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1e80b7df345a08d7ee03f407da11fdf40d6293bcb48f482b13f07d4ff1d4c324 | ['a7bc8b42b2ac4ca59c7bfbaeba7badd2'] | Some of these vulnerable people are set up for failure due to a lack of financial education/financial literacy
I work with hard working folks who make a fraction of my salary and have cars equal to mine in value. The difference is I keep them for 175,000 and they are paid off and theirs is on loan. They buy lunch ... | 1b4ab814cd663d0a1f0623fc26d0dd23f1d063eaf84731b7bbd6943feb11ff87 | ['a7bc8b42b2ac4ca59c7bfbaeba7badd2'] | Great article. I think they should have divided hugs and handshakes. Typically hugs are for people you know better, communicate with, and can trust regarding their prevention measures. Handshakes are more frequently for those you are meeting for the first time and have little/no knowledge of their prevention measur... |
e8c8777e32a733f112c442fb746faf40321700380d0ba8798cda402dce7f7ba3 | ['a7dcc411d980402aa5bbbefd0ac744b3'] | The Republican Party has become the very thing American colonialists rebelled against - a harsh, demeaning, wealthy, anti-free speech group led by a harsh but losing King. It retains its Loyalists and Colonies. It maintains its people who believe that speaking against the King is an act of disloyalty. And it believe... | cb1ab22b019274b913afeed3b4c763c598001742107b9c17704eff008b2dbd76 | ['a7dcc411d980402aa5bbbefd0ac744b3'] | <PERSON> is desperately trying to avoid New York civil and criminal investigations and and litigations. He is a "Trump First", not a person believing in "America First". The Republican Party can't wait to see him leave the scene so other younger Republicans can move onto the scene. Deep down <PERSON> is a bankrupt ... |
103ad402f3ce73ce8513a38bddac6c9208abf7c0e4e50a4ba63c66c703e398da | ['a81a952d8c574d5c81459642d0c4bda5'] | <PERSON>
I am a Democrat too. I think the charge against <PERSON> was a fiasco on several levels and a mistake. Meanwhile, I am not impressed with somebody bringing this evolving and increasingly horrifying story to the fore 27 years later, someone with a giant crush on <PERSON>, who just happened to have an associa... | fece4c7b6c13029c67a1a2a1e33d67ca980cbe0d8245bc7153f4cb27557e3e42 | ['a81a952d8c574d5c81459642d0c4bda5'] | Leaving aside Ms. <PERSON>’s claim (I don’t believe her), am stunned at the number of commenters saying things like, well you know <PERSON> is a weak candidate anyway and he can’t win and we should replace him with x, y or z.
He won the huge majority in the primary!
Who, exactly, do you think is the hero or heroine... |
be8d5480436789a7b4e02b88b287216a291b34663a7cf7210925335aa6c70ff3 | ['a8374848faa74a3f9b95ce8063ce7580'] | To me, the large number that has voted for <PERSON> and the disregard for personal character and integrity as also of the high values of equality and equal justice are not comforting, not to say of ingrained racism and xenophobia. Let us face it: but for <PERSON> and how he mismanaged it, <PERSON> could have won hands... | 1e367bc86f55df72bc43ed3b9c4f41d24b5affcadff6ef8ca7d7a5b2e326fb51 | ['a8374848faa74a3f9b95ce8063ce7580'] | While we must agree with the fundamental principles of separation of State and Church as also that religious institutions, in the minimum, have to be treated on par with commercial establishments in such matters, it would be highly irresponsible of any religious organization to flout social distancing and safety rules... |
39ab773745fc65d20e4193a439bd166e1d64e4678ea545029739f216d903eb28 | ['a83ae086595a49babd91f8e8ee6ef22f'] | On a weekly basis, I have an argument with a neighbor who says that while he doesn't like <PERSON>'s Tweets, behavior, morality and way he has lived his life, this guy will still vote for <PERSON> because the Democrats "will bankrupt America for generations to come." Before the pandemic, the Republicans were still the... | 6712aeb28ffba3ec52411f0ae61c22a461b677cfe26859b5ae277d42f3edb137 | ['a83ae086595a49babd91f8e8ee6ef22f'] | <PERSON> lies, period. No reputable doctor on this earth would prescribe him hydroxychloroquine plus Z-pack, an antibiotic, prophylactically. What happens if <PERSON> actually gets Covid-19 and needs an antibiotic?
My guess is that <PERSON> and family members and friends have been trading in stocks that produce th... |
9a9c5008bf422bb17c77c315a2597821f27b7b56d8923dd62f46ec7671f05e86 | ['a8a3c044a750402cbc12e6f70440f110'] | It was so hard to watch this narcissistic lump of worthlessness shamble through this interview with Mr. <PERSON>. It’s even harder to comprehend what his base finds so wonderful about him. Do they not understand how readily he would throw them under a bus to advance himself and his interests? | 20dd6369c5d706ef4ec17ce3cc4f6dc63ce34867883389dc225fd3e6001902ab | ['a8a3c044a750402cbc12e6f70440f110'] | Thank you <PERSON> for your wonderful recipes. As a person who followed recipes to the letter, you made me feel confident in substituting ingredients, and adding a little of this or that. More importantly, was the way very little went to waste in rethinking their uses.
I would be remiss if I didn’t thank all the read... |
91debd64842f18de6d3378c9c9bd34cd4fdd9026ab170ede1b16f4e428b9e79f | ['a8b4b5dcd0f14740818ab66759c7fab4'] | This man was one of my favorite pianist. I loved his work with Music ,Inc. ,The Heath Brothers & his own albums. Musa is a favorite but one should also seek out his solo interpretation of <PERSON>'s Round Midnight from his album Waiting for the Moment( Parisian Thoroughfare is also a gem on that record), Rest in Peac... | 4715d85a63ad0ad54ebe2f4348f2a54e63b779450b8eceac83d954bdb09097aa | ['a8b4b5dcd0f14740818ab66759c7fab4'] | I was in college in the early seventies staying at the house of the woman who became my first wife. Iwas just getting into jazz & her brother was playing some records. One of those records was Sahara by <PERSON> with <PERSON> on alto & soprano sax. I was hooked on the music from then on. Saw Mr. <PERSON> countless time... |
79fc5075754bca1594d52bf9fde12025cd3184c415f9c4b0771b094bfb0c9b4c | ['a8c2e63a7778411490f49dc5ad4890e2'] | Regarding the husband and close friend. First, it doesn't sound to me like the letter writer *did* give friendship with her husband's friend's wife. I have several friends who are the spouse of my husband's very close friends. None of them are friends I would have chosen but after some time we have created a history an... | 0480bb105bacabd95f929bb678aeb1f5623cd87d7e85cd77c0ceacd6b1b2b755 | ['a8c2e63a7778411490f49dc5ad4890e2'] | I am in complete agreement with Dr. <PERSON>. Too many people think covid-19 is not as bad as some make it out to be; but ignore the long term damage it can do. Are these partying, group gathering, and non-maskers willing to live the rest of their lives crippled by damaged lungs or hearts? |
bdd7d7941c434606b035bed4cb4dba2bd4360abd9976b78bfd7f649f8644189c | ['a8dd5e15e11049c0a15efa24bd6f11dd'] | “I don’t know how this is going to protect us.”
They've built their churches with cornerstones of contempt and discrimination with governmental protections. And now they can't condemn the whole swathes of people, so they cry that they're persecuted.
Wolves posing as shepherds, lining their pockets with tithes and dona... | 8127da7f5e51f1a934fa52699c3b209ed73fb992295b658182c0f4687009fffd | ['a8dd5e15e11049c0a15efa24bd6f11dd'] | <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and <PERSON> performing “Someone In a Tree,” from “Pacific Overtures” was the best, most surprising number.
Pacific Overtures is not many people's go-to for <PERSON>. This particular song is reportedly Mtr. <PERSON>'s favorite of all his numbers.
<PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and <PERSON>... |
c22900064df18f34dddc8a39b65e9715a628e39627b58138e2813eca0e7bfd44 | ['a8fbe1dfbe9145cfb17f1063194c5932'] | I think that <PERSON> should consider offering a cabinet position, such as Commerce, to <PERSON>, though I doubt she would accept. That way he could make the case that he has a bipartisan cabinet. More importantly, it would allow the Democratic governor of Maine to appoint a Democrat to the Senate . | ad5be3c2fa71ab06c6924b4a443068bf68f5f07e4da9250fe7f8028f7d548c78 | ['a8fbe1dfbe9145cfb17f1063194c5932'] | @D H Unfortunately, this is not quite true. It is correct that if no candidate would have the 270 votes required to be president then the Constitution gives the House of Representatives the authority to choose a president. However Article I section 1 says "But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by Sta... |
35de578358fd805cda6d794a6a676f126ed8ba15a7af8e1d1e65fe35fb85618d | ['a913e9e0faf343a8b055dbfbad5337cb'] | Before we get to the election results difficulties, the threshold issue is how well (or badly) <PERSON> performs in his debates with <PERSON>.
<PERSON> will use the same antics, interruptions and distractions he used in 2016 with <PERSON>.
<PERSON>, who is not spontaneous, will stumble and stutter, and look much less... | 02d062612f2b5691bfa8981cc954be2e06748ba0448f8c22f2e5573567c399a5 | ['a913e9e0faf343a8b055dbfbad5337cb'] | @GUZ I am not a <PERSON> booster, but it certainly doesn't make good sense to push healthy food to the kids if they won't eat it. There must be enough sufficiently adroit nutritionists in our school system to come up with some menus that offer a little bit of health and a little bit of the "bad" stuff the kids really ... |
3d433e3647a16c04da46d19ccd6d0ce356edc7f0dc2eed11606337d2a81a4319 | ['a927d9ff97f34651aecf2b334c81d765'] | @Thomas, what is your definition of a plurality? It usually means more votes than the other candidate. <PERSON> won a majority of the votes, <PERSON> won a minority, not a plurality. I don't believe there is any evidence from voting or polling that suggests more Americans approve of <PERSON> than those that don't ap... | c639adb73f1ac3718050607b274b79e7f91ccbb37295e26a48c5d496bb3254e7 | ['a927d9ff97f34651aecf2b334c81d765'] | Although this would be wonderful for Democrats, the political calculus of Republicans is too cynical to consider further splintering a party that is already smaller than the Democratic party.
A more likely alternative is the coalescing of independants into a single, larger party. Although still in the minority, it co... |
4fda0506a9758ead7e5fdbb1bf010c5e2fcf7c1a115f3093df7c12c40e25ecd6 | ['aa3faa83b7cf480d814e5c4869a27415'] | ...or: Nurture a culture of corporate and personal responsibility that would make profiteering unthinkable and morally unacceptable.
