going to take people's immediate family members and friends to contract this virus (and regrettably more body bags) for people to grok the gravity of this crisis?
True, most who contract this virus so far appear to experience mild symptoms, but it's not all about you! The generations most affected by this virus sacrificed so much - The Great Depression, WWII - and we can't sacrifice not going to the park or beach for a few months?
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I'm sharing this with my peers. Many people in my age group and younger - I'm 38 - are taking this cavalierly. I live in the Bay Area. This past weekend the parks were still crowded. Beach parking lots looked like a Labor Day weekend. A few counties in the Bay Area are taking note and beginning to close state parks and beaches... and many people are howling. Such self-centeredness benefits no one and has the potential to harm many.
Is it going to take people's immediate family members and friends to contract this virus (and regrettably more body bags) for more Americans to grok the gravity of this crisis? For us to start treating this like a pandemic and not an extended spring break?
I understand that people need and outlet for stress and cabin fever. I am also aware that most who contract this virus so far appear to experience mild symptoms, but it's not all about you! The generations most affected by this virus sacrificed so much - The Great Depression, WWII - and we can't sacrifice not going to the park or beach for a few months?
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It seems that the NYT does not accept criticism of its sources. Understanding the political context is crucial in order to verify the validity of the claims made by sources. One of those sources is <PERSON>, who has a long history of corruption documented in various media. His lack of credibility reaches such a degree that the university where he claims to have studied for a doctorate denies it.
<a href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/430665/narro-sin-credenciales-academicas" target="_blank">https://www.proceso.com.mx/430665/narro-sin-credenciales-academicas</a>
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It would be good if they explained how the criticism of the contagion estimation model is evidence that corpses are hidden. The dead are counted, not estimated. One of his sources is <PERSON>, who was former rector of the National University and secretary of health for the previous government, a government that ended his term with the lowest approval in the history of Mexico, something difficult to achieve. I tell you from Mexico, this note the only thing that contributes is chaos and that is counted in the dead. Responsibility is what we ask of you. Regards.
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@Alex
The error on this hyper war situation that <PERSON> had started with assassination of two generals <PERSON> from Iran and general <PERSON> from Iraq and <PERSON> also threaten to blow up all cultural sites and Infrastructures of country , this type of accident happens all the time , the question now is you may not like the government of your mother land but why you backing up the warmonger <PERSON> and his stooges states who want to destroy every country that seems weak to them. A person with right mind should put the blame on <PERSON> and the USA government not only for this incident more importantly for all these war crimes they have committed in Afghanistan Iraq Syria Libya and Yemen they are responsible for killing more than 10 millions of people in the region under the false pretext of fighting terrorism which we all know <PERSON> and <PERSON> said that ISIS and Alqaeda was created by USA (<PERSON> and <PERSON> and the other presidents). I have sympathy for families of those Iranians and others who lost their lives on this incident. We shouldn't let warmongers get away with all these war crimes , war crimes are all over American foreign policies
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@Peace
I didn't put the blame on leader of Iran , the whole blame of what is going on here now it goes way back when America started regime change in the world and did that under pretext of fighting communism , exporting human rights and democracy through bombs and fighting terrorism was made by USA ... every war on this planet is created by America
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@JP though i agree with your underlying thoughts, having enough available ICU beds for a once-in-a-century pandemic in NYC is not in the cards. Better that we stockpiled sufficient personal protective equipment and enforced strict social isolation early and aggressively. This is different than ongoing endemic heart disease, diabetes, etc.
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<PERSON> In a recent New England Journal of Medicine paper, mortality of COVID-19 patients admitted to an ICU was over 50%. Over-65 led to a mortality rate of over 62% (I say over because at the end of the study period, 3/24 were still mechanically ventilated and an additional 4 were still in the hospital).
intubated patients have a 60-80% mortality
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Amen & Thank You <PERSON> ...& Thank God for <PERSON> !!
If <PERSON> would of followed through with <PERSON> "Sow Bean Based" auto body parts, Our Entire automobile body manufacturing & it's recycling might be Agrarian Based !
Too Bad <PERSON> Didn't have the Foresight to "Green-Up" the auto industry when he had the chance !!
We are So Far Behind & Faceless corporations need a day of Reckoning or We FAIL as a species !!!
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Hello <PERSON>,
Firstly,
...the Question is:
What Can We Believe ?
Another is,
...What has been Hacked and Who's bending the Numbers ??
The Democratic Party is Fighting for it's SOUL as is Our Country !!!
The moderates and centrists Have OWNED the dnc for Decades and That Must Change in Order to Make the Necessary CORRECTIONS to the Course that has Brought US Thus Far,
...to the Brink of DESASTER that We Now Face as a Country and in the World Today !
We Either Change by Choice Now,
...or We Suffer a Forced and Violent Mandate that Our Inactions Will Precipitate in the Near Future !!
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Mr. <PERSON> is not appalled by <PERSON>'s tweet. He's just trying to save face. He's jumping ship because the ship is sinking, and he does not want to be on it when it goes down. If Mr. <PERSON> believed that <PERSON> would win re-election, he'd still be doing mental gymnastics to support all of <PERSON>'s "fascist" tendencies.
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It’s amazing that you think African American mistrust of the health care system is because of events, which only occurred generations ago. Inequities in the health care system still occurs today. In fact, the survival rate of coronavirus for blacks people is lower than whites, impart because of inequities in the treatment of blacks in the health care industry. Furthermore, A study made available this year by the National Academy of Sciences, shows that white babies get better treatment from doctors than black babies. The study concluded that black babies are better treated by black doctors because of inequities in health care. Therefore, The issue is systemic racism in American institutions that still occurred today, not black people’s awareness of these issues.
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<PERSON> I find it absolutely amazing that the mayor of New York City is getting a free pass despite the efforts he made to assure people that everything was fine *halfway through March*!
And now the state of New York has nearly 1/2 the deaths in this entire country...
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@AJ The shelter in place order only clarified what he had already put into action three weeks earlier.
I have several family members who have been out of work that long and we have been quarantining in our home since then.
Did you read the entire article or just skim through for the parts you could disagree with?
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The economy is going to tank way before November so the Mangled Orange Hellbeast will get the blame anyway (deservedly).
I do not make this prediction lightly. The indicators are screaming DJI correction (20%), China is cratering, (bankruptcies everywhere because of the coronvirus, and Europe is in a recession.
The Corona virus is shutting down whole countries like South Korea and Italy and its popping up everywhere, doing in travel and tourism.
<PERSON> is running around rearranging the deckchairs on the Trumptanic and <PERSON> , (Im a history Major) <PERSON> is squawking "all the major indicators are good" as they haul him off to the drunk tank and take away his world class collection of tiny silver spoons.
People bear down, 2020 is going to be turbulent and then some.
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Magical thinking.
Americans don't go to the barricades, they just don't.
People were different in the 1930s, a different strength, determination, stronger core beliefs.
Americans have just enough creature comforts to stop them going to the barricades, its almost a formula or algorithm dreamed up to truncate dissent. (no accident btw)
There will be no workers rights movements or unionization....
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<PERSON> Yes, but are you also watching two kids while doing your lessons? This is not a dig at what you all do, but acknowledging that it is literally impossible for two parents working full-time jobs at home to also do your full time job. She's a university professor ALSO having to set up remote teaching on a short time table. You of all people should understand what a hard job that is!
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<PERSON> seems to think that somehow shucksters and con-men and capitalist speculation are somehow specific to our generation and our condition. But look at the birth of L.A. or the gold rush as bubbles in their own right, founded on marketing and lies and over-promises. The idea that this is somehow a more 'decadent' era seems a flimsy theory based on a highly simplistic reading of recent history.
The real story here is that we face the one of the greatest challenges of our lifetimes in changing our fossil-fueled economy to one that will allow our children and grandchildren to have a future on this planet. There are so many great solutions and ideas-- from <PERSON> solar roofs and electric vehicles (granted well-marketed! and over-promising, but somehow he's not included here..) to new green infrastructures that can help adapt cities to rising sea levels and provide an expanded public realm. We just need to adopt these ideas, fund them in the same ways that previous generations funded trans-continental railroads and the suburbs and highways and sent a man to the moon. We need to look at the great ideas that are already out there and not complain about how tech is not leading the way. It seems to me that it's <PERSON> (and the current administration) that is the one who is being decadent, not the younger generations.
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I was thinking a slightly more elegant solution would be to make the letter X be the answer for the shaded boxes, indicating a literal tick in the box. The X, being an algebraic variable, would also be able to stand in for either the word “tick” or “box.” This, however, was not an acceptable solution. Otherwise, thought this was a great puzzle.
