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Classic Bayesian inference error. If A then B is not equivalent to if B then A. But it worked for Johnny Cochran in the OJ Simpson trial, who (correctly) argued that the percentage of verified wife beaters who go on to murder their wives is very, very small, but also ignored the fact that the percentage of verified wif...
bayesian inference
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Classic Bayesian inference error. If A then B is not equivalent to if B then A. But it worked for Johnny Cochran in the OJ Simpson trial, who (correctly) argued that the percentage of verified wife beaters who go on to murder their wives is very, very small, but also ignored the fact that the percentage of verified wif...
oj simpson trial
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I'm deeply concerned but not amazed of the comments of Mr. Montaner. So far Cuba is no longer in the Soviet Union orbit and there's a lot of change in the government's behavior since Fidel Castro is no longer in front of the executive of the Comunist Party. I think Mr. Montaner should pay more attention to the latest p...
the u.s.
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I'm deeply concerned but not amazed of the comments of Mr. Montaner. So far Cuba is no longer in the Soviet Union orbit and there's a lot of change in the government's behavior since Fidel Castro is no longer in front of the executive of the Comunist Party. I think Mr. Montaner should pay more attention to the latest p...
politics
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I'm deeply concerned but not amazed of the comments of Mr. Montaner. So far Cuba is no longer in the Soviet Union orbit and there's a lot of change in the government's behavior since Fidel Castro is no longer in front of the executive of the Comunist Party. I think Mr. Montaner should pay more attention to the latest p...
cuba embargo
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I'm deeply concerned but not amazed of the comments of Mr. Montaner. So far Cuba is no longer in the Soviet Union orbit and there's a lot of change in the government's behavior since Fidel Castro is no longer in front of the executive of the Comunist Party. I think Mr. Montaner should pay more attention to the latest p...
sanctions
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I'm deeply concerned but not amazed of the comments of Mr. Montaner. So far Cuba is no longer in the Soviet Union orbit and there's a lot of change in the government's behavior since Fidel Castro is no longer in front of the executive of the Comunist Party. I think Mr. Montaner should pay more attention to the latest p...
cuba
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I'm deeply concerned but not amazed of the comments of Mr. Montaner. So far Cuba is no longer in the Soviet Union orbit and there's a lot of change in the government's behavior since Fidel Castro is no longer in front of the executive of the Comunist Party. I think Mr. Montaner should pay more attention to the latest p...
cuba-us relations
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Ms. Maryann Keller has no awareness of social accounting. Her logic is based solely on a dollars and cents, profit and loss mentality. If she would factor in the savings in health costs from pollution eliminated and political advantage from elimination of middle east oil dependence perhaps she might see the light.
electric cars
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Ms. Maryann Keller has no awareness of social accounting. Her logic is based solely on a dollars and cents, profit and loss mentality. If she would factor in the savings in health costs from pollution eliminated and political advantage from elimination of middle east oil dependence perhaps she might see the light.
environmental policy
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Ms. Maryann Keller has no awareness of social accounting. Her logic is based solely on a dollars and cents, profit and loss mentality. If she would factor in the savings in health costs from pollution eliminated and political advantage from elimination of middle east oil dependence perhaps she might see the light.
oil dependence
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Ms. Maryann Keller has no awareness of social accounting. Her logic is based solely on a dollars and cents, profit and loss mentality. If she would factor in the savings in health costs from pollution eliminated and political advantage from elimination of middle east oil dependence perhaps she might see the light.
health cost
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Ms. Maryann Keller has no awareness of social accounting. Her logic is based solely on a dollars and cents, profit and loss mentality. If she would factor in the savings in health costs from pollution eliminated and political advantage from elimination of middle east oil dependence perhaps she might see the light.
social accounting
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Ms. Maryann Keller has no awareness of social accounting. Her logic is based solely on a dollars and cents, profit and loss mentality. If she would factor in the savings in health costs from pollution eliminated and political advantage from elimination of middle east oil dependence perhaps she might see the light.