The point of the editorial is to rise above the personal and engage our society for the collective good — and, perhaps, our collective survival. It’s not likely we will see real leaders... | a7b04eb053c5d4600e064692e1d2e7f78019ce80a83b97721583fbff1b91a649 | ['aa3faa83b7cf480d814e5c4869a27415'] | Pretty obvious that the Gibson testing facility has high overhead in its one-story office. The landscaping alone must have cost $40 back when the shrubs were planted in 1978. High overhead = high prices. Stands to reason!
Two things should happen: Some adult in our government should get that money back. And that town ... |
8db5a1f12e4d6f4d7ed0be2fe8fdb0c740fd19e5b36407d5c1e83d80322f65bd | ['aa46a98df1ae4c89a691deeaf8359d5b'] | Yes people have a right to protest. But do they have a right to terrify the old and frail by marching by the thousands into the areas where defenceless seniors live scared and alone? I am agonized by the plight of several such people I know in NYC. They are not racists. They too have suffered in their lives from emotio... | 64c2d7e800ae75c9a33a73ab02fb58b886c2b6069dc838accbc80bf1b6adf2f7 | ['aa46a98df1ae4c89a691deeaf8359d5b'] | @SeaBeeUK When you can see a bald lie live, such as the ones the President spews on a daily basis, you are getting an education on personality disorders and ethical deficits. The First Amendment will never go out of style. All the reporters have to do is show up and turn on their cameras. |
9daa03736c7aec915b788ea78c67f75002dba512f014a064518095cabf641286 | ['aa940ce98f074c8b9f08539c0ac67fdf'] | @Kathryn
No one is beating up on Nashville, the city.
The clowns in the audience - and the CMA itself - deserve the criticism, though.
Why didn't the CMA insist on a masked audience and tell them 'no mask, no camera time?'
But more to the point regarding <PERSON>, the singer: why did the Nashville establishment (the... | 98337a47045710dce88f7718e1e7bce0fa0c7d919fa73ba756cf9d2ce6f05502 | ['aa940ce98f074c8b9f08539c0ac67fdf'] | <PERSON> first (self-titled) album and <PERSON> greatest hits - because losing both of them in close succession was a real gut punch.
Then, individual songs that cover a range of emotions: Look to Your Soul, <PERSON>; Into The Mystic, <PERSON>; Save the Country, <PERSON>; Come Go with Me, Staple Singers.
And when I nee... |
9b5a8c5090540c7827f405ecb0d692534fdcd9a861f7acf6fe69915aa946ee6c | ['aab5e2af2d8d4833be55fb37135c1999'] | Maybe I a naive, but the problem lies not with creating more rules but with the Republican led Senate who have shrugged at essentially every transgression. We already have a system and set of rules that should have removed this president months ago when he was impeached. 40% of the nation supports <PERSON> no matter w... | 5a1e930d57c36e8578172327321259929de0c34b096dfca2420e690109c4536e | ['aab5e2af2d8d4833be55fb37135c1999'] | Massachusetts residents love her as their Senator. She will continue to dream big and fight hard for us, and now we should all work to get her a Democrat majority in the Senate and House and White House so she can make these plans happen.
We still live in a Democracy folks and it takes a team to make things happen. |
d53ba99d254f0857d77351782855534df4d886ed4c478c57070b02697ab4e256 | ['aba90b9ab719445bac1de8db09884fee'] | I live in Arizona. I have since 1973. When the Southern California aerospace industry downsized, they moved operations and people to Arizona. Tech operations, like Samsung, expanded to Arizona, bringing more. The list goes on.
Arizona Republican Governor <PERSON> has crowed for years about California companies finding ... | 1dbd539fde528c7d7cd7014fb460e2d19983c6e8d0bb8fe7e3c3ec0534ebf34a | ['aba90b9ab719445bac1de8db09884fee'] | @GRH What you call "<PERSON>" was actually retribution for <PERSON> "Saturday Night Massacre".
When everyone else resigned rather than carry out the chicanery, <PERSON> did the job.
The Democrats never forgave him for trying to protect <PERSON> nor would they ever put him on the Supreme Court, a lifetime appointment.... |
e90f043c25c7f158210384a813564d4d090cd38ca58b573546e20456d60148a2 | ['abab30a3e0a0463da754c7fcd02044c2'] | How is the chart showing the income rise of the top 0.01% relative to GDP and other income groups created? Is the top 0.01% of earners selected in 1980 and that same pool of earners is tracked to today? Or, is the top 0.01% of earners selected each year and the income of that changing group tracked to today? Those two ... | 832e7827a76830f0e24fb15bd1183404c2c52874593e3d53ce693f307e0b6e75 | ['abab30a3e0a0463da754c7fcd02044c2'] | Great interactive model, but an important concept is getting confused. The article and the model’s interactive sliders use the term “death rate” and “case fatality rate” (CFR) synonymously as measuring the percentage of people who contract the disease who will die. Yet, others—reputable researchers—have used the term “... |
53ca0fefc411a1d8a68defa4da11f3183a68a00a38ad1fa83b1c72dae7a46e09 | ['abcf5c58930047248fbfa7815cbbb69a'] | I've happily used her roast chicken recipe, and it's my go-to for comfort food. I've adapted it to roasted chicken thighs on a bed of root vegetables. Why let all that flavorful schmaltz go to waste?
This story makes me think I need to go deeper into her recipes.
I especially love her attention to tweaking recipe ins... | cfb38b8e4bd4dd9ac17a5e279206fe503e64ae29530eeac5420ad8bd54e3accb | ['abcf5c58930047248fbfa7815cbbb69a'] | I recall hearing during college about the firebombing of Tokyo, as an argument in favor of bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons. The claim was that, since we Americans were surely going to kill hundreds of thousands if not millions of Japanese civilians, we should do it with such a stunning weapon it wou... |
b23ea75b0337d851e1f900c3fde545b54d3a59f0454b44e7b06e4437f9fe4654 | ['abe3b46c54514c4aa2a5548619e8f1cc'] | So <PERSON> is hiding in his bunker while calling on governors to get tough on protestors lest they be considered 'weak'. I guess there are no mirrors in the bunker.
There's an interesting contradiction here: <PERSON> wants to be thought of as a tough authoritarian while at the same time providing no leadership at all... | 747a3c07cc5061116e945ce27e06474bd589f444397edaaa46e6f9adc8bd49bc | ['abe3b46c54514c4aa2a5548619e8f1cc'] | Calling it a gin martini is redundant. A martini, by definition is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth. If you change the spirit, you need to call it something else.
You don't hear about rum margaritas or gin screwdrivers. do you? That's because they don't exist. |
9fe95012070862e74e37f5fd6f11ab9ddeffd3349b317b27b279c95e7583ed2d | ['abff1be79a1b4c2396fe461f9794645c'] | Why are people seeking asylum in this country considered "illegal"? That has been the tenor in this land since at least the 90s. Certainly there are illegal immigrants, but a large percentage of the people lumped into that category are applying for asylum, even if they appear directly at a border crossing and declaim... | 81ebcb5df8edebe473c30b1b383e019ab4af0d6a4e32c0564862292ca46abd72 | ['abff1be79a1b4c2396fe461f9794645c'] | Both major parties have been losing votes to both third parties and "Decline to State", but the GOP is hemorrhaging faster than the Dems. However, due both demographics and our Constitution, the smaller party is utterly in control of the Senate for the foreseeable future. We are, gentle readers, suffering from the ty... |
a27b0292d0e9063527be1ebfcd9c69780cb7ade5658b5c3288b264e6cf81489c | ['aca1ebbf761a43198dda3acce58a4a85'] | I often wonder about space and the mysteries it holds. I ask myself questions such as why are we here? What am I meant to do? Where did the earth come from? Is god even real? These questions are very troubling and I get very worked up over them to where it consumes my mind to the extent that it makes me sad. The truth ... | 87134fd0cfd51e865d8d11b9770e32a42fcd0ebfd6c152715e1d6f09d4bf404f | ['aca1ebbf761a43198dda3acce58a4a85'] | The city that cycles with the young, the old, the busy, and the dead
In this article the author writes about the capital of Denmark and how people use bicycles to get around rather than cars. This makes for a productive, active, and environmentally efficient community. New york has just made the decision to spend 1.7 b... |
9ca4b18adc6a4817ea3cc307b66f30fa97937e041e844888102cac562c62b7e8 | ['acab4bc3cd1a4c4c9f669447e6edbe9d'] | This is a cute and fun quiz; however, I think it demonstrates that we can't tell how people will vote based upon what's inside their fridges.