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This one almost broke me, till <PERSON>. (At first I had LMN as the rebus instead of MNO. Talk about devious.) After sorting that out, a quick glance at the long-silent touchtone phone on my kitchen wall, gave me the TUV I needed to finish. Phew! Took a while, but fun puzzle.
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@Althea
Ah! You are naive. If those drugs were legalized the prices would drop dramatically, so users would not need to rob in order to get money for them; police (local, state and Federal) would be able to concentrate on catching real crooks and the funds thus freed up could be used for addiction prevention education and rehabilitation. Drug dealers only have power because they control the supply and distribution of things that are illegal.
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The statistical tone of this article is very interesting, although rather sophomoric. As an individual over 65 who must travel extensively professionally, I find it disgusting.
If people who are over a certain age, or who have certain medical conditions, as well as front-line workers (medical, police, teachers, etc.), are more vulnerable to fatal infections that should logically be a factor in setting priorities.
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My understanding is that the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs authorize force not against any and all terrorist worldwide (which Iran's Revolutionary Guard is) but only against terrorists responsible for 9/11 (2001) or the <PERSON> government (2002). Neither would therefore seem to cover <PERSON>. Can someone clear this up for me?
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How does one write a column about the Lincoln Project without mentioning the most salient fact about it: every single one of them supported the Iraq war, while <PERSON> not only opposed it, he's the first president in quite some time to not have started a new foreign war in his first term.
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All theories aside, physics that always wins out. The pendulum is always moving. I truly believe we are at that last, almost imperceptible, spot when everything stands still for just a whisper of a moment and then....the change in direction is leaving millions of people in its wake. No one is in control, we are all just waiting and reacting.
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What is wrong with us (Americans) that we can't figure this out? What's wrong with the Democrats, telling <PERSON> that he still needs to stay home? If pizza and pot shops (symbiotic I realize) are essential, then isn't <PERSON>'s campaign essential.
Who's in charge here?
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President <PERSON> has taken a very hard position on illegal immigration and in pursuit of which he has cut off aid to Central America and threatened punitive tariffs on Mexico. He has also diverted funds allocated to the military to build the wall.
I am certain he took all these actions because he believes that’s the right policy AND it helps him personally with his political base. He believes that if he fulfills his campaign promise then he will be rewarded with re-election.
However, these are NOT impeachable offenses.
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The primary intent of the 14th Amendment was to ensure that newly freed slaves and their children born in the US had the full rights and privileges of US citizenship.
It has now morphed into giving immediate birthright citizenship to children born to newly arrived IT workers from India on H1B visas, for example.
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Drs. <PERSON> and <PERSON>’s hypothesized scenario isn’t merely likely; it’s virtually certain. We learned in 2016 what effect last minute announcements can have on a closely fought election. If there is a way to prevent this “vaccine announcement” ploy, it will be with loud and frequent public predictions of its arrival.
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<PERSON> got more than a fair shot in the Senate race. Unfortunately, her ignorance of Maine people was one of the major factors in losing the Senate race.
I am a staunch Democrat, but I give credit to <PERSON>-she is a good senator for her constituents. This is why they vote for her again and again.
You are calling the kettle black, coming from the state of PA with Senator <PERSON>, who’s political leanings are in tune with Senator <PERSON>.
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<PERSON> Great work, I hadn't thought about what "protective measures" this graph is referring to, so that is an interesting thought. It was also interesting that you noticed how close the peak comes to the healthcare, and how you wondered how easily it could begin to exceed the limit. Also, great headline!! Mine was very similar oops.
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@Bella I like your headline a lot, it highlights an interesting point that the graph brings up about whether we should choose the path that would cause the virus to go away more quickly or if we use precautions, but have more get the virus. Also good point wondering about how the healthcare system capacity is determined. Overall, you did great good work!
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I agree completely.
But there is one point that needs mentioning: the speed at which information now travels is undoing science. Not only can disinformation, myth and "alternative facts" be rapidly shared, but also scientific findings.
Scientific findings are not the same as scientific facts. They are merely way points on the journey to facts and implementation. What happens is that news media pick up a new finding, broadcast the heck out of it as if it is the second coming and the public is left to believe that a new truth has been discovered. Witness all the many, many new "discoveries" about food, nutrition and diet that we are fed everyday by a non-critical and hungry press.
Science is an iterative process and truth-finding is a slow process.
Patience is a missing ingredient in modern science.
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If General (sic) <PERSON> believes, "Other than slavery,' COVID-19 lockdowns are worst civil liberties infringement in US history" he has, obviously, never lived the life of Native American who had their homeland stolen, treaties dishonored, food supplies decimated, and who were decimated by smallpox. He has never lived the Internment of Japanese Americans. He has never been forced to sit at the back of bus or be denied the right to vote. He has not lived the life of a woman who has had her body controlled by white men. He has not lived the life of an immigrant locked in a border cage.
Covid lockdowns and masks are applied to everyone, equally. To violate those practices is to infringe on the rights of the many to benefit the few.
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@History The phrase, 'under god', was added in 1954, to differentiate the US and the USSR. The daughter of the reverend who wrote the original pledge objected to inserting the phrase. Just a bit of historical context.
<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/04/5-facts-about-the-pledge-of-allegiance" target="_blank">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/09/04/5-facts-about-the-pledge-of-allegiance</a>/
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As a freelancer and contractor, unemployment doesn't recognize me. Since this is increasingly common, one of the tasks of future Congress is addressing that working has changed and the workforce has changed. Systems created in the 20th century have to be updated to the 21st.
It also is painful to see so many huge companies steal the money meant for small businesses the last time around without consequences. Are there guardrails in place to ensure that doesn't happen now? So many businesses closed in 2020. We mourn them.
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Um, polling data? Really, <PERSON>? I think poll credibility was debunked in November 2016.
Here are the reasons why we have NO REASON to be hopeful that this criminally insane individual will lose in November:
1. The electoral college
2. Fox News
3. <PERSON>
4. <PERSON>
Hope? Check yourself, buddy.
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Mr. <PERSON> has proclaimed himself a “war president.” Why, then, won’t he rally Americans around this cause?
Oh, that's because someone told him "war presidents" do well in the polls. He doesn't actually know what a war president does or what one's responsibilities should be.
Does that clear it up?
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@MKH Let's assume every billionaire and corporation closed all their overseas accounts, paid fair taxes, and gave us all the money we needed. Could we work the logistics in time to fix decades of decay in US classrooms and hallways? We don't know a safe distance and time exposure in a classroom with poor ventilation and even 12 people wearing average masks. And what about hallways and transport for starters?
And to all those who keep bringing up the disproportionate impacts on BIPOC. Agreed. The deaths and injuries caused by opening schools will follow that same pattern.
This country was built on slavery, oppression and white supremacy woven into the system.
It's naive to bank the lives of the most vulnerable on changing course without any change in leadership: "time for the wealthy of this country to pay it forward and to support the education of our next generation"
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A quote from a think tank but not a single teacher or parent.
Hospitals would be super spreading centers if they had the same HVAC as schools along with staff/client ratios being proposed under this last ditch hybrid model. Can federal money arrive in 30 days and upgrade classrooms and hallways to high standards after decades of decay in US school buildings?
NY Times reporter <PERSON> uses put downs: "head in the sand" and "divorced from evidence" to label people who oppose her push to open schools. You can see those quotes in context, along with the media pushing to open schools in my Literature Review. Limited data is based on studies of better funded schools in countries that have solved the crisis(S Korea, Ireland, Iceland). The NY Times is using the uncited blog from the corporate Funded American Association of Pediatrics to say we have the all clear now.
<a href="https://BIT.LY/canweopen2020" target="_blank">https://BIT.LY/canweopen2020</a>
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<PERSON>
I always vote by mail. But, I'm in no doubt that if it wanted one or another of the major parties can "arrange" to have some of the mail get "lost". How would you prove your ballot ever arrived? Many people can't afford to send it registered mail.
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@GH
I agree, but it must be done under the highest levels of protection for the dissectors, and right now we don't have enough PPE to go around.
What do you want to bet that there are (full) boxes of PPE just hanging around all of tRump's properties/businesses just in case.
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A big part of this that the writer has ignored is all those people who flaunt their resistance to any and all precautions because of their "freedom." All the while risking not only their own health, but the health of those they come in contact with. They have claimed falsely that COVID is not serious, it is a hoax, and are in some cases actively shaming others for taking precautions. They make all sorts of unfounded claims loudly and often. It is horribly upsetting that this country has so many uncaring, selfish ignorant people who refuse to accept reality. It is this bad because we have zero leadership on a national level, and in fact the president is AWOL, not that he has done anything to set an example or set national policies that will help us through this crisis. And I already hear in my head those people who shout that <PERSON> shut down travel from China. That is only partially true. It was not a total shut down and many people still were traveling from China. He admitted on tape that he knew the virus was deadly and spread through the air, but he publicly downplayed it on purpose. He stated it was not to cause panic, however he currently rage tweets every day causing more and more panic over the election and his false claims of fraud. And his actions have consequences like it or not. His loyal followers are the worst offenders of safety protocols, often citing his example.