Maybe try guessing peoples’ political leanings by what they say or believe. (You have to get inside peoples’ heads, not their stomachs, to nail how they will vote.) Perhaps hav... | 55eb8ee423fbd50e862a7c7da2d227562c68b412a8f4536468947cbc9ec2e93d | ['acab4bc3cd1a4c4c9f669447e6edbe9d'] | @Jim – why don't you buck up, and care about someone besides yourself? Unity is how America became great – by everyone bonding together and working mutually for the good of all. You might want to get the calluses on your heart checked – they could be dangerous to your overall health. |
524e02fb5c0780f0f1ec64a5c97920015a63a25bb41e2125f05bc9e9c7f7bea4 | ['ad0833c63f004a5883789207d58cc00a'] | I repaid my student loans. I would have been grateful for a reduction in interest rates or tax deduction but there was no such luck. I took out loans to attend law school and I got a job that allowed me to repay my loans. Canceling student loans wholesale as creates moral hazard. It is not the same as bailing out b... | f8e226ea9c45f20e55db1bee8bc0583983bbc4b8e182ad6aece3d30f4ed8c348 | ['ad0833c63f004a5883789207d58cc00a'] | You don’t have to wear a mask — but stores and other places have the right to refuse entry and/or service. You have to obey traffic rules and if you want to enroll any children you have in school they need to be vaccinated. You don’t have to like the rules but you do have to adhere to them. |
f1d401c0a49a3c885ae28e705c26151a7f8cefdf68658f4e25a0306dd674a6a0 | ['ad1454dcb79140aeb6b63c518e1a9cd9'] | <PERSON>I never called anyone on Wordplay dumb, which would be insulting. I called attention to the more generalized dumbing down of America, which is the phenomenon that educated Americans are expected to know less than is expected from educated people in other nations. This is something that I have been aware of sinc... | 961d8736d5937dbba412e4c9249811aa90d0a766558cc4f120b66353900b916a | ['ad1454dcb79140aeb6b63c518e1a9cd9'] | @Deadline I think I might argue that the ear canal is a hole. I mean, a hole in the ground consists of both the opening at ground level, and the continuation below the ground level (which is analogous to the ear canal). But I do like your proposed alternate clue. |
d2b81cec807713b5d655bbe11721cfcd42903038a28a7019f0d2b724c8fe1e0c | ['ad1f5d3de48a4803afba52e3386700cc'] | The country prepared, though late, for hospitals filled with COVID-19 patients. This was realized in New York where there was a bed scarcity requiring makeshift hospitals and Navy floating hospitals. But in other regions hospitals repurposed units for the influx that never came, and lost money, especially with cancelli... | 6d5d56cca820d801142c03cf4332cde978f20ff16c9d2a5d507d1d6ea66d1a8c | ['ad1f5d3de48a4803afba52e3386700cc'] | Legally, a physician has a duty to the individual patient, not to decreasing the nation's overall health costs. All European countries have some form of rationing, either openly limiting care, requiring long waits for care or having global budgets. Everyone here abhorred the idea of death panels, but some form of ratio... |
71be9971cd732a288a24fe67ac69cd6541551c7c5e0f33cdba1a1069bb7b4c27 | ['ad332758085d49acbeb6d43c59b34654'] | In 1960's Virginia, Democrats were the party of segregation, and Republicans were progressive. Also, I was angry over the Democratic handling of the Vietnam war, and considered myself fiscally conservative. Consequently, I got on the Republican train. Shamefully, as the years passed, I failed to see the racism which... | 63152fba6adc4407d8df2c949540667fae7d6b309da559e12f4fcaf8ded0cec6 | ['ad332758085d49acbeb6d43c59b34654'] | What can you and I do to prevent getting the virus? A vaccine may be 15 years away and, at this point, there is no proven treatment. Testing is essential, but it doesn't block acquisition of the virus. What about better face masks - produced in sufficient quantities so that each of us could have a supply, capable of a... |
df984f34cf71f64c9297fe3648d50ca538780a111c9532526c99306629188c7d | ['ad511d1fa1414352a6d120bbfa2341a6'] | I have no idea why people even still listen to the President of the United States. Just ignore him. Listen to the advice of trained medical officials and the leadership in your state (unless you are unfortunate to live in a state that is lead by one of these morons who refuse to give shelter in place orders). | 0fc21a59f4279b97de5303a44617d7b46bac883f05dc246e1278086eb0013c46 | ['ad511d1fa1414352a6d120bbfa2341a6'] | This essay saddens me and we should never see the evil of racism and the spores of hate emerge from under the floorboards of our democracy. But let’s be real here: the fault of this pandemic lies squarely at the feet of the Chinese government. Either through tariffs or sanctions or trade deals or other economic methods... |
0b523e5b1f559cfa1f6824feea134bafdb484b2e611db819bad3be6606ed1c6b | ['ada76258d6124cf8b58f5ec80b365821'] | I went to Action Network and signed the petition on the PayUp campaign that you are advocating. The protections make so much sense. I will keep you, your family, and all workers in your predicament in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for sharing your struggles and for your advocacy. | a9602bcc5ec38c8f26645b26259aa7fcab179bb595a583ad26a6601f5432a5f5 | ['ada76258d6124cf8b58f5ec80b365821'] | Thank you so much for bringing light to this extremely important topic and for whatever risks the journalist took to cover it. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the Detroiters that are forced to get to work in such a dangerous environment. If there are organizations that are trying to secure PPE specifically f... |
4a146829179f87467f7734aff0f7cc5d156e886c85adf87b5607f83b3d7d1963 | ['adbf80e50aa84d6e9ca69c068bb721c8'] | The world is a less secure place when countries are less open. I thank Americans in advance for their thoughts when choosing a wise, diplomatic and tantrum-free president this November.
I am not living in America but sometimes not so clever decisions do affect us living in more peaceful places.
Thank you. | 573c8234fc41e78ca046e8cefe5a7a707cc7d556d43e45704da933f9b74e307d | ['adbf80e50aa84d6e9ca69c068bb721c8'] | @stuckinFL
If "Pro social behavior is NOT universally respected or desired" does that mean"anti social behavior is universally respected or desired" by a significant number portion of Americans?
If pro social behavior is not universally respected or desired in America, it is a matter of time before USA becomes a pa... |
3bd97ecafaaac4b68cea7c13e79a8ea47c02b51266398dfaaa45024632963c5a | ['add25a4d7a244c3388f8550e8b79f77c'] | A few weeks ago, my schools administered the SAT for seniors only. Because we were not able to take it last year, they gave it to use recently due to it being a graduation requirement. Going into school for the first time since March was an interesting experience. My school tried to set up the best possible system for ... | a70378f051a91b19fc0ae09e7010d4dbb5c0ecf2a74e59aadf08ff3c0f7b90bf | ['add25a4d7a244c3388f8550e8b79f77c'] | I personally think that, in theory, presidential debates are a very helpful thing for voters. However, the debates have shown that they can sometimes be useless or unhelpful. I think that having the debates are extremely helpful for voters who are undecided. It’s a great way to see candidates views on important topics ... |
8433df66d9a9b3a82b4693cd546e03c9d7387b45775dca48cb268b0411bd60cf | ['ade35a463bfc4442bc9ded903f0ec3ed'] | <PERSON> have you noticed that when booking a flight, at least here in canada, you have to put in a honourific? I always choose Ms for me, even though I’m married. I just instinctively reject Mrs. but my kids! The daughter gets Miss, fine, but my boy gets Master?! How antiquated is that?! | e367246182ddb1d74e59444a6c774ec00b7d728ae09518783fe41a459b3f6aad | ['ade35a463bfc4442bc9ded903f0ec3ed'] | <PERSON> I’ve been working on genealogy too. It’s so convinced when an ancestor has all the family names going back a couple of generations, which used to be the practice in Scotland. So even though they used a ridiculously small number of names (so many <PERSON>’s and <PERSON>’s and <PERSON>) the previous generations ... |
408c0bb2b8d16e86092a97d8999bca9a11d897042d92f7ffa57f635e2dd92663 | ['ae7bc96e5f574780b4bc9bfb3dc2bba0'] | Without getting into the merits of the electoral college, I do know one thing. What you cannot fathom is what the authors of the constitution laid out in that document, and why.
"I still cannot fathom why, in a representative democracy based on the principle that all votes are equal,…."
The authors trusted the wisdo... | faa05df2708bd9c467278ad1305293bdc5d83d9fc2da51effea232388443a995 | ['ae7bc96e5f574780b4bc9bfb3dc2bba0'] | <PERSON> They have no powers over my life, vast or otherwise. What they do is give me choices, some of which are incredibly useful ones.
But only I make the choice to use their services or not. Although it would make life much more difficult…like it was before such technology…I am free to make that choice. Opt out if... |
b44dcc755fd5ca4cdeca2063d105cc3ed8aba4f44b88395854bbd561f8e64385 | ['aede3ba794c84f2dafa8132a9716c6c3'] | @PW I am a woman who was essentially forced to vote for <PERSON> though I desperately wanted the change I thought <PERSON> would bring to our feudal economic and political systems. With recent Establishment smears against <PERSON>, staying at home in November becomes more, not less, likely. I will not be voting for an... | dda65e5724640627fa763a717526d925c3b63e18c617d216c0974e0eb201b745 | ['aede3ba794c84f2dafa8132a9716c6c3'] | <PERSON> What is nasty and intemperate about fighting for your survival - it's not like we're being violent, not that I would condone that. There is such a thing as economic violence (and the certainty of stop-and-frisk violence), but the Bloomberg folks have nothing to say for that. Full d: I would be financially fi... |
14df828a88701aec767153201cdafed600be8d4398d7271c167111c90f54882e | ['aef236e2382d4ef594b4484b0c060853'] | The long term consequences of keeping people locked in, stay at home, are unimaginable. It will have as far reaching consequences, social disruption, and realignment as the emergence of internet.
Businesses will get used to having employees working from home. Large businesses will begin giving up expensive real es... | 1be6e2802c78063f8aaaf03e7c6d18923543adeecede858f514772dad97e605a | ['aef236e2382d4ef594b4484b0c060853'] | It is astounding how the the leader of this great nation - the point person - can be so callous and have complete disregard for the health and well-being of its people. It is maddening how one person can cause so much misery and anxiety among so many. It is further incredulous how so many still support him!! |
0581c6930856d39cb7b03239510e583039c5d5105db506f98883941ec028abb5 | ['aefc39dea64649f69ace040f7cecf4be'] | "Such are promises, all lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
and disregards the rest."
- Simon and <PERSON>, "The Boxer", 1970
Religion trains people to believe what they wish for to compensate for the burden of absorbing the truth that is; this works to minimize the fear and danger when things look... | aab7047348c7a860d2bf367f5e89a9fd97d9e10c00145e5d53aabe7c761f5007 | ['aefc39dea64649f69ace040f7cecf4be'] | You're looking at this all wrong. The Democrats are not to blame for <PERSON>'s 73,000,000 votes, at least not as it relates to COVID-19 or how <PERSON> handled it.
The blunt horror of America in this context is that if you divide 130,000 dead into 73 million voters, you get 0.10 % - even if you play "six degrees of ... |
7bbf8091e13f2af8ffcff178a939a4bc64263af01c7803f2a085e22b3ba55a1a | ['af0017d1c89340ad923900bb265d26e2'] | <PERSON>
Wish I could give this 100 votes. "Young people" is not synonymous with "stupid", and "older people" is not synonymous with "smart". It is "older people" governors that opened bars instead of museums; it is "older people" in <PERSON>'s "White Power" video. It is "young people" who are protesting with mask... | ef4c32a3198ca3f3949d01d627b4ce2e5afc4bdb34a7f1966024d2d3cd27aacd | ['af0017d1c89340ad923900bb265d26e2'] | The 4th night of the convention bombed. The first 3 nights were terrific.
The unprofessional MC was awful; the previous 3 were good actors giving a serious performance. And we get it; <PERSON> is a good guy. Give us policy and how he is going to accomplish it. Fix the pauses that leave the speaker hanging after ... |
19f4e5a776c409c0c84375a8f66927036c9c3f8e108ec2e38bc736d81e9884f2 | ['af7e8e59d22d4435b56baf9c71444884'] | @Doug could you please provide one example of a sovereign country apologized or provided monetary reparation after a pandemic originating from that country?
Maybe the Chinese government acted one month late after the local hospitals found suspicious cases in Dec 2019, but the American government acted TWO months late... | 9f273a4f1924f809061c3d87b6f11895deb3b3f4c8ee5f7feba4cacc2d74b527 | ['af7e8e59d22d4435b56baf9c71444884'] | Many Americans thought Falun Gong is a religious victim group suppressed politically by CCP and one of the greatest examples of no religious freedom in China. Many people even believe hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong members were murdered and tortured by CCP.
Guess what - Indeed hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong ... |
bd795b79a6752b88b956661648d788fdf53bd16593dc7fa9b88d798bc02f2143 | ['afe79a2b044945e199b1bf0d59be4bd2'] | I had no idea that <PERSON> had another Mouse on the side. Brazen hussy!
This was a rough one, due to nobody's fault but my own. I had the revealer, I had SENTENTAL, I had MORTERMOUSE, I had WHATEANT, all with the IMs above them. My shriveled little brain just wouldn't put it all together. The light bulb finally went ... | f4d47548f3c449b47929f993929a28674d9130e9b7f234c39a8f54a248b943d5 | ['afe79a2b044945e199b1bf0d59be4bd2'] | Started out with TREEHOUSE where <PERSON> ended up, and I was so impressed with my own brilliance at coming up with that right off the bat, that I held on to it for way too long.
Still don't get PET=bad mood.
As a child of the 80s, the only "TAKE THE L" I know is by The Motels. 😒
<a href="https://youtu.be/Ooi8Cnb1... |
c106d41f199f2955a55a34ac83b8553eeb667ee077639f9244df4679957b58fa | ['aff4e8b7dca949e48fd0d6cb32b5ec81'] | Unfortunately many Americans have misinterpreted the meaning of the word “freedom”, equating it somehow with a “right” to travel around without a face mask. How bizarre and socially irresponsible. When I learned that the governor of Oklahoma tested positive for the virus, my immediate thought was that he suffer greatly... | 6f986e4ab60b005aa65086f9aa53cc1ddbf9ba3c2ff0c060ab7b8d940422dda9 | ['aff4e8b7dca949e48fd0d6cb32b5ec81'] | I assume Mr. <PERSON> hasn’t been infected with the virus, nor does he have a family member who is seriously ill or has died of COVID 19. Would he be willing to travel on public transit in any major urban area (Atlanta, Minneapolis, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Nashville, Milwaukee, San Francisco etc.) with those ... |
a7c73bdb27f75a41d75226baecd050422d18a97501a420b2c74bb0392f88bfd7 | ['aff77afec0a1472c8a1a666274b4a51f'] | @JP With our current state of knowledge and the tools currently available, a perfect response to Covid-19 is not possible.
Nor can we assume that a "single unified, national response" would be superior to different responses, each directed at a specific local situation.
We are making excellent progress in underst... | 225fe3e7babd192e599f9355c61f8539fd9684477335f68bb807f4e87f32df5d | ['aff77afec0a1472c8a1a666274b4a51f'] | Have the surveys <PERSON> took been verified? For studies such as these, verification would mean actually observing a properly-sized sample of the children and counting the number of calories they consume. This would be difficult but not impossible. Has it been done? If not we are forced to take the mothers' word ... |
34b4de20f9b6eb868e8fc25d19aba08a16dafdda1614f59e813e3caa20266530 | ['b018c81f877a4c1e8cdf5e2dfcc010a9'] | What I dont understand about old rich men like <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON> is sure, they're gonna die (soon hopefully) with a lot of wealth to pass onto their progeny, but are they so sure that will be enough to save them? What about their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, etc. Or is it out of sight, out of mi... | 624a52157793ccca184a1565994d8aa338fc0bcaab3372efec4a82c4a436eed4 | ['b018c81f877a4c1e8cdf5e2dfcc010a9'] | <PERSON> Don't mind that ol' grouch <PERSON>. The <PERSON> comments don't go up until after 3am est. Anyway I think I know of what you speak. Suddenly the letter you enter goes on a tangent? Then you have to exit.
I've been told that it occurs on Android phones (like mine) when NYT updates. Very frustrating! |
7141300c7edd20191462995b862ddeabe652a4243e3754143fa098313c941022 | ['b078018c80bd4e2db9fb7e9ebf31d494'] | Men’s volleyball is one of the fastest growing sports in the nation. Already highly popularized in Europe, Asia, and South America, it doesn’t get its fair recognition in the US. As a kid, always watching older brothers at tournaments, I have seen the rapid evolution of volleyball in my short life span: Serves being ... | 11321ae3b675b14ae20bdfa9627960fddab23fe479473baf2540830a34531939 | ['b078018c80bd4e2db9fb7e9ebf31d494'] | Society has placed a stigma around marijuana, portraying it as evil and sinister. In reality, marijuana has many health benefits that greatly outweigh the risks. Legalizing marijuana on a nationally would benefit both the government, by economic growth through taxes, and the people, having an outlet to release anxiet... |
db1b9a7aa9346b4963d720bdc6d6abba14564ee315d6469b240d5a1ba7ec255a | ['b0a5f53e389a48e5b046c4b1ddab157e'] | @hm1342 I understand the principle for this letter about counting those who decided not to use legal means to enter the country easily by restating the question. Why does the Board want to the census to count every person in the United States, just like the Constitution says? Whatever the data is used for, the mandate... | cabbcad329f40f7d40a1f8f2fe0746f177e61117f12c7178f13e653c0cd7c326 | ['b0a5f53e389a48e5b046c4b1ddab157e'] | I live in Quebec Canada. After junior year in high school, we go into cegep (collège d'enseignement générale et professionnel). If you are going on to university, you can take a two-year program like history. If you are becoming a professional, you can take a three-year program like architectural technology or theater ... |
a0e46d2c6fa4171124e1fc4fb4d2a6553b88321741bb4dbca6d35809bfd85233 | ['b0e6d0567d6043e58af2771e446cd767'] | The article states that "Ms. <PERSON> has struggled to disentangle her message and appeal from Mr. <PERSON>’s." I would argue that <PERSON> regularly and closely parrots <PERSON> in her Tweets and political ads on television ads in the state and I have observed her message in the last few years moving farther and farth... | d035926dd474a5bc4c8e3d6dd502c4699939e9ca8347db1e76a40e6395d77d40 | ['b0e6d0567d6043e58af2771e446cd767'] | @Ulysses Arizona teachers got a small raise after years and years of no raises for years. The new salary did not improve their position as the 49th worst paid for elementary school teachers and 48th for high school teachers in the United States. Arizona is a "right to work" state, so unions cannot help teachers get pai... |
d7da5cf5cedfd426bd719a09569c140c1e84ac950a1e3ffc02df76ded8d4b8a2 | ['b0f036391de748358ddeb7f09574218a'] | I am elderly (79) and a health care worker, but my health care work is low risk. I should get in line for my age.
I say vaccinate the teachers and open up the schools! Health care workers at risk should be high priority.
Hopefully there will be approval of multiple vaccines and the availability moves swiftly. | 113071fe7a5bd73d2b0a059d5fa4b6554dbb3864aeae1f61c770c4ee592e066c | ['b0f036391de748358ddeb7f09574218a'] | Sweden may have had the right strategy, but only time will tell.Based on one strong risk factor for covid 19, they are not.
Sweden ranks 9th among all countries in death per capita, but ranks 159th in population density.
By contrast, Norway ranks 28th in per capita deaths by country and 171st in population density. Ger... |
1e675a8c347b1b390ea2119491afe3a2328054cd7f4dfffc3477edf85fea7b5c | ['b13d01b412064c75af82e143cfa0a1c8'] | <PERSON> Thank you, that is a great idea! I have to walk the dog at least twice a day, and though my neighborhood is in a city, it is not a dense neighborhood and when other dog walkers pass, we both step aside. So far I have not been wearing a mask, because of the fogging of my glasses. But I would like to send the me... | feb72b7eee7823c48af180db5ff39997666c3d5fbd5617683c75f9c923cc17b8 | ['b13d01b412064c75af82e143cfa0a1c8'] | <PERSON> I raised 3 children, one of them multiply handicapped, when their father died when they were 5, 7 and 11. Raising them on my own was the hardest thing I ever did, leaving me no time for a social life to meet another husband, and without able and willing family, a huge amount of money spent on child care. Plus ... |
f8dcf2b7bb9225f0dc45e7efdab90ff70f44f0793e1b96c580606544df2fa1b7 | ['b2295c3d8251433da2d9eb96b099b1d9'] | I don’t think parents and caregivers should use GPS devices to track their children because i think it‘s too extreme. I think parents should let their kids go through tough times so they will be more responsible and mature in bad situations. Parents should trust their children and not some devices that track where they... | 214c1697003fc3d9586c2de1233c74c03a1e101509379a8d2223b1fea14a0755 | ['b2295c3d8251433da2d9eb96b099b1d9'] | <PERSON> I agree how parents have different views on monitoring their children because of their own experiences. And I also agree that they should have understanding relationship with their children to monitor them so it doesn’t effect the child’s future in how they grow up to this world. |
7e420d4caf25d2ebbf729b99ba6d6637e07ebc28d3d43e2a6d159d70042f51ec | ['b269f1ca667c4897ba5fa67fb4de1ba6'] | I propose that the key issue is not humiliation as much as it is resentment. Much of this started during the Vietnam war, when college kids did not have to go fight a war that many mainstream Americans believed was just and right. This was followed by an economic split between blue and white collar workers. The former ... | 3dc6877413c36c8c019ec8d3d9656fd14d59d713aa17784d70ec3e41da4a10b6 | ['b269f1ca667c4897ba5fa67fb4de1ba6'] | Strategy, schmategy. . . . <PERSON> does not have strategies; he primarily responds in a manner that feeds his narcissism.