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I discovered HCR through an interview on <PERSON> podcast Stay Tuned. I immediately signed up to receive Letters from an American and found her on FB. She is a voice of sanity and reason in a very dark, confusing time. I look forward to her letters and have listened to her live streams as well. She gives valuable insight and historical context that is clear and concise. In a time of “alternate facts” and the proliferation of lies from the highest offices in America, she is a beacon of light.
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<PERSON> Yes... because the flu, unlike measles and other diseases that have vaccinations, mutates into one of many new subtypes every year. The common cold virus is worse, which is why there is no cure for the common cold. So it’s an annual guessing game. That said, annual rates of flu illnesses show that it has been effective year and prevents many dearths.... 3000 children die from flu annually. Adults can die as well. Even if the mix of flu sub types is wrongly guessed in a given year, that still provides some immunity that can decrease severity of flu if you get it.
So... if you get the flu after getting the vaccine, it’s more a function of a rapidly mutating flu virus, and the annual prediction that goes with deciding which sub types to focus on, than any problem with the vaccine itself.
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Failing to innoculate a child by choice is no different than failing to use a car seat or seatbelts in a car... dangerous, and irresponsible. The scientific data is overwhelming that vaccinations have successfully prevented many millions deaths and disability year after year. It’s high time NYS follow the lead of other states that have recinded the religious exemption that achieves nothing other than turn back over half a century of medical progress.
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I would honestly fancy considering myself mentally strong, after all, who wouldn't? There's not one person in this world that would wish to look down on themselves. That being said, I am not though. I get stressed easily and constantly push myself around when I'm not pleased with my work. I crave perfection and react negatively when I'm not able to reach that goal. I'm often itching to give up, and it is so hard to resist.
But I'd like to believe I manage, I'm trying to lecture myself on how failure doesn't necessarily need to be a bad thing, and that it's okay to get frustrated. Being tough isn't about never feeling down, it's about building yourself back up. It's a constant battle in my mind between falling apart and putting myself back together - and it is very frustrating, but wouldn't life be so boring without it? I am constantly challenging myself to be better, displaying different reactions when facing obstacles is hard, since it is a habit of mine to overflow easily. But I think I'm aware of the fact that I am capable of things that I wouldn't believe were possible. Although I am not though, I am trying my best, and I know that one day I'll be a tough person, I'll be so proud of myself.
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Lockdown definitely changed me. I think I got to know myself a little better in lockdown, it definitely had some positive effects on me, having time to work on myself, I try to make the best out of our time in lockdown, this almost feels like I'm preparing myself for the real-life now, with a better version of myself to put out there once the pandemic is over. I was already pretty isolated in the hospital, so I'm used to being indoors, my overall health is much better, for the first time my diagnose was accurate, my medicine help my adrenal glands function. Even though I wish the pandemic would end, I am grateful for my health condition. I am able to find peace with myself once again, I wish the best for everyone. I know we can get through this, but we need to be patient. Everything will be back to normal soon, and I am sure we will all have beautiful memories to live through once the pandemic is over.
I now have new hobbies such as decorating my room, I want to be in a better living space since I am constantly in here. I really reccomend doing this, maybe hang some nice pictures and lights, grow some plants in your room? Let's turn this nigthmare to a dream, It's the least we can do. I also have a daily program to follow now, to be more productive, I find passion in it. More or less, pandemic affects everyone, but we can use the time spent isolated to our benefit. Stay safe!
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@Chris I think, that as people were traveling on airplanes for hours, touching surfaces and sharing recirculated air the virus travelled too undetected. I landed in JFK on January 1st. There were posters asking people with a fever to get checked voluntarily. Who would have wanted to get stuck at the airport after 9 hour flight to get tested?
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<PERSON> "Millions of folks are unemployed and they'd be happy to have a job."
Certainly, it is better to have a job these days. Are you sure that parents would be happy to meet new "standards relaxed" teachers from the sex offender list (but reformed), or just someone, anyone with a criminal record (child abuse), etc, etc... Teachers go through a rigorous check and fingerprinting in addition to completing a MA. Would anyone agree to relax the standards for "millions of unemployed folks" to be with their children for 7 hours 5 days a week?
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I made a mild-mannered comment and it was blocked. I don't know why, but after subscribing to NYT for more than 4 years, I expect better.
The presidency is a leadership and management position. The President is expected to protect the country and its laws, especially the Constitution. Like it or not, the President serves as an example to Americans and to the world. How the President behaves is important, whether you like it or not.
So how has President <PERSON> done?
1. Defending democracy: Key to democracy is the idea of an open and honest debate over policy. This does not work when the President is a liar. Politicians usually discussion only the facts that support their points. <PERSON> is just a liar. Would you allow a son or an employee to lie like <PERSON>?
2. <PERSON> is the head of the administrative branch of government. He is the most incompetent manager I have ever seen. He appears to be incapable of assembling and managing a team of competent people to run the government. After four years, it is clear that the problem is not the people on his team.
3. In the area of Presidential leadership, <PERSON> has been an abject failure. If you cannot see that he strives to divide the nation, then you are blind. If you call his leadership in the fight against Covid-19 a success, you are blind.
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Organized religion is the second most effective way an uneducated man can obtain political power. Politics is the most effective way. Being knowledgeable on scientific or medical matters relevant to public safety doesn't count. This is especially true in the Republican party where it is heretical to hold the view that you can scientifically determine the best way to deal with a global pandemic.
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Police in this country is all messed up and nobody have the will to really fix it. Chiefs sometimes are accountable to the Mayor but some times they are not, then the Chiefs have to go through what seems the powerful police union to discipline anybody. Anytime a chief comes in and starts promising something, they are lying, they don't have the power, they are just saying to the mayor, something happens, I will take the fall for you. The rank&file are not the problem, the buck police seems to stop with the union and nobody want to touch it. Keep saying reform doesn't do anything.
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In the 90's, due to advancement in telecommunications, it was predicted Virtual Office was the future, why pay for expensive office space they said. Never made it big. Turned out employees like to be able to be away from home, away from distractions of kids, pets etc. Managers like to keep tap of employees, bosses like to yell to your face, corporations like to build palaces. Don't worry folks, this home thing is temporary.
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<PERSON> Hello <PERSON> I'm very interested your specific an answer, and almost every thing same an answer with me, but did you guess where is it? I thought in front of man or women wore basketball hat, so it's my opinion they live in there, on the other hand this is souvenir. what do you think?
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I think this picture is Chicago because in front of the women or man wear the basketball nit, I thought this is souvenir, but maybe who live in Chicago, and buy themselves. Also ship and goat move to the farms to another place, and they close to on the street, and huge dog protect to them. It is very smart dog because ship and goat never escape to them. Moreover it is normal problem because police not coming people just waiting now.
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Could the <PERSON> brain and the brain of the voice in the <PERSON> head possibly agree that the consequences elections do indeed have should not be that the winner in the electoral college lottery gets to do whatever he calculates to be to his private advantage and everyone and every activity that doesn't serve his private interests be damned?
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This article approaches 4,000 words, ostensibly concerning the topic of economic fortune and misfortunes, but omits even a single reference to the necessity of what philosopher <PERSON> called "provisioning" -- that labor and economies are necessary for communities of people to secure adequate stock of resources to satisfy present and future material needs and wants, and to build a sustainable, ongoing, participatory common life. Some of the comments acknowledge that modern technological advances have resolved problems of productive scarcity, but few draw attention to distributive demands for equity in resourcing basic needs, which obviously persist. The legacy of industrial and post-industrial expansion makes material provision increasingly a matter of choice, not sheer necessity, for that portion of the world’s population that has benefited from this expansion. But the ability to make choices highlights how ‘‘‘provisioning’ requires ‘providence,’ i.e., looking and planning ahead’’ (<PERSON>). Equity takes on increased practical and ethical significance, and sustainability emerges as a moral concern. ‘‘[T]he questions arise: provident for whom? and how far ahead?’’ <PERSON>' questions deserve to be highlighted: For whom? How far ahead?
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<PERSON> must have the misfortune of being surrounded by children who seem particularly weak, coddled, and thus unlovable to him. My dad grew up with plenty of hardship (Japanese occupation, having to work in rubber plantation by 10 and getting eaten by Tigers was actual occupation hazard) and he doesn't recommend it. I agree that a certain amount of "hardship" is healthy and that we have to trust the young ones to make their own mistakes and to learn from it. Also, yes, we need to get out of the way of children becoming their own person (hopefully one who is independent and a blessing to society). My mom had an employee in China who was still bathing her teenage child (teenage child has no development disability). But I would like to do so from the perspective of appropriate developmental milestone rather than judgement.