It is most unfortunate that journalists cannot rest their investigations on a psychological understanding of this man. What other logical reason is there for the Iranian escapade other than to di... |
29e98ea658e1ebc747abe78d60e65f0e765c9fdee9bd88abb549228eea36d47f | ['b317862c7c3745c3a87951c6ff5f8429'] | I am a pessimist striving to be an optimist. I know that I don’t always see the good at first glance but I am making a conscious effort to try to be optimistic about my life. In the past I would only see the negatives in things and now I’ve realized that is no way to live your life. It is especially important to remain... | 0a313b32803c792257241260a289eaedeff3ad1a86d195f2a7f2769f8fba4eac | ['b317862c7c3745c3a87951c6ff5f8429'] | While the covid-19 pandemic forces us to distance and isolate ourselves it has managed to connect us in new ways. Over the countless zooms, FaceTimes, and Phone calls we’ve fortified connections with the people who are far in distance but close to our hearts. It also has brought me and many others closer to the people... |
72bfe2765fbfdaae694f4d6d580eaed2b4df1b3ca161e4dbdfb22e6c86fa2a56 | ['b37b4ead37114a2ba9dabd753ab914ef'] | Good article. So how do we do it? How do we get ranked choice voting? How do we move the primaries in every state to the same day? Is ranked choice voting something that has to be done by state legislatures? Who determines when the primaries are? What day should it be? First Tuesday in March? Earlier or later? ... | f1ba8acb949a83d5c44f80da460b3d60be7c53dc30222d4d3949e609849919a7 | ['b37b4ead37114a2ba9dabd753ab914ef'] | The intersection of tribal, federal and state law has a long, complicated and interesting history. Thanks to the Times for starting to report on these issues--many more will pop up as a result of today's ruling. I'd like to hear from members of Osage, Caddo and Quapaw tribes. These were the tribes here in eastern Ok... |
833ac1cedffb41d4fae633eadc356008d38b4526e631996fe35c87be308eb35d | ['b386d5a1487a4382b4a6b7d7534cb2b0'] | @klsvbm Some initial thoughts on ways to decrease the possibility of elder abuse:
*Criminal record checks
*Having a community elder service agency case manager or similar, visit the home and elder on a regular basis to provide support, etc., and insure all is going well.
* Financial matters such as bill paying, etc., t... | d6a90789f719116cb91eafcd6b51fbc840c582267d65d32d5bd34ac33b05fee0 | ['b386d5a1487a4382b4a6b7d7534cb2b0'] | I visited Cape Cod this fall and took a long hike along the shore at Head of the Meadow. I have visited this beach numerous times, but have never seen the volume of plastic trash as I had this time. It was very disappointing to see. We all need to make an effort to consume less plastic, as well as clean up what is t... |
23f36c72486769f3a17530e1ec824edfd5042b77fc799dbd51f4fd06fb732c21 | ['b3e4b6a8c2c74f1d9a0c028e834ef6d5'] | As a senior at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn in 1973/74, the music appreciation elective was shaping up to be another one of those classes you sat through, waiting for the bell when our opera loving teacher said we were scrapping that in favor of dissecting and getting into the meaning of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” song... | 20b64f98678bc6775f691ece976dc34502e64048e2601edfc0e136fee6d4b95e | ['b3e4b6a8c2c74f1d9a0c028e834ef6d5'] | @ehillesum We have a president who from day one made it clear he is not the leader of the entire US, only those who pledge unflinching loyalty. Case in point, last night CBS and NBC said <PERSON> would be speaking shortly from the WH briefing room to address the coronavirus and they would break away when he did. Gues... |
863490f43dfbca664ad80d2c95ac011fe6d992005d4e52428a0a78ca324733c4 | ['b3fc42de2c7a450096cfcf4e80518581'] | $850 billion over 10 years sounds like a bargain. We spend more than that in one year on military/defense/intelligence----not including the postage for <PERSON> to send love letters to <PERSON>.
Also, and dont forget the $1 trillion tax cut for corporations to "buy back" stocks.
Myself, I think that the public option s... | 89176e506e918cd0db73c643d0bb53d63043d09573109dbf4f41c856fe9d581f | ['b3fc42de2c7a450096cfcf4e80518581'] | <PERSON> should be impeached again, and this time do it on a "fast track basis". All persons who refuse to answer a sopena should be arrested and jailed. If impeachment isnt possible then after <PERSON> loses and leaves office, a major investigation of his alleged crimes should commence; he should be tried, and if foun... |
c66bd693793c992215606aeeb01ae78d3dc924a000dd423f0224e1caf0d2ff78 | ['b43f9d80f6f047c69c69af72d3534371'] | <PERSON>, an arrogant thatcherite, is hated by 70% of the population for very good reasons. Since he became president, poverty has exploded (+ 400,000 people), the richest 1% have grown richer. The fall in unemployment is mainly due to statistics manipulations and the deletion of hundreds of thousands of people from th... | bf3046ee2565b3a6029bae9268d57c7a9bc8f0918dc40898ed84e278975359b2 | ['b43f9d80f6f047c69c69af72d3534371'] | @Paul
You are right, <PERSON> is trying to take France back into the 1990. His thatcherian thinking is totally outdated.
You obviously don't know what you're talking about. France has a vibrant economy which attracts a a lot of investment from around the world and specially the US. French workers have one of the high... |
f6be6e5cf53c26b4c019f5d1c07977ed3e2fde8c1c16ded0e3af559ff24d5b8b | ['b44f06ab06034ea4a819ef2a240d855e'] | <PERSON> In the late 80s, I was at a conference in San Francisco and skipped out one afternoon to visit City Lights bookstore. As a <PERSON> fan, I made my way to the beat section where I looked up to see I was sharing the small space with <PERSON>. Wouldn't have bothered him anyway, but his look clearly said "don't do... | 11c9259f785e492b573b99bdae5ad2b899c4ffbaf3fcc69e0360b726e7ec342c | ['b44f06ab06034ea4a819ef2a240d855e'] | If we're talking about commercials, how about a commercial showing just some of the insults (often women), attacks (members of the military and Gold Star families), and lies by the country's worst human over the past few years?
If he feels vindictive and unleashed now, all the better going into the election. Even some ... |
981b2f43c7397bfc9b45110baac8bd1ea5561f778dd7be02336bc57d3f7aeee1 | ['b565fb39cae94464aafe9bf391cbbb64'] | <PERSON>’s political calculus for getting a vaccine in place is only concerned with helping him get elected.
He could care less about the number of deaths.
A few years from now, helm be calling all the people that fell victim to COVID -19 “suckers” and “losers” for not taking hydroxichloroquine.
This pandemic has b... | f6443521402f58f0dcdf577bccd0e79af56cb8ede3eb8bd5eb8eaca455f406f9 | ['b565fb39cae94464aafe9bf391cbbb64'] | All the NYT opinion pundits need to stop bellyaching about <PERSON> and start trying to think about why he’s on top of the pack.
They need to get a clue that real people actually support him, and that dems need to start lining up in support of the nominee to be. If they do, He’ll most certainly be elected, and <PERSON... |
eafd5370590de8c25c82122b9a0f110eb25a3b875169f847dfeba8fe0e7cc92d | ['b581c879f1194503a0c24fae4cb56f9b'] | Assuming that both were in restricted zones of the same color designation, the governor's orders would limit attendance at St. Patrick's Cathedral to 10 people but allow 500 at the massive COSTCO in Long Island City. This is crazy.
Religious services have a duration and when the service is over, people leave. At a b... | bb2377cbd0e5882195a4479a7db60712c0bc1bd28b952a1c3cbf5be2a0e522f2 | ['b581c879f1194503a0c24fae4cb56f9b'] | The city could do a much better job with refining the data beyond just the ZIP code boundaries. Advertisers seem to have no such problem.
ZIP Code 11249 (which includes North Williamsburg) is not listed at all. I suspect if northwest Brooklyn were broken out the rate would be very low. Can't the city do better so... |
247ede94d5310f58e0ae45f3cdc250d769ddff65a4bb0dec3fd95d6a5f25afbc | ['b59938bf33854aee97082f7bda472f7a'] | <PERSON>Try scholar.google.com. Scientific papers, not advertising. Advertising dominated www.google.com
You'll find such gems as:
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1985.tb03509.x" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1985.tb03509.x</a>
<a href... | 144a26c733e372005ab4bbe67512178f7f3c6ab56dba525e31bfb48f20e28a76 | ['b59938bf33854aee97082f7bda472f7a'] | <PERSON> If you hadn';t heard why it's more dangerous, you haven't been reading anything of substance.
Covid-19 is a variant of the SARs virus, related to ebola. Does that help?
No?
How about it kills 15-30x (health of population and availability of ICU's dependent) regular flu but is only 1/2 as likely to be transm... |
545de3462bf785ea47fdb1a7c69b4a4134368b6e76ab4981cbc57eb32de76110 | ['b5a936dc27dc45f78e3bafec6d481745'] | @Cheryl "Virtue signaling, as I feel it" -- for me this is the problem, that we don't really have a clear definition of what exactly this is. I did not achieve any clarity on that term from this article, no offense to the author. My impression of virtue signaling has always been doing something to show everyone how "go... | 61de9c01f3155144526943fdf5a0aa2d2bae151896298efb53f1d513aba78bf2 | ['b5a936dc27dc45f78e3bafec6d481745'] | <PERSON> We don't seem to agree on the definition of virtual signaling, a term I do indeed use derisively, but I don't think the things you mentioned above fit my definition. This term probably deserves its own discussion since otherwise we all end up discussing apples and oranges.
I gave a couple examples of virtue s... |
4dbbd9ea8052e70a9babcbb0d44d5e67170475bfed741718eb353a3beaf9d49c | ['b679a00f85f54b45b8f6fd337ad0183a'] | He’ll be destroyed by NY prosecutors before dems have much more opportunity to wring their hands about his federal crimes. I’d prefer for him to rot away in Rikers as NY isn’t likely to have a governor who will pardon him anytime soon, unlike our minoritarian leaders at the national level. | 84f1e597b3e200076a43bb5df602ba4322234fb6db4870e2e3b223a622b48335 | ['b679a00f85f54b45b8f6fd337ad0183a'] | I, for one, have decided to boycott alcohol in response to these lobbyists’ attempts to subvert public policy and public health in order to pad their companies’ bottom lines. I will urge others to do the same - perfect time to resolve against the corrupting influence of these people and their products. |
8ccdf898be0db036dff49748e6667514720f05021dc55ef4b872432dc793f1f3 | ['b680842bf7244fbb9bb23bd4ff3bb08e'] | Thank god someone said this. Sadly after Iowa today not feeling very hopeful. I definitely would go all in for succession, having someone balanced at helm that generally cares for humanity. Let current Republican Senators live with their choices and see what type of a nation long term they would create. Not one I w... | 70937ea23bef703e5ca926a81e547b7e4dde02b2b64da45bbe5ea4b0876dd41f | ['b680842bf7244fbb9bb23bd4ff3bb08e'] | If it were only lies maybe it would be easier to live with however when you elect a reality tv star as the President of the United States things go really bad .... similar to the election of a business person to run the City of Flint Michigan - humanity and the well being of society as a whole are not valued -- <PERSON... |
a80ed85ca798f94d450c53ec8d315fbfb8587e8139666be1ef1ea250423bf840 | ['b6fb63c240dc4badbe1d8211c1992245'] | @MCS I couldn't disagree more. In a world where civics courses have gone the way of the dodo, attending peaceful protests gives these children valuable lessons about their rights under the Constitution. Interesting that you call this a "grave mistake" of the "left". I guess you've missed all of the right-wing rallies ... | 0909a0c01fca74a13f1a6236ddd0794354a6c536a1b6d33feba5e5352dea0313 | ['b6fb63c240dc4badbe1d8211c1992245'] | @Butch This is what happens when your populace is raised and educated by television, movies, and video games. The advent of the internet supercharged this downward slide. The rest of the world looks at us as ignorant, self-interested elitists with delusions of grandeur. They are correct. <PERSON> is America in a nut... |
cfb9f707a7c03f6f660518058ffe0d92fa0adfe01a1b1ce64b136fba0416ea54 | ['b73730853e884ca09fca2a6e089b7e24'] | COVID-19 like any other virus needs a host. So far sadly 60,000 plus hosts have died.
Right wing hatred for all Americans also has a host and the host's name is <PERSON>. We must eradicate both as quickly as possible
Our democracy and our lives are in grave danger! | e7597722f9e467b722a4386d0daa46a1975c5dc60a3e8477775737395bcb3137 | ['b73730853e884ca09fca2a6e089b7e24'] | Agree with it all but now what? We all see it coming but no one wants to talk about it or prepare for it.
<PERSON> will lose the election but will not leave office. His loyalists will surround him and call for an investigation into voter fraud.
Then it is a cross roads for America. Either we go off the cliff and ab... |
1158511e53d50560b4b7152bc7e9678f1419e78031e0089ff4dbeda7f87b061e | ['b80ce61ed3e94e208fec0f97e89e6483'] | My Governor holds daily hour-long presentations where she speaks intelligently about the many challenges of COVID-19 as well as the progress she, her staff and administration have made in combating this crisis. She has conducted these meetings for the past two months, and gives her constituents hope and confidence that... | bb1eaca7609cfdcd379a55b4a83a2833b577d3e50a5de6930efb7e80db86a5a2 | ['b80ce61ed3e94e208fec0f97e89e6483'] | It isn't a conspiracy if it happens to be true. Here's a list of officers for the mysterious company, aptly named Shadow, that was behind the app responsible for the Iowa caucus debacle.
<PERSON> is CEO of Shadow Inc. In 2015, he was senior product manager for <PERSON> campaign, developing tools for field teams to con... |
a29729304920f91ea260d3314c1f0d9f22bde990912bee4cb618b82553751b46 | ['b83a7764763c4384a3b9afe3954b86ad'] | @Joe I am not seeking representation in the book Little Women, I am seeking representation in this country. Black people, like women, have been here from the beginning, however, both groups have very little representation in the literary canon. I think that is a great loss for students, readers and citizens of this ... | 8bcb3a8feeee86576b77900b897837380e6f596e66685008f1ecb3adfc007502 | ['b83a7764763c4384a3b9afe3954b86ad'] | @JA Yes! I say that all the time. Black culture is not a subset of American culture. African-Americans have been here since the birth of this country. Our culture is intricately intertwined with the "majority" culture. But for our culture, America would be a very different place and vice versus. Black history and lit... |
c730a44d9da2ed6fc0377a4afd7b538b12820e7f579eb62617939e491bd63984 | ['b8771f9aa24b40538b01f495239f6c41'] | A place I would love to have to myself would be Red River, New mexico. The views from the cabin are unbeatable, miles and miles of trees , the rivers icy water and all the wildlife that they have there. Almost every summer my grandparents, my brother and a couple of friends and I would make the almost 6 hour drive down... | 170fd2d21b48485608cd431d463c52ccadfe16cc9ac16d842e94ae0d3b699ba6 | ['b8771f9aa24b40538b01f495239f6c41'] | Nowadays everyone wears a mask, I wear a mask to school ,to stores and to restaurants. My parents both work in the medical field so they are constantly wearing masks and now wear masks outside of work as well. Most of my friends wear masks when we go places or go anywhere besides someone's house but then as soon as we ... |
40579837ff0229071f73a2028a193942d61ac912efce76f23e90587580fa6bea | ['b879fa1eb8204d0bb0aca14d9e0f8115'] | I drive on the right side of the road, pay my bills promptly, and wear a mask when I leave our house to reduce the risk of catching or transmitting Coronavirus.
It seems ludicrous not to wear the mask.
I care enough about others, so I seek to reduce the transmission risk between us..regardless of which direction it may... | 59141091ab76df385201c102678a2cbd6283c84f28036cd0b55701ee25d01cd8 | ['b879fa1eb8204d0bb0aca14d9e0f8115'] | Just keep reporting and printing the facts. I don't expect hard core Trumpsters will be influenced, but the "undecideds" who are willing to examine and to weigh the evidence may slide over and recognize <PERSON> and his sycophants are poisoning our culture and attempting to destroy the foundations that make our nation ... |
19c58e7f244e7f024b1903fb30e1b68445887ba13e52e7f9cff19f47b2a2a6c5 | ['b8b59f9de58a47768230b52974636ae5'] | It must be a terrible feeling in the gut for the Americans who can still use rational and logical thought to deal with the daily issues of their lives. As an outsider looking in I really can't believe just divided you all have become. This president hasn't just let down America, he's letting down the whole world. And i... | a5fb8108123185f0706ce071ea4570a7d5fbb338e14394dbb21ce389911008ce | ['b8b59f9de58a47768230b52974636ae5'] | Every Empire in history has had it's day. Generally speaking the same thing has ended most of them, greed. Greed for more land, more resources, more more more. Add to that the complete failure of human beings to live with one another and throw in some beliefs, religious and otherwise, and greed, and the premise that di... |
d5f7dcbb50be9d0113c62c7835692958ecb173e944d388eef2cffe99590e6a57 | ['b8c09ef1faca47a3905add5dc74280a9'] | You can't have it both ways, <PERSON>.
On the one hand (or out of one side of your mouth), you assert that <PERSON> would be behind bars today if he were prosecuted, judged and sentenced for taking money from Moscow and failing to register as a foreign agent.
Then you claim he is the victim of presumptive guilt becau... | 9d5d455c6a2cefc2ea2542f4bbd0892abc73dfa9aef53d78a76b126fe10799a1 | ['b8c09ef1faca47a3905add5dc74280a9'] | One sentence in <PERSON> otherwise thoughtful piece stands out: "Largely unable to import supplies from China, America has been left scrambling because we by and large lack both the ability to make things and the state capacity to reorient production."
We actually lack neither of these. American industry is fully capab... |
48f23bb7dac58c36e68479b9de57bc0047e4d446fd6e194585b72796eb494219 | ['b8db7664dbf84fce9554a235c18d5f9c'] | Reverse engineering plastic parts using 3-D printing is a common application - but not (normally) for production. 3D is too slow (or at least it used to be).
If the team can manage to fabricate a mold that will operate on an injection molding press, that would ease the shortage permanently. However, molds are high ... | 14f657f22f4ec168392db5a8de3f403bfd8329d38f078d2b1aae1cd95b72b8b5 | ['b8db7664dbf84fce9554a235c18d5f9c'] | Without enacting any new laws, public health officials can simply call out the prices and rely on the public to shame the retailers into marching to the price. A price "sandwich" between big box (Walmart, Dollar Store, etc.) and Amazon or eBay online prices will squeeze out arbitrators quickly and effectively.
The ... |
2a195e58ad9f4c09fadbd9e2a0be1e5aa6690188591ef2840061623ed6a1fef4 | ['b97dd99b89614cc99229bbad23c84af3'] | I don't understand why the Times reports the results of models if they are true. Here is one sentence: "The projections confirm the primary fear of public health experts: that a reopening of the economy will put the nation back where it was in mid-March." Projections do not confirm anyone's fear, since they are not a... | a1925519ba7b4c9d85cfd3366f1d482efc1f74fcb3cd3e8a1d786db083ea5f81 | ['b97dd99b89614cc99229bbad23c84af3'] | This is silly. Both my daughters, in college, have already announced the won't attend college next year if it's online. My son, in graduate school, feels deadened by teaching and taking classes online. What this article doesn't understand is that most humans are social creatures, and social interaction is a crucial ... |
fcef955a59882fe9776d3212f786f8f342a30baf3d19dd4f03ff067b5cd62ea7 | ['b9cb705a69134dc78cba754716382a3d'] | "<PERSON> campaign officials are unlikely to put into place any social distancing measures for rally attendees, or require them to wear masks, people familiar with the decision-making process said, adding that it would be unnecessary because the state is so far along in its reopening."
Translation: We're trusting the ... | 799ba4929a62919067731ddc75bb6c62aacd2985bd81ee60961f46dd2636a5f7 | ['b9cb705a69134dc78cba754716382a3d'] | @James When <PERSON> was a Senator and testifying in 2017 before the Senate during the nomination process to become Attorney General, the genteel traditions of the Senate required all Senators to treat him with kid gloves because one wasn't allowed to criticize a fellow Senator. This seemed wrong to me; <PERSON> wasn't... |
6e91a7a2e355a11da07d66440ce8e55cb2104fd7bf876f60055cebd655d1469c | ['ba25c9dd833741dc95513d342aee5ccc'] | 'It is, in other words, an unusual time in which we can only hope that stock investors know something that millions of people facing a catastrophic economic situation don’t.'
Stocks operators can no more predict the future than you and I can. This rally is purely liquidity driven. Federal Reserve largess is propping u... | f609ef23d29a68b2edcaf753c676993da47f0be9b23c95d00473f622ebffa75c | ['ba25c9dd833741dc95513d342aee5ccc'] | Every cloud has a silver lining. Saudi Arabia is cutting its own throat with its over production during what would have been a glut anyway.