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This article is slightly infuriating. Most parents have no time to post their lunches on instagram. Families choose what they choose for many reasons, a lot I suspect has nothing to do with one's feelings towards the lunch lady or to sell an image on instagram. In general, unless one is so lucky as to live in a school district like the one in Encinitas (<a href="http://www.eusd.net/child-nutrition-services" target="_blank">http://www.eusd.net/child-nutrition-services</a>/), a home packed lunch is healthier. Recently, my childen started to make their own lunches and I want to encourage that. Abilty to cook/prepare one's own meal is an important life skill.
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@Mkm This is not a normal trial. It may look like one and sound like one, but none of the regular rules apply. This is purely a political mechanism to defend our form of government from a president abusing his powers. Senators are not jurors. They jurors and judges rolled into one. However if we were to use your example anyway, in a normal trial defendants would not be allowed to ignore subpoenas and hide evidence.
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@Dr. <PERSON>
If <PERSON> only has a plurality, then the majority of democrats voted for someone else. Superdelegates would be wise to look for a sanders alternative. It isn’t cheating. It is making all votes count. Maybe if every primary moved to a ranked ballot we wouldn’t need something like this.
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<PERSON> You have missed the key point in the article. I clarify it for you. Nearly the entire increased cost of getting an education at IUP and nearly any public regional university in the United States is tied to decreases in state funding. Period. Yes, there is the occasional bit of blink noted with facilities, but that is window dressing in comparison to what state legislatures across the country have done.
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<PERSON> I think you read my comment incorrectly (or I misstated). I agree with you wholeheartedly! I AM a faculty member in the state system and know people at IUP. YES, the state legislature has chipped away at matters for years and we've had some chancellors that seemed to be be charged with that.
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When I lived in Switzerland there was an organic dairy farm behind my house. In order to be registered as such, it had to open to the public. Guests were welcome to enter the farm and observe the operation and treatment of the animals every day. I was able to see how they handled their one hundred or so cows. It was clean, orderly and as humane as dairy farming can be. If Americans had access to some of our farming practices, I'm pretty sure there would be changes - either in what we allow or what we consume.
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The radicalization of disenfranchised whites in America is no different from the radicalization of Muslim immigrants in the outer suburbs of Paris. If a person feels behind the eight ball in life, they will seek answers to justify their struggle and find community with like minded-people who share their desire for change - regardless of how warped it may be. Conspiracy theories and radical thinking prey on the vulnerable, and in the digital age, people are able to justify themselves in numbers alone. I fear no group more than uneducated, isolated whites in America because they have no perspective, no outlet and no opportunity. My dream is a mandatory year of service and travel for all American high school students so they can learn that this country, this world, is so much more that what remains of their three stoplight town.
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I think my parents overpraise me sometimes. I’ve become used to “You’re so smart” and “I’m so proud of you”, so I expect those comments after I have completed something. However, I disagree with Mr. <PERSON>’s contention that too much praise negatively affects children. For me, completing something and getting praise for it helps me to see that the work I put in paid off. It also motivates me to do all things to the best of my ability.
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Empathy is an important trait to have. Being able to listen to someone and relate to their experience shows a lot about your character. When you can learn to understand someone else's situation it can give you a greater look on life. However, there are limits to empathy. While we may be able to visualize their situation, we will never truly be able to feel from their point of view. But that doesn’t mean its not worth trying. Take the time to sit down and listen to someone, because sometimes that’s all they really need.
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At first, Quarantine wasn't really a challenge for me since I didn't go out that often or socialized with anybody, but once online school started it eventually got overwhelming since I was getting more distracted and started to procrastinating on work, because of this I'm always trying to complete work everyday which leads me to feeling stressed and taking long breaks after. Anything besides online school is good since I don't really socialized with anyone and don't mind the rules of staying 6 feet apart from people or wearing masks.
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In my opinion, the censoring of music doesn't really bother me at all, and the unedited versions of a song are what I usually prefer since there's more of a meaning to it. I do think that in some cases there are some songs that have very explicit lyrics and should be censored on the radio. For example, "WAP" has very explicit lyrics that should be censored just in case listeners have children nearby, although the censoring of songs do take away the fun and meaning of it.
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"The plague today is an invisible monster, but it gives birth to a better world."
Mr. <PERSON> you do not know this to be true. And like every single human being who has ever lived you no nothing about "God" or death. Though you intent seems very positive in this article, it skirts the borders of intellectual dishonesty in presuming to know much more than it possibly could.
You mention people dancing while disaster strikes. Very nice. But I have loved ones working in horrendous conditions on the frontlines in hospitals with inadequate supplies of protective equipment. Right now there's no time for them to dance.
If you want to encourage people to be brave and strong and create their own redemptive meaning from this grim unfolding, that's is certainly praiseworthy. But I feel employing the tired trope of divine connection between disaster and "moral meaning" is inauthentic. Maybe it is something you believe. But for those who does not share that belief, it strikes a subtle chord of arrogance.
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You pontificate over a case a acne while essentially ignoring a stage 4 cancer. With the Republican Party as cowardly enablers, <PERSON> has set precedents for evil in America (yes, evil is the right word) that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Yet you drone on about the brittleness of the left. Talk about blindness . . .
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@jz I like the idea of making the tests mandatory for all 8th and 9th graders. But also providing access to study centers, acquiring test prep books and providing after school prep classes to kids who desire entry into these specialized schools. All costs money for the city and private sector but well worth the investment. Ads, Parent teacher meetings, scholarship programs can help with getting the info out.
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I am an African American and a Bronx native. I went to JHS 127 and tried to get into to the Bronx HS of Science back in 1985. I didn’t get in. It wasn’t from lack of effort or lack of parental support but from a scarcity of knowledge, resources and information in the black community. If you want a more colorblind and fair society, you HAVE to begin by expanding the pool of eligibility to ALL races, creeds, genders, etc. If not, we will continue to have a society divided by race and socioeconomic status. It’s amazing to me how Americans want more diversity but they don’t want to do what it takes to get it. I was one of very few black teenagers who benefited from affirmative action in the 80s and now, I can honestly say my children can probably compete and succeed in the world without affirmative action. It took a generation for my family but we can attain the fair and colorblind society we want. This ideal society takes sacrifice. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t want to make that sacrifice for the greater good, especially if it involves their children. So, the cycle continues. P.S. I won’t get into the countless generations before me who came here through FORCED IMMIGRATION and FREE SLAVE LABOR. That’s for another post and this post is long enough.
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“September 11 Memorial Lays Off Staff Members and Furloughs Others”
September 11, 2009. Me, a six-year-old, sat on my living room couch, ignorant to the significance of the anniversary. My dad sat next to me, asked if I knew what today was, and held up two fingers. In a swift motion, he covered them with his hand and made a quiet “boom.” I was puzzled.
Seven years later, I visited the underground 9/11 museum. Past the “artifacts that evoke the pain and sacrifice” of 9/11’s victims, I walked through the mournful halls as a guest—one that saw the recounting of events. Others saw a reliving. As hard as I try to wrap my head around 9/11, it’ll never be the same as someone who experienced it, but I must do what I can to understand.
These crises shape our world.
Now, the crisis that defined the 2000s is at the mercy of the crisis that will define the 2020s. It’s heart-wrenching to see 9/11’s museum forced to make cutbacks. Expected to lose as much as $45 million in revenue, the Memorial has turned to fund-raising for support. Even so, over 40 percent of their staff have lost their jobs. Former Mayor <PERSON> says the museum is a “‘beacon of hope’” to a recovering city—an optimistic sentiment, but perhaps a wishful one.
Nevertheless, let’s prove <PERSON> right. Let’s support the 9/11 Memorial and all other struggling establishments. Museums contain the remnants of the past; they’re necessary to educate ourselves. These crises don’t scar the history books; they make them.
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“Storm King Reopens for the Art-Starved”
I hadn’t watched Jaws in years (thanks, but I prefer to go to the beach without a side-helping of irrational anxiety). And Jurassic Park? Nope. I was not about to rewatch it for the millionth time. Then, that nasty little bug went around and I could no longer go to the movies. And all of a sudden, like a skeptical, anti-dino lawyer seeing a live Brachiosaurus for the first time, I quickly changed my mind.
And thus, the double feature at my local drive-in theater didn’t seem so bad.
Such is the case with the Storm King Art Center. I live five minutes away from it, yet haven’t visited in two or three years. And, no, I didn’t go to appreciate some culture. I went to play Pokemon Go.
Yup.
But then, that nasty little bug kept me from doing anything, and now, after stumbling across this article in the Times, I’ve suddenly gotten a peculiar hankering for art. Not just any art, but a “sprawling sculpture park” with “open fields and rolling meadows.” Whether it’s “Storm King Wave Field”—a mystifying collection of sculpted, grass hills—or “a stone that thinks of Enceladus”—an intriguing collaboration between woman and nature—, I find myself drawn to this picturesque getaway.
It’s astonishing how we can take something for granted, and the moment we lose everything else, we finally acknowledge its significance. If there’s one thing this accursed, obnoxious, no-good, rotten, menace-of-a-virus has taught us, it’s to hold tight to what we have.
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The b-boys all have stacks of wax, yo.
It was the rack that made it fit in place. LPs live in a box, caddy, shelf, cabinet or stacker (or in the active stack you can't get enough of). Only ever heard of a rack bring used for CDs or DATs.
But seriously people, store your LPs vertically in a cool, dry, dust-free environment and take care when handling to ensure the ultimate in listening pleasure.
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16A - I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
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A moment in this film that stood out to me was how crying is looked at as a bad and weak thing when it is a normal thing to do. What also stood out to me was how he never would cry but now he helps other people cry. Another thing that stood out to me was how they said it helps your health. A stigma that exists in our country about crying is that you are weak if you do, especially if you're a male. Some people have to be taught to cry or learn that it is ok to cry because as they were growing up they were probably told to not cry because it makes you look weak and soft so they stopped crying and started to hide their emotions. I personally don't cry often but if I was to cry in public I would be embarrassed even though there is nothing wrong with it.
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I wouldn't really consider myself a sneakerhead, maybe in the future because I don't mind spending money on items you don't necessarily need. I already knew about reselling shoes for a higher amount of money and how sometimes you could double in profit. For example, when I was trying to get Retro Jordan 4s when they teamed up with Off-white I think they were around two-hundred and twenty dollars. They sold out within seconds and people were selling them for around a thousand dollars. . Things like this would continue: shoes could cost one hundred and fifty dollars but on shoe sites depending on the type of shoes, sell them for two hundred and fifty plus dollars. I don't think I would spend 30,000 on a shoe just to put it in a clear box on display, I would rather buy a lot of shoes I could actually wear instead. Something in this film that stood out to me was when they had those 30,000 dollar shoes because they are not the easiest to get a hold of.
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70 million Americans voted for <PERSON>. That reflects on what kind of people Americans are, and it validates the negative world view of Americans.
Newspapers and the media trying to shame <PERSON> by calling him a dictator is tantamount to trying to shame <PERSON> by calling him a liberal. <PERSON> revels in the idea of being a dictator, calling him as such is just motivation and encouragement. No amount of words stopped <PERSON> from committing one of the most egregious atrocities in human history, and it won’t stop <PERSON> and his ilk either.
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@VGM The reason it’s a threat is because <PERSON> supporters by and large are irrational people, and irrational people are easily manipulated by false information. Why do you think they believe everything that comes out of <PERSON>’s mouth? So, disinformation from their source of news, such as twitter and Facebook, could fan emotional flames that push people to commit acts of violence, and possibly treason. One thing that <PERSON> would love to see is a coup, and it’ll be devastating, because Americans think we live in a bubble, and take our democracy for granted, so on top of believing it’ll never happen to us, we’d be ill prepared for when it does. <PERSON> keeps asking his guests what happens if <PERSON> loses in Nov and decides the election was rigged and refuses to go, and keep in mind <PERSON> has the backing of the senate and the Supreme Court. None of his guests were able to answer the question, instead, they change the topic. That perfectly illustrates the attitude of it can’t happen to us and how we’re I’ll prepared to deal with it when it does.
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Now that the dust has cleared from the impeachment trial and Iowa, let's let the Democrats stew on this: (i) The Democratic Party has the impeachment infamy of being the only party to never have one of its own Senators vote to convict a President of the same party and (ii) The voter turnout in IA was significantly down.
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Yup. Lots of warts on the GOP. And yet, at the same time the Dems have given us CA, CT, IL and NY -- the worst run states in the country. Shall I throw-in the 50-year reign of Democrats in Minneapolis? Where is a sane (i.e., moderate) person to turn?
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I've read this column three times. I'm still not sure what the author is trying to say. It appeared to me like he really, really wanted to endorse some liberal policies but just couldn't do it because it would upset his conservative friends, some of whom are likely funding his work.
Don't know what world he is living in, but yes, I think many Americans are worried about inequality, especially when they are working two or three jobs to survive.
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@Mike I had the same reaction. That was despicable. I am a former member of the guild -- although not in Pittsburgh and I do not know Mr. <PERSON> -- but it sounds like the Post-Gazette newsroom still is a pretty awful place, with union leadership like that and the awful management.
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At a confirmed population of at least 330 million, that we need more people is ludicrous to anyone concerned with the environmental impact of over population, the impending climate implosion and the lack of housing for these potential increased population.
We need more people if the goal is to turn the nation into Mumbai, India or to any Chinese city.
I say we need to cut immigration of all types to no more than 50,000 people per year, to include political refugees; no economic migrants and with no chain migration.
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<PERSON>,
One million legal immigrants per year and unchecked illegal immigration has caused overpopulation and cultural displacement, no demand to increase minimum wage due to a wealth of people willing to work off the books, overcrowded schools and the need to add more ESL teachers, our kids can’t even get enough education in their native English; gotta support ESL, overcrowded emergency rooms, sky high healthcare, no job mobility, housing shortages due to overpopulation.
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@Sunny 4 Life
The attack happened on <PERSON>’s watch. He consulted with senior congress members and <PERSON> refused to issue a joint statement describing and condemning Russian interference. Telling <PERSON> to take the blame for <PERSON>’s actions, <PERSON>’s wilful negligence and <PERSON>’s connivance is ridiculous.
The <PERSON> report more or less confirmed Russian interference. He found that evidence had been destroyed, witnesses improperly took the fifth in front of a grand jury and his investigation was probably lied to. Together, other than charges against Russian nationals, this prevented actual charges of conspiracy. <PERSON> did, however, lay out copious evidence of obstruction which, unfortunately, the Congress did not use to press charges.
<PERSON> is obsessed with <PERSON>. His racist and inadequate mind is jammed with the thought that a black man outstrips <PERSON>’s measure and his warped soul demands vengeance.
The welfare of the country has indeed been in play. <PERSON> has played it as little heed as can be remembered by any President.
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<PERSON> comes out disappointingly well in this. His litigation strategy concerning accounts materials has been called winning by loosing. <PERSON> and his lawyers have known that a delay beyond the November election is almost as good as a win. With <PERSON>’s documents still under legal seal they cannot be a focus of public debate. <PERSON> lost against <PERSON>, NY DA, convincingly but those documents remain under grand jury seal.
Delaying the Congressional cases for further argument almost moots the cases. If Congress lacks the right to promptly summon papers and persons it’s oversight powers are gravely weakened.
Did the justices find the Congressional cases too hot to handle? The cases are partly political, as are all Congressional actions. But the delay looks like passing the buck when the delay markedly favours one side over the other. I look forward to finding out which separation of powers issues are so vital as to stay Congress’s ability to conduct timely oversight.
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"These Teen Girls Are Fighting for a More Just Future"
Almost everyone who has access to an electronic device is aware of the flashing headlines about Black Lives Matter protests. These protests are not only occurring on a national scale, but on an international scale as people in Britain, France and Germany show support for the BLM protests. Due to COVID-19 and the resulting disappearance of daily distractions such as school and sports, people can no longer ignore this pressing issue. With nothing else to do, many people tune into social media platforms as entertainment. Teenagers spreading posts and information about the protests were largely responsible for inspiring and motivating people to create change.
I think that it's incredibly refreshing to see teenagers who identify as people of color take control of their future. Teenagers often feel powerless because they believe that they cannot properly affect change. This article interested me because it was an interview with teenagers who are fighting on the front lines. Often, articles are written by people who have never gone to the site. By interviewing protestors, the reader can get an accurate glimpse into reality. The interviewer establishes each girl’s ethos by asking questions about how they became activists and what their mission is. The girls referenced how our generation is fed up and we need to take action. This appeals to the reader’s pathos and it was effective because I felt motivated to affect change.