For a mixed economy like the US any losses in the petroleum sector are compensated for by cheaper petroleum products across the board. It does not matter if some producers go bus... |
be4b7b53b5824c7253fa99d6f94f97a06a4f08b4e2b3775be48eb08eaec4addd | ['ba3e79dd891243f0894209992743378d'] | The coaches that I have had have had a huge impact on my life. Although you don’t realize it in the moment, your coaches shape the way you like to be instructed and reprimanded in a setting outside of home. Your parents dictate how you are loved at home, while coaches form your reactions to a third party discipline/enc... | f1210c980201fafb8371a16e61157c439c54068c009cae04be3e2c0c50c968de | ['ba3e79dd891243f0894209992743378d'] | Despite the fact that someone could be offended, the use of Native American imagery in sports has never been offensive. A Washington Post survey found that 9/10 American Indians do not find the use of Indian imagery in sports offensive. Yes, 1/10 do find it offensive. But does this matter? The fact that the overwhelmin... |
7f05715666986849f4f70fd5dc5d447667e05c8e1afbce44cb204460e4d1c413 | ['ba8e1d7f3477469c91e33e70b682a4dc'] | @John Right you are. I lived in Chicago in 59 and 60 and I can't compare the windows of Macy's in New York with those of Marshall Fields but I don't think Macy's could have out done Fields. I still have a sweater I bought at Marshall Fields then and still wear it on occasion. | db75b8efcd26a49f14536361a41617d902d9adb18081844b38ab8d3c1ab1b88a | ['ba8e1d7f3477469c91e33e70b682a4dc'] | I have been surprised at the level of <PERSON> ads in the DC market. It is one of the most expensive markets in the nation and Republicans have little chance of winning the city and suburbs in both Maryland and Virginia and <PERSON> is thoroughly despised in the city with little chance of taking 20% of the city vote. |
6d422c8051112d667e23a469b7a1a3549a13e2871c6bd6a72896ca8086d4e72a | ['bad2db6f16484844bc5f46ba7525816c'] | As I read down the remarks, it revealed the political leanings of the commentators. Those who lean left seem to give <PERSON> and <PERSON> better grades than those who lean center. I was surprise <PERSON> and <PERSON> gave <PERSON> low grades, but I admit I love <PERSON> (tho from afar). | 781dcf280f1592dd2b085a4590a111cde9749f1ba695f9adde45dbb9c6ee2de5 | ['bad2db6f16484844bc5f46ba7525816c'] | The Federal Guidelines at the time said it was permissible to release Seniors back to their Nursing Homes after they had been stablized after 8 - 9 days of hospitalization. So if <PERSON> followed guidelines how is he to blame? The problem wasn't older residents returning to the nursing homes, it was the lack of testi... |
c9aa57c29e582747a812cc348e3633bdb78182af8225e8ad8484af85b47b8e03 | ['bbb819c21e51488991b35527bea1b30b'] | @Windy testing increases the denominator. A lot of cases don't present clinically. In parts of SK, they basically went door to door. More tests = more mild positives = more recovery = lower calculated mortality since deaths are, well, deaths.
Testing also decreases deaths because you can isolate the nonclinical cas... | 032af36e8547ce11beb770a794ff718a49ba04a1d516b5f1b411c3bd60181fa2 | ['bbb819c21e51488991b35527bea1b30b'] | @D <PERSON> correct, you have to use either the cases ~14 days ago to get a sense of mortality or fraction of the resolved. Italys "resolved" case wave is still heavily biased to clinical presentation so as more nonclinical testing (e.g. through surveillance and contact tracing) surfaces mild positives and those move ... |
0b99254af1b1b552cab773673b61be04854642842f5037f4dfc659eec35bc53d | ['bbf2bdd30c734dd28d692a82cc74e376'] | @gratis 'The economy thrived after World War II in large part because America made it easier for people who had been previously shut out of economic opportunity — women, minority groups, immigrants — to enter the work force and climb the economic ladder, to make better use of their talents and potential.' There's his p... | 26a32a2eac15cb9b3da7db448966ae01c0d305c9584a3f399d11a4926a161968 | ['bbf2bdd30c734dd28d692a82cc74e376'] | This column quotes a Republican who says <PERSON> refused to accept the 2016 election. Without pointing out that she conceded that night and then attended <PERSON>'s inauguration. Refusing to cite the truth when allowing fantasy-based Republicans to lie is a terrible mistake that paved the way for the <PERSON> regime. |
a8e643f5358b9eecdcc51a07d2e24dec4768a139519d898a07cc4e048e8539bf | ['bc03754f9fb74d8c8c7882a28806a7a5'] | On the Marine Traffic website I’ve been following the Grand Princess as it cruises endlessly in a rectangle outside San Francisco. Is it true only 45 people aboard have been tested? The results were supposed to be announced today, but it’s now almost two in the afternoon and the ship is still idling. Why are we receivi... | 26d63a000f7a78bc40de638001685fa63a5a1ad160aca41627dc24431ca15870 | ['bc03754f9fb74d8c8c7882a28806a7a5'] | As I write, the Grand Princess continues her lonely vigil off the California coast. If docking in San Francisco isn’t acceptable, why can’t the ship anchor out in San Francisco Bay? That way those identified as infected can be disembarked immediately and sent to a health facility and the remainder can be tested. Since ... |
7ee92d25d7c5f8483942a0bcaa524e4ad7ad6f5e86701ac447e64f70bab01b93 | ['bc31939391d4462ca8365b402a74becd'] | The lasting damage this personification of the American id will cause is incalculable.
Malignant narcissism never has a happy ending.
He and his cult of the living dead will march on forever in the dark underbelly of America.
Hopefully 78 year old grandpa <PERSON> can at last save us from ourselves.
Sure hope so!! | 74ca7f2e424c9fdafb5baab4e81c12c6c0c2c73f53400020aa6f5948878662f4 | ['bc31939391d4462ca8365b402a74becd'] | Worked with a retired FBI supervisor and a retired New Jersey state trooper in casino security across Florida.
I asked them why they both still worked despite being retired.
They both rolled their eyes, and said their retired friends sit around and drink all day and play cards or watch TV.
They said they would rathe... |
ef31c35ca992a728215f4cda3e3198ac8efd211c577d765a0124fe0cf5072b96 | ['bc604d12a6474ec8b3e7ed398141fb01'] | You are right Mr. <PERSON>, New York is and will always be an exceptional City. (My cynical hope seeing stories that portray the City on a downward slide is that such a perception might make housing costs a little more reasonable, so I might be able to afford to move back to NY someday..) | 993a0dfbe6214211549dbab65fc3647b37d1853307c76b7563931d352734ec93 | ['bc604d12a6474ec8b3e7ed398141fb01'] | Each person described in this story gives me hope in the election process. Ms. <PERSON>, who is hosting the organizers, is NOT a billionaire -- but opening her house to these organizers is generous and effective, and really the best kind of citizen participation in national politics. Thanks for reporting on this. |
aa5ef90422af30bad52e22071de92fa17f7522630e5d52cb9ff1bc3e8a8be716 | ['bc855cbdec9d48418ff38a81670e2463'] | Yet another of <PERSON>'s actions, repulsive to the concept of intelligence, repulsive to the concept of America.
Anyone, who knows anything about this virus and about bioweapons labs, knows that it bares all the markers of a Nazi Russian virus.
Why would China attack itself?
Look at which countries have been mo... | 260cf267e09779f78a2183125621722b77f026db59ace637330024dfe288ba26 | ['bc855cbdec9d48418ff38a81670e2463'] | In my several decades of reading and studying law, politics, government, I never anticipated military leadership, more prudent than a power-happy president ready to use the military on civilians in the US.
We are still in a precarious position, but, Wow.
I read in the papers this morning, that DOD told the Guard to... |
1d2be9ca348a25ab730e9260cf0aee1b4a8a2f9cc1a9d19a3e3db4aa77c5207a | ['bc9fc082c21b4f1c9e97e4068ebdfedb'] | <PERSON> I feel your pain, and I thank you for your work during the pandemic. But look at it this way--at least if he is out golfing, he's not doing much damage. I'm more afraid of having him in the White House coming up with stupid ideas based on recommendations made by Fox News personalities. It's not like he would b... | 03dd8b29bad5240c3734ac0752a35f571173121343d920f863be8d2f916067b0 | ['bc9fc082c21b4f1c9e97e4068ebdfedb'] | Although I tended to vote Democrat more than half the time, I used to respect the opposing party and believe that they were just people with different opinions who followed their consciences and their principles the same way I did.
After <PERSON>'s attempts to steal this election with the GOP enabling him, I will neve... |
a298205e86959662cff1ded044fee1afceed6f5bd4340e3b757cada1355ed4a3 | ['bca65d94e5ff4a89b811fc393b88e3e4'] | Why are we still wasting our breath complaining about <PERSON>? He's done & over, let's please move on to opinion and discussion about issues that matter. I get he's an easy target, increases readership and it's easy to be adored by readers, but his time is done. Let's get back to work! | 3e0fdcf0c6131a2d15098d49d92998e48086fe40450ba58a528859f26cedeccc | ['bca65d94e5ff4a89b811fc393b88e3e4'] | 1. Being a voice of reason and fact in an otherwise cold, uncaring and criminal regime. 2. Standing up to that regime at the risk of his career and possibly his life. 3. He vaccinated <PERSON>. The last is clearly a jest, but his addressing that question eased the fears of countless children and their parents. |
270c185cdee812a5d00c6bf1f99412f89836f2da4b1cc89c4aba46da8e91b1fd | ['bcac1d92d8604945871b819684443376'] | I well remember <PERSON> calling from some small town in Mississippi, to the FBI, appealing for help and protection from the violent & aggressive mob of white-supremacist, lynch-minded klansman surrounding the building where he and other Snick voter registration volunteers were sheltering; and the ('blind') F B eyes,... | 6a3f9002515cf831fbe168abe2a0e69524733556a58a4da7ef41086c87ee0bd8 | ['bcac1d92d8604945871b819684443376'] | <PERSON> #-Once again, an acknowledged right-wing extremist, untrained, unprofessional, but well-equipped, an immature, 17-year-old self-appointed vigilante, after murdering 2 people, has been arrested and arraigned without being harmed in any way; while a mature, professionally behaving security volunteer specializi... |
a775202f22af35de7370a3d4adf3409d4975571a7f511fc3d75de2b4c0d86de2 | ['bcd56555994449a0a7b4fb8826ccdd14'] | Everyone should email the US Bank CEO registering your shock at their treatment of their employees. I recently emailed my concern of their closing of my local branch and leaving those wonderful branch employees without a job.