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/politics/<PERSON>-north-carolina.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/politics/<PERSON>north-carolina.html</a>
This article interested me because typically, politicians are older due to people wanting representatives with more experience. However, <PERSON> win in the primary runoff for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district is a revolutionary moment in politics. Gen Z finally feels that they have somebody representing their beliefs. <PERSON> is most known for saying that he represents all of the “Zoomers” (gen Z), which gives the youth hope that he will finally bring about the changes they wish to see. The younger generations often complain how older politicians are so disconnected from the issues that the youth want addressed, subsequently causing the younger generations to lose interest in politics. I believe that this is the start of a revolution where younger politicians begin to increasingly take seats from older politicians. During this time of national unrest, people yearn for a young politician who will look out for their interests and take action instead of making empty promises. The article includes moving quotes from <PERSON> to persuade the reader that he is a good candidate. The quote “while the far left is lighting our cities on fire, we are lifting the light of liberty” can persuade readers to support and agree with his campaign. This appeals to the reader’s pathos because it harnesses the reader's emotions by addressing the reader’s frustration at the recent news.
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@RockP One thing I never see mentioned is that many people with low wages work multiple jobs to stitch together an income. I'm not sure state unemployment programs, designed to cover only a limited percentage of wages, have the capacity to address this.
I suspect that all the pearl clutching proceeds from a simplified view of poverty. My experience tells me the less you have, the more complicated your life. Having one job that pays a living wage would be a luxury for some folks, and yet they work for less than that. Don't begrudge them a safety net.
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The paragraph on <PERSON>'s use of the South Lawn says it all. What's important to him is to play the part of the bad little boy and get away with it. To create the autocratic visuals was just the icing on the cake.
But the thing is, that's my house. And in my house, we play by my rules. Be a good guest, <PERSON>. Show some mature judgment and respect.
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A wonderful, evocative piece. My own <PERSON> "gasp" moment came in Rome, in the church of San Luidi dei Francesi, where I saw (coming out of a dark, recessed wall-size painting) a young man dressed in gold who seemed to have been lifted out of <PERSON>'s "The Card Sharps"-- a masterpiece I had seen many times in the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth. Confused, I found a coin slot to light the picture, and there was <PERSON>'s "The Calling of St. Matthew" a magnificent snapshot of the moment when <PERSON>, almost lost to one side of the giant painting, is found pointing his outstretched hand at <PERSON> the Tax Man. I gasped again, and remained for many minutes, tears in my eyes, probably alarming a few fellow tourists. A bad man and a rogue--who has given me some of my most profound and emotional moments with art. Thank you for letting me come with you on your journey!
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I am sitting here in red zone/red state Texas, wondering if I, an almost 70-year-old who's been at home in quarantine since March, can summon up the courage to take to the streets if <PERSON> tries to stay on after a loss to <PERSON> in November.
Your column lifted me up. Democracy isn't a "state" of being, said <PERSON>, "it's an act." It's work to be done. I hope it won't come to that, but I promise I'll be out there, in my old-lady Skechers and my best mask. Vote...him...OUT.
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Sad news indeed. <PERSON> was a gifted artist, who created precious and often anarchistic work that will be long remembered by those fortunate to have enjoyed it. Thank you for the laughter with you, and at ourselves, and may he rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends, and to my fellow "Pythons" out there.
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So, any one of us can walk into a Mickey D's and get a "cheeseburger" in less than two minutes, and the U.S. military can use a pilot-less drone to bomb an enemy with pinpoint accuracy, but we cannot implement a national voting system that would preclude the insanity of 50 states making up their own election rules? I've heard many arguments against the idea, but enough is enough. We need a bi-partisan commission of non-elected officials to design a system and a President (<PERSON>) to implement it.
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It shouldn't be such a surprise that <PERSON> still has his loyal following...<PERSON> embodies the bullying, win-at-all-costs, You Don't Win Unless Somebody Else Loses/Gets Humiliated, You're Not Good Unless You're "Better" Than Somebody Else mentality that has been passed down through many families, societies and cultures for millennia. Little boys who are humiliated for expressing anything other than aggression (and later sexual aggression), self-aggrandizement and vindictiveness--i.e., natural human emotions appropriate to real life--often grow into bullies very fast. I'm a teacher and I've seen it forever. But now bullies are being called on their bullying, aren't they. And White bullies most of all, since for over four centuries in this country, a White man could be the worst, most ignorant, most unsuccessful, most unlikeable person imaginable, but at least he was still "better" than ... [somebody female or anybody non-White]. And now that's changing, because a real democratic republic still eludes us. So all the scared bullies and their equally terrified female enablers are being backed into a corner. <PERSON>--whose daddy shamed him so young and so constantly for any kind of behavior that said Loser, that didn't always go for the big bully macho "WIN"--embodies this dynamic PERFECTLY.
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Okay. But while we worry about COVID-19 (and rightfully so), our President is very skillfully fronting an assault on what remains of the infrastructure of our democratic republic, and we're not worrying about that enough. Because the rage <PERSON> speaks about is calculated to foment increasing numbers of armed--our country is armed to the teeth--"demonstrations" on whatever its angry, scared and confused citizens want "right now." At some point, it will give the White House "justifiable" reason to call for a militarily-enforced "Emergency" and call off presidential elections...while nullifying all remaining regulations on corporate responsibility regarding everything from environmental pollution to public services--including education, never mind physical infrastructure, and probably even Social Security and Medicare (crying about budgetary concerns), thus encouraging more social chaos and the need for even more military crackdown to enforce "social order." I'm not a conspiracy nut but that's what I see.
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What has <PERSON> produced other than the undermining of over two hundred years of democracy, enriching his cronies and enabling a deadly virus to sweep unopposed across our country, leaving death, disability, poverty and economic collapse in its wake? How by any stretch of the imagination has he made this country great? We are now looked at with pity by most of the developed world. He has undermined our greatness in pursuit of his selfish goals. This is a tragedy not a success.
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I wish my brother and his wife provided the same inspiring example of Christianity as your cousin: they still support <PERSON>, because he's taken actions that are in essence endorsements of their conservative religious views. They are more concerned with saving the lives of not yet conceived fetuses and restricting the rights of gay folks than with the life, death and suffering of so many living people. Since by their views, anyone who is "born again" goes to be with <PERSON> when they die and anyone who'd not goes to hell regardless, the ever - increasing death toll doesn't bother them. It all must be simply "God's will".
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@S <PERSON> Big difference between tattoo parlor and school. Schools are hotbeds of mass transmission for any illness. You could potentially contact trace for a hair salon by looking at a client list--maybe 25/30 people a day. For a school? Imagine hundreds of ping-pong balls bouncing around in a closet and then flying out into infinite space at the end of the day. That's a student body. Every day at school has the potential to be a super-spreading event.
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One of the more frustrating aspects of dealing with this virus is that we are all called upon to make our own individual risk assessments *constantly.* The messaging has been so bungled and inconsistent coming from the government that we've each been engaging in a personal risk calculus for the past 9 months now. It's hard.
As a society, we still haven't figured out a middle ground yet--how to live with the virus. I try to think of my actions as 'risk points' and avoid certain types of behavior (grocery stores, restaurants, bars), so I can engage in other types (my kid goes to daycare). It's a trade-off at this point.
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I've relied on an e-bike for daily transportation now for a decade; and before that, I used manual bikes daily. The e-bike allowed me to use my ebike to carry more (full grocery load) and go farther (15-20 mile commutes each way around NYC). A 20-mile commute provides PLENTY of exercise!
Bicycle injury rates are known to differ widely based on experience. It is not surprising that e-bike injuries are spiking in the face of a raft of inexperienced first-time users. A more instructive study would compare users of electric vs. manual bikes with matched experience levels. Sound e-bike policy would offer appropriate training to people who want to ditch their cars.
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This is the classic "Straw Man Fallacy" argument, suburbia is a LOT more complex than the author makes out. Coming from SF, the author should know that most of us move there for ANYTHING we can afford because there is NO practical way to house the region's residents in the central city. 100-year-old garden city utopian ideals have little to do with it. And the winner-takes-all economy that has benefitted SF, NYC, Seattle, etc. over and above almost everywhere else is simply not healthy or sustainable.
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<PERSON> I'd like to see IA and NH go to the back of the line for a good long time. This is not been a fair process and is arguably worst than the electoral college in terms of unequal representation.
I've heard several sensible suggestions for fixing the order of the primaries. Worse still is that we've gone from 20+ candidates to about 7 without a single vote being cast. As a voter, I feel disenfranchised.
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<PERSON>' interest in shutting down Tik Tok has nothing to do with national security. It's win-win for him because it's part of his China bashing strategy and pay back for what the teens did to him in the run up to his failed Tulsa rally. If Microsoft is able to purchase Tik Tok's US operations, they too will be in danger if Tik Tok users keep incensing the president. If I were Microsoft, I'd stay away, let <PERSON> shut down Tik Tok and find out what the users do to him when they move to another platform. They say there's nothing more dangerous than a young, unemployed man. But there is: millions of angry teenagers with smart phones, tablets and time.