Here's his email address. <a href="mailto:<EMAIL_ADDRESS>"><EMAIL_ADDRESS></a> | a3f742577ae3f590fe884583fa88bf230bb96ab39392698fc34733d62afc0637 | ['bcd56555994449a0a7b4fb8826ccdd14'] | Pleased to report that Turkish Airlines refunded my April roundtrip ticket. I was told it may take up to 90 days to post, but the refund has already posted to my credit card. They will not refund the cost of upgraded seats, but have offered a voucher or miles. All in all, happy with their quick response & refund! |
5df0f262f642efa532404275bf93cd7f52239b88e22d6121605720d12a4f4ac1 | ['bceb63313c634e39bee64bbf990301fe'] | And add Dandelion Communitea Cafe (Vegan restaurant with its own garden to supply the herbs and veggies) in Orlando, FL--a gathering place for young hipsters and old hippies with great food, artisan desserts, excellent teas, drum circles, arts/crafts market nights and live music. Although this one is tainted by the fa... | 51b06f5fbf96662c6ce82a9e06a73a19518f0aa9adfdcaab414bf8f4eac8cb99 | ['bceb63313c634e39bee64bbf990301fe'] | I really wish people would stop throwing around terms like "socialism" that they don't understand the meaning of, and just look at the actual policy proposals. <PERSON> has been fighting an unfair system that favors the wealthy, punishes the poor, and allows unchecked environmental destruction in the name of profit. ... |
131fb85e49427bc7e96c0c7da04073abb80ec13d19491f5eb6e7555302fe92a8 | ['bcf40b24fef34c1a81d2a29687762fba'] | @Socrates In addition to superior public health systems, these countries citizens, Canada included, believe in science and that their tax dollars be used for the benefit of all of their citizens. Canadian politicians did not politicize the pandemic, followed the medical experts advice and provided clear fact based com... | a36fc3f122c2f9f7cdf20457f9605fa933c514ccfe582851b874b8b6d5419862 | ['bcf40b24fef34c1a81d2a29687762fba'] | <PERSON> Canada's elections are publicly funded with no corporation monies allowed and a low cap on individual contributions. As well, all Canadians, are registered to vote by ticking off a box on their tax returns or can easily register to vote if they had not filed taxes the previous year. No gerry mandering, no vo... |
59a89e2923239989cc19b0c8f04fa2c2bb121addea9d37dc868eec1f098dd11d | ['bd1dadbc583949679c2b6b7facd1cef1'] | I was just speaking with four intelligent, educated young men, in their thirties, from Los Angeles.
Wearing a mask is a violation of their constitutional rights, doncha know. Besides, only old and sick people get it, and the media is exaggerating.
How on earth can these thoughts get in their heads? Oh, wait - guess... | f5aa8b758e9045c76f8a4f875114fc9b62afce29c14450b142c08de46abbd88d | ['bd1dadbc583949679c2b6b7facd1cef1'] | "We expect the pull of history, precedent and logic will give the Supreme Court the wisdom to defend the institutions of accountability for our political leaders and safeguard the rule of law."
I don't. <PERSON> <PERSON> has been stocking the courts for this moment. Next, it's bye-bye elections.
Supreme "Leader",... |
8958c1aa769cbcf5a9f444be195bae3d8c7b45a31a3986a0ea3468f98ced94b8 | ['bd5ead7f175948d5b1ee30a4b2043a8f'] | Up here in British Columbia, our outbreak has been managed about as well as can be expected...but the numbers are sobering. Out of 70-something deaths, I believe it was over 60% that were related to care homes. Across Canada, 50% of our total deaths are from care home outbreaks. | 9a00d5c91072e9f053ab3430b2bdc3cf5f746cfb12af4fb59fa82ef2e096ddbc | ['bd5ead7f175948d5b1ee30a4b2043a8f'] | I'm an American who lives with my family in BC just 5 miles north of this border...we used to regularly visit Point Roberts and the US mainland a bit further away. What this article didn't mention (unless I missed it) is that Point Roberts only has a primary school. In normal times, children who stay in the US system... |
c0ee8fbbd1c721f9a36174950158e35061239f00d0d0bc868bd4907ea962a7f5 | ['bdda9772052f412a80b90ab821845235'] | Irresponsible article. At the end of the article it is incorrectly stated that a person wearing a mask will be somewhat protected from the last passenger who rode inside the elevator. This is the first time this reader has ever heard from any professional that wearing a mask helps to protect you from the virus. The onl... | acf6cd9eef54df3a94819cda32e9feb059e1ab67a85ffd1085f2284e2d1aa360 | ['bdda9772052f412a80b90ab821845235'] | I disagree <PERSON>. We need to vaccinate children as soon as the science confirms it is safe. Anti vaxxers are extreme dangerous to our society, in particular the elderly and sick. The big problem is that many ignorant people have lost faith in science due to having an ignorant president leading this country with erro... |
add320a91e7f5e3cb180222efa555b4b0ea8ac59006a44af7a8f0a3803b07755 | ['bdee12ab9dde491fa2e43c952b35deab'] | <PERSON> For all of us, I ask that you not give up. People gave up in pre-war Germany. That, as we know, did not end well. The US certainly has its issues, both internally and externally. But the people will prevail. My hope is that this starts on election day. If <PERSON> should move to assume power, then we'll have ... | 9901584960a4b1c051203208ef68ed42e69ec415e4d97e2145047ba8f1cdf266 | ['bdee12ab9dde491fa2e43c952b35deab'] | Limiting the aid available to students from so-called wealthy families is a trap. I'm middle-middle class and probably make too much to qualify my children for need-based financial aid. Yet I do not (absolutely do not) have the cash on hand to pay the costs that colleges now charge. So I can't get my kids the aid, and ... |
44316304b0361d1c7a18dcaf56c5380166cd26afe238fb4b381a6e50eaa61046 | ['be57f68e3d1d434799ca6ab7aeb52909'] | <PERSON> I agree with your statement. It is undeniable that subjects such as math and history are necessary for our education, but it should not stop there. Students need to be taught about sexuality and sex education. Along with this, there needs to be a greater focus on mental health. I believe that health, whether p... | 902032457267be9b92aa17007aa34c24d034563a913be4977e644a5ebb78a4a0 | ['be57f68e3d1d434799ca6ab7aeb52909'] | <PERSON> I disagree with your stance on the death penalty. I recognize your sentiment that serial killers should not be allowed to sleep at night, however I believe that the issue with the death penalty lies far deeper than that. The problem arises in that there are people wrongly accused of horrible crimes and end up ... |
d4f9dc320fba902d45770b140d3b9b6c9e506a6bf3256a345a3437ea700cb2f2 | ['be73c47c2eeb4a398b906654a6dd99b4'] | URL: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/style/tiktok-teen-politics-gen-z.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/style/tiktok-teen-politics-gen-z.html</a>
Tiktok has been a popular platform to post short videos about dancing or lip-syncing. However, recently it has been used to express diffe... | c75ca65597aedcba3b0549b7e51bce23026f5de63e2c2585ed9eda426143c6e3 | ['be73c47c2eeb4a398b906654a6dd99b4'] | URL:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/arts/music/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-review.html?searchResultPosition=2" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/arts/music/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-review.html?searchResultPosition=2</a>
The worldwide famous K-pop group named BTS had success in their recent album, M... |
623f3929f21ee94bca99039113d0b18d684aec5ef23fd86a3ee1026ad95e9e3b | ['be7791965e16454e99e921ee9e32e301'] | @Joe Exactly. Being a hard working entrepreneur who builds a big company then successfully runs NYC is a BAD thing. Not to mention that he gives millions to climate/environmental and gun control causes. Lets just have <PERSON> instead, since <PERSON> doesn't shine in a tit for tat hideous debate forum with several ... | 76cac2dcaf3e0c47683ae347ad7414ead460abb7329643599f9d8c0189a540cc | ['be7791965e16454e99e921ee9e32e301'] | You must not be from NYC. Dealing drugs (crack/meth) openly in NYC has been tolerated to an increasing extent over the past 6 years (ie Washington Square). Is anyone surprised that we have addicts suffering and strewn all over the village under our beautiful sidewalk sheds? Thanks <PERSON> you’re doing great, keep it... |
2410028da3487013b240caf0f8f6a8ce7ef4967e1b1503388d4c0fd745a217b5 | ['bed9d78e3d484f9c98db3d5b0f6028f9'] | I feel as if I have been receiving a high quality education because most of my teachers are trying their best to accommodate for students as well as providing opportunities for students that need a better grasp at a certain topic, office hours and tutoring. Before the pandemic my teachers were all wonderful about supp... | 224ec925510063f41b8c768c648a01e1446fc1b95e4f1f4d11fc99a2f79a647b | ['bed9d78e3d484f9c98db3d5b0f6028f9'] | @K <PERSON> i agree! adults tend to push students on how important college is but even after scholarships and fasfa it sometimes just isn’t enough. college decides what kind of job that we end up with in the future so it should be more accessible to us, it’ll encourage many more students and families to grow and the am... |
b64cc7f1a9d4767dd3b0bd9a8f83e147bf6af8a74306a127bb951c50ffd3811f | ['bf21670b586e48cab5a1ae9400784981'] | You are choosing to discriminate against people who suffer from autoimmune diseases and can not eat gluten, grains, sugar, etc without getting sick. Thousands of people with IBD, RA, HS and other autoimmune or auto inflammatory chronic illnesses have chosen to successfully treat their disease by following medical diets... | aeda0ca19941f0766238d56526e9c635f0610f1ae58fb9797ac664d4231b9637 | ['bf21670b586e48cab5a1ae9400784981'] | @mouseone There are few plants that are suitable substitutes for animal protein and most of those are legumes. Legumes are another food group that is often restricted in the diets I've mentioned above. With a simple internet search, you can find many specifics of these various medical, healing diets. If you would li... |
f867d64468358a04dd82a4e418d43253f29187648b4af8ca262b9fd4d48d4454 | ['bf51b19d33054c49bd6eafdf2ddb36b2'] | The only possible silver lining to the great satan being reelected would be that <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and their daddy remain outside of New York City for four more years to reduce the embarrassing contamination risks of their existence on this planet.
Otherwise there are no other possible silver linings to such a scena... | 254ea7b49ab692084f854dd69b4999a50a7630c18b86e331e06369f5c4afcfd0 | ['bf51b19d33054c49bd6eafdf2ddb36b2'] | The lesson which will be learned by the Democrats is as follows: Promising elaborate "plans" and schemes in debates and on the campaign trail is just grtuitous nonsense, which 90% or more of Ameican voters and 75% of Democrats do not not believe will ever happen. Debates are nonsense. <PERSON> got the job done well und... |
1583a42e621e4b55da0b05621c03f7cabe5e8cf611ba0937417dc6d99abc001a | ['bf62b24b789641089af557b7a5452871'] | What I keep "hearing" when reading about all of these experiences, is how much pain the crazy parents were in. The tragedy is that there wasn't any help for those crazies, or if there was, the crazies couldn't accept it. We are luckier today in that we do have access to help from psychotherapists (be sure to find a go... | c81a3195be43c4aacc14e9f80e93547573791e4087af9e0074d11a4c37762e82 | ['bf62b24b789641089af557b7a5452871'] | Thanks to the author for calling out this destructive snobbery. It is, among other things, a form of poverty shaming. Not everyone can afford college. Some need to work in order to survive and help their families. With a solid level of ability in reading, listening, and discussion (all of which would be achieved by the... |
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