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The image of the two people playing cards while wearing their masks in the rain is conveying that it is important to stay connected to one another during difficult times. Due to the Covid- 19 pandemic splurging across the world and no publicized vaccine, many people are living their lives in fear of catching the virus and are choosing to stay home. However, while staying home may be good for an individual's physical health, people's emotional health is just as important. The image is showing that people can interact with peers or loved ones in a safe way, but alterations must be made to stay safe. The people in the image are wearing masks and winter jackets while it is raining, which shows they are determined to see each other. Despite the weather, people must interact with each other and keep their social cues intact. Socialization is a necessity in life, and it brings happiness to many people. I can relate to this image because, during the pandemic, I was able to interact with my friends through the technology app called Zoom. Communicating through Zoom was a safe way to interact with my friends while staying safe and being aware of the circumstances. Having one on one conservations with my friends felt great because I missed not seeing them in person every day at school. Overall, I think socialization is crucial to living a happy and successful life, and alterations to make socialization possible are well worth it.
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2020 has been a very unprecedented year filled with lots of surprises and hard times. Over the course of the year, I was able to reflect on the world and realize how fortunate I am to be living the life I live. I am thankful to live in a home with a roof over my head and to sleep in a bed every night. Times have been tough this year because many working people have lost their jobs due to the economic turndown. I am fortunate to have parents who have kept their jobs and are able to support me every day with food and water. Ultimately, I am thankful that everyone in my family and loved ones around me are safe and healthy. The pandemic has put many people's health at risk, and I am lucky enough to have stayed healthy and safe during the year. Although this year has been filled with chaos, I have taken the time to feel gratitude and be thankful for the positive people and events in my life.
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I have always known that evil people like <PERSON> are out there. The difficult reality that <PERSON> has forced me to accept, is that so much of our voting public are complete idiots. <PERSON> support comes from people to too stupid to see what is happening right in front of them. Too stupid to make decisions in their own best interest. This is a depressing reality to be confronted with. I don't know if we are better off understanding that so many who affect our lives are dumber than the dirt beneath my boots.
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@Willk007 No. <PERSON> served up a meatball of a question, allowing <PERSON> to easily come off as Presidential by reassuring the country. "This will be a difficult time, but as Americans always do we will pull together and get through this". Instead, <PERSON> mental illness took hold and sent him into a tantrum fueled by his constant defence, the contrived persecution by the fake news which exploded given his profound narcissism. Pathetic! Even <PERSON> adeptly handed the question when asked by <PERSON>.
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@Marie I agree with most everything you said except for the part about specific crimes listed in a Constitutional amendment. It would be nearly impossible to get enough states to ratify an amendment, but also similarly impossible to enumerate crimes that would, for all intents and purposes, have to survive and be applicable forever. We can’t today, nor could the Founders do it 240 years ago, imagine every situation or technology that will come about in the future. The telegraph didn’t come out until 50+ years after the Constitution was signed and they probably couldn’t even fathom having a pocket computer that could make calls and also has encrypted messaging. Who knows what technology will be around 50 years from now. Or 150 years.
“High crimes and misdemeanors” was never meant to be about specific crimes but rather was purposely left vague so as to cover actions that constitute egregious breaches of public trust. <PERSON>’s legal team is arguing precisely the opposite.
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"we both believe in sticking up for the public interest and the taxpayer."
Senator <PERSON>, where was that defense of the public interest 3 years ago when you voted for the enormous tax cut for 7-figure incomes and corporations that ultimately ended up exploding the national deficit and debt? Where was that defense when you voted against expanded healthcare for millions? Where was that defense when you cowardly blocked <PERSON> from even getting a senate vote?
This proposal to increase lease rates is a step in the right direction but the impact is nil given the low dollar values involved. It is window dressing and nothing more.
Your time in the Senate has long surpassed its 'best by' date.
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This President has endured complete and fabricated attacks since the beginning of his term. Nothing and I mean Nothing has stuck. I don’t know how he does it. And Yet, You support a Political Dinosaur, bought and sold by the left. Read my lips, we cannot have a National single payer system. It is too big, we have too many people and we don’t even know who is here. One thing for sure. Battle lines have been drawn and it will not be pretty.
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Democrats endorse any means possible to achieve their agenda of causing chaos, even when ethics and common decency disappear. President <PERSON> is a by product of the moral slide that has occurred since <PERSON>. And <PERSON> with his son’s shady deals will be the crown jewel. As had said, be careful what you wish for.
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The only thing worse than high unemployment and a falling economy is another four years of <PERSON>. Democrats shouldn't try to help <PERSON> claim victory (as he did when the recent job report numbers came out) for his reelection. The only way for sustained and equitable economic growth is to get rid of <PERSON>. Wait to create another stimulus package till he and his enablers are gone.
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Does anyone else find these fight scenes with Star Troopers boring? Inasmuch as in the history of Star Wars (Rogue One aside) the roughly 100,000 shots they've fired has never hit a target? They've now surpassed <PERSON> bad guys as the most incompetent shooters in film history.
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<PERSON> Thanks for giving non-whites the heads-up on you as an individual. While it's nice to know. I truly hope that in your self-acknowledged position of privilege, you can find ways to influence those in your position who react differently to help proactively dismantle these sweeping generalizations.
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@DJS
"We New Yorkers did a darn good job of flattening the curve, and we didn't need to learn it from neighbors."
On the contrary, 'How about dropping the New York superiority complex?' is more apt in this case.
We're all in this together, covidiots or not, sigh.
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My great-uncle created/opened Gallagher's originally as a speakeasy. When Prohibition was over and he didn't know what he'd do, it was his customers who told him that as far as they were concerned, Gallagher's had the best food of any 'speak' in town, and he ought to turn it into a legit restaurant, which he did. Gallagher's was named after <PERSON> wife, <PERSON> (<PERSON> of Gallagher & Shean's 3rd wife & widow). What's "The Other Soup" goes back to its earliest days.
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One of the first things you learn is how very little of the budget is within he Board's control. The majority of the $$$ go for taxes. Not negotiable. The next is for labor. Likewise. Then utility bills. Likewise. Then insurance. Likewise. The management company, if you use one. Likewise. Less than 5% of the budget is within the control of the Board and has to be managed to cover things like Local Law 10 inspection and repair of the outside of the building (paying for the inspection, scaffolding up and down, and actual repair work). Then there's interior maintenance, perhaps including a laundry room. Holiday decorations? Garden plantings & maintenance? The work is endless; the power less than, or at least different from what people think.
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@Max <PERSON>
It's the First Amendment, the right to assemble. States have a right to restrict constitutional rights when it serves a valid public interest (ie barring people from screaming "fire" in a theater), but restrictions on constitutional rights have to pass strict scrutiny, meaning the restriction has to serve a compelling state interest, be narrowly tailored, and be the least restrictive means necessary to accomplish the interest.
Clearly, lockdowns serve a compelling state interest, and most jurists would probably believe the lockdowns so far are narrowly tailored/not overly restrictive. However, if states try to extend lockdowns indefinitely or until a vaccine is ready, I would expect many courts to rule the lockdown orders are not narrowly tailored and/or overly restrictive.
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With all due respect, <PERSON> and the other epidemiologists are focused only on the health aspect of the crisis; they are neither concerned with nor qualified to assess the economic aspect. The economists are the experts on the economy, and they are warning us the impact will likely be quite severe. In six months time, if the economy is in tatters and tens of millions are jobless and financially destitute, the dangers of overreaction will be clear.
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<PERSON> Do you want to know how you sound, <PERSON>? "I hope that the next several presidents will be male, and definitely not part of a minority group. The population is changing for the worse, and I really think females, particularly minority females, are likely to make power grabs, and other women are likely to vote for them. Luckily, the most militant females seem less likely to reproduce, so we may (thank God) be fortunate enough to see fewer of them."
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"It took years to undo the damage [inflicted by a Russian theft of data performed in 1914-15], but President <PERSON> decided at the time not to name the Russians as the perpetrators — a move that many in his administration now regard as a mistake."
Can any reader offer some rational for <PERSON>'s reluctance to identify the Russians? I do assume that there was one. What might it have been?
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I'm afraid I, quite unpopularly, cannot relate to this article at all. And I started watching OA and was terminally exasperated by it, especially by the female roles in it. I quit watching after a few episodes, as it was giving me a headache.
It appears to me as if the actor/author has a preconceived and idealised and above all very, very gendered concept of what women have to be. No, a harsh, active, non-empathetic, butch woman isn't trying to be a man. She is a butch woman. And there are at least as many goal-centric women around as men.
If you tell me about a problem, for example, I will suggest a solution to you. I won't take you in my arms, I won't hug you, and I doubt I will commiserate. I'm not empathetic. I prefer to find solutions and expect the other to implement some solution. I'm not that rare either. But your concept of feminity doesn't include the likes of us.
People are people. We need to leave gender behind us, it isn't helpful to set up some holier than though concept of the female "gender" to counter patriarchy.
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@HLN Oh god, THANK YOU!!! Just a few comments in, and there I read what my first thought was, after reading this article.
I dislike the "strong female" character (aka the likes of The Bride or <PERSON>) as much, as I dislike the super-gendered "woke feminine empathetic" super-woman we are told is the correct alternative.
Instead I identify with the hero's journey without problems, and prefer it. It shows me - as long as it isn't tainted by toxic American masculinity - the role model for human beings per se.
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<PERSON> loves it. The more people die the more in the Social Security trust fund. More money for he and his cronies to split when they privatize it (they have wanted to for years and everyone knows it). Anyone denying it is a liar. They steal from the gullible and give to their kids.
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Each Republican administration has run huge deficits. The only thing Republicans do well is hand out money to cronies and run fascist death programs under the radar as in the coronavirus no help program and keeping expensive health programs that kill people and specifically kill those who oppose them at low cost.
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<PERSON> I agree with you. I typically spend my free time thinking of the future and that helps me have something to look forward to and motivate me. When I'm thinking about the past I try to learn from my mistakes and not let them control me. I also believe that it is most important to focus your time and energy on the present because if you don't your life will pass by and you won't have a lot to look back on.
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I've had my license for a year and I believe that the driver's test is a crucial part of getting your license and testing your abilities without a parent in the car. Many kids fake their hours on their driving log, so the driving log is an ineffective measure of the driver's road skills.
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Thank you to whichever NYT editor put together the current homepage mash-up. The picture of Newport Beach next to this story and the others in the row is brilliant juxtaposition. I copied this page and am saving it as the best representation I've yet seen of these times - the agony, the disregard, the iniquity, the fury, the ache to just be human and together and drinking in the rays - at first glance I chuckled at the irony, but then stopped, and took it all in.
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0% interest and dumping up to $1Trillion into bailouts is cutting the huge block of people who save off at the knees. I didn't hear the entire press conference, but $1K to individuals doesn't even cover a months rent to a trip to the ER.
Great danger, indeed.
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@delores Because the players know this: money talks. If they had protested together after work - what news would it have generated? Everyone who can afford to wants to turn the other cheek. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans don't have this ability. Racism is our reality - not "politics". The "biting the hand that feeds you" argument is trite. Do you realize how much money is at play in professional sports? Billions and billions of dollars. Incomprehensible amounts of money. 3 out of 5 of the owners of the Milwaukee Bucks are billionaires. This is barely hurting them. Not to mention, they supported the boycott.
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This article feels incredibly irresponsible. N95 masks are in short supply for health workers, and the only thing that should be stated for those masks is that health care facilities are in desperate need of them because they are the most effective! Please donate if you are in possession of this type of mask...
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It does not surprise me that a man curious about the moment eggs were added to flour rather just water...and would spend days and weeks seeking the answer would spend that long making a chicken dish. HEAT has a place on my bookshelf though frequently goes missing as I gift copy after copy to friends. DIRT, having just dipped my toe into the book, has <PERSON>’s energy, inquisitiveness, and compulsiveness front and center. A certain literary/culinary adventure will fill the next few days...
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My only complaint is that this ended too soon!
What strong writing and moving observations; thanks Mr. <PERSON>.
I too have been riveted by the games, and buoyed by the players and coaches taking a leadership role...ceded by our incompetent political leaders...and letting their voices be heard; intelligent, impassioned, pained voices filled with honest empathy and emotion; loud and clear.
To me it seems as if they have taken that leadership role to every phase of the game itself. As someone lucky enough to see the players, on rare occasions, close up, their athleticism continues to astound me, yet they seem to be rising to new levels of intensity.
Mr. <PERSON>, write another wrapping up the playoffs and the feeling you get leaving the bubble and re-entering the "real" world.
Thanks for this gift of an article. My only complaint is that this ended too soon!
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<PERSON> These are not psychosomatic symptoms and your attitude is patronizing!! My daughter has had POTS for five years. It affects the autonomic nervous system. It can be diagnosed by a tilt table test. It's real. It impacts her heart rate, blood pressure, digestive system, eye dilation, vascular system etc. If she tries to get out of a swimming pool, her veins to not constrict (an ANS function) and the blood rushes from her head to her feet. Her face gets deathly pail, her feet red with blood pooling and she feels like she is going to pass out. Her eyes can't dilate and constrict like a normal person and she has to wear sun glasses all of the time. She has tachycardia, gets breathless going upstairs and she gets severe brain fog. People with POTS have symptoms of deconditioning because their heart rate rises and they get breathless when they walk or go upstairs. There is nothing wrong with their hearts - again it's the autonomic nervous system. It is so angering, when uninformed people dismiss and make erroneous assumptions about the health of others.
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Making sure that you're children are keeping others safe is the responsible parenting choice to make. You're teaching them to put others first. None of us wants to be that parent who embarrasses their children in front of their friends, but there are times when it is necessary. This was one of those times.
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"Mr. <PERSON>, rarely a reflective person in public, mused about the human toll of the pandemic more than he did in the early weeks of the crisis apparently because it has hit his own circle."
Perfect description of GOP thought: incapable of understanding a problem or even acknowledging that it exists unless it directly affects them.
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The only thing more disturbing than this off-the-wall, rambling, unhinged display of pure rage were the adults in the room applauding and pretending that he shouldn't be immediately committed to a padded cell in a psych ward. We are living through a real-life version of "The Emperor's New Clothes."
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@FreddyB Spiritual caretaking does not mean material giving only. It means caring, as in the teachings of the Bible, Torah, Koran, Kitabi-Iqan and all the great religious guidance given to humankind: "Do unto others as you would have unto yourself." Or, the Golden Rule for those less inclined to follow religious guidance. Or what Indigenous peoples believe--that we all must live together in peace. If we all believed this and followed it instead of worshipping materialism, the quality of our public decision-making would vastly improve, I am sure of it.
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We need leaders like Rev. <PERSON> because he is MORAL and believes in Truth, not because he is "religious". He uses a religious framework to guide his ideas because without it, there is nothing on which to base his beliefs. Religion is necessary in order to upraise and focus spiritual consciousness, but that is not to say an individual cannot think for him or herself. Thank you for your moral leadership, Reverend <PERSON>. Please keep it up.
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This is going to blow up. Probably at the staff meeting we have tomorrow...
Chiefs of departments are less commonly the most gifted doctors anymore, they are the docs who are playing the game.
When they join "administration" they start thinking money and public relations and forget about real patient care issues and forget what it takes to be a great clinician.
so sad...
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@Dave
We don't know if these meds work for sure. Some early results suggest they may. 16% of Covid-19 cases in Ohio are health care workers.
"A menace to society"?
If you are a physician you are self righteous. If not, you are without a clue about what they are doing to help YOU.
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There is nothing in the Constitution regarding the finite number of justices on SCOTUS. The number has actually varied across the years. "Packing the court" has become an evil phrase when, in fact, adding more members is perfectly permisable. In fact, the Constitution does not stipulate that an attorney must be seated. <PERSON>, in the last years of his presidency, mused that he might seat someone with other qualifications; he never had the chance to do so. I don't think that any president will try to cross that latter line, but as to the former - Godspeed, President <PERSON>.
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In the last tax bill <PERSON> vengefully inserted language that placed huge burdens on about 30 major universities that he deemed, essentially, unfriendly, either to himself personally or conservative policies generally. When a small college in Kentucky inadvertently fell under that language he had it excluded. The attention given to Harvard now is not because of the money, but because it is a useful means of diverting public attention from the billions that went to large corporations. Harvard is now simply getting back what was wrenched from them. (Full disclosure: I am not a Harvard graduate nor am I affiliated in any way with that university.)
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@RKD Yes defeating <PERSON> is only the beginning. Dems need to take back the Senate and even then I hope the celebration can be EXTREMELY modest. Sure, it will be a glimmer hope in an otherwise terrible year of American history. But if Democrats are victorious in aligning more levers of policy making in their favor, we as a nation are left with some very difficult choices ahead. There can be NO sugar coating it. Something needs to change in regard to US healthcare, education, income inequality, and the impending worsening of our environment making all these things even more insurmountable. Victory is only the beginning. Let's celebrate after we see how the next 25 years go.
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I am a Georgia voter and think she’s great. I’ve only lived here for 18 years in two different cities but I’ve always felt that Georgia represented something about diversity in modern America that all the other states should recognize, black political power. It may not be everywhere in this state but it shines out in more than just Atlanta.
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