middle east oil
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I'm amazed that so many of the comments on this piece seem to be comparing the usefulness of cursive to other forms of handwriting. I think this ignores the larger point, which is that hand-written print is largely dead outside of school. Any significant time spent learning or practicing handwriting instead of, say, cr...
computer education
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I'm amazed that so many of the comments on this piece seem to be comparing the usefulness of cursive to other forms of handwriting. I think this ignores the larger point, which is that hand-written print is largely dead outside of school. Any significant time spent learning or practicing handwriting instead of, say, cr...
hand-written print and cursive
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I'm amazed that so many of the comments on this piece seem to be comparing the usefulness of cursive to other forms of handwriting. I think this ignores the larger point, which is that hand-written print is largely dead outside of school. Any significant time spent learning or practicing handwriting instead of, say, cr...
cursive
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I'm amazed that so many of the comments on this piece seem to be comparing the usefulness of cursive to other forms of handwriting. I think this ignores the larger point, which is that hand-written print is largely dead outside of school. Any significant time spent learning or practicing handwriting instead of, say, cr...
cursive handwriting
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
noncompete deals
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
overseas manufacturing
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
company
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
labor laws
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
noncompete agreements
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
off shore manufacturing
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How ironic in which for decades now companies have been moving their manufacturing to low wage off shore locations to boost their profits yet they feel it necessary to attempt to legally inhibit an employee from moving on to a a better opportunity with another organization? Quite laughable when you think China, in part...
offshore manufacturing
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All the people who decry inequity and blame the 1% for the country's ills ought to focus on eliminating gambling. The participants are generally poorer, less educated, and perhaps unaware of the odds. Why should the state sanction this type of activity? Liberals (and some conservatives) love gambling because it is a ne...
a gamble
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All the people who decry inequity and blame the 1% for the country's ills ought to focus on eliminating gambling. The participants are generally poorer, less educated, and perhaps unaware of the odds. Why should the state sanction this type of activity? Liberals (and some conservatives) love gambling because it is a ne...
gamble
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All the people who decry inequity and blame the 1% for the country's ills ought to focus on eliminating gambling. The participants are generally poorer, less educated, and perhaps unaware of the odds. Why should the state sanction this type of activity? Liberals (and some conservatives) love gambling because it is a ne...
equity
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All the people who decry inequity and blame the 1% for the country's ills ought to focus on eliminating gambling. The participants are generally poorer, less educated, and perhaps unaware of the odds. Why should the state sanction this type of activity? Liberals (and some conservatives) love gambling because it is a ne...
casinos
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All the people who decry inequity and blame the 1% for the country's ills ought to focus on eliminating gambling. The participants are generally poorer, less educated, and perhaps unaware of the odds. Why should the state sanction this type of activity? Liberals (and some conservatives) love gambling because it is a ne...
gamble
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All the people who decry inequity and blame the 1% for the country's ills ought to focus on eliminating gambling. The participants are generally poorer, less educated, and perhaps unaware of the odds. Why should the state sanction this type of activity? Liberals (and some conservatives) love gambling because it is a ne...
income inequality
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"It would be similar to pushing back the outfield fence in baseball, and nobody wants to see fewer home runs." Right on one count, wrong on the other. Hey, I know, let's lower the rim so everyone can dunk. Then it'll be even better, right? The assumption that fans are too stupid to appreciate nuance is why modern baske...
rim
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"It would be similar to pushing back the outfield fence in baseball, and nobody wants to see fewer home runs." Right on one count, wrong on the other. Hey, I know, let's lower the rim so everyone can dunk. Then it'll be even better, right? The assumption that fans are too stupid to appreciate nuance is why modern baske...
sport
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"It would be similar to pushing back the outfield fence in baseball, and nobody wants to see fewer home runs." Right on one count, wrong on the other. Hey, I know, let's lower the rim so everyone can dunk. Then it'll be even better, right? The assumption that fans are too stupid to appreciate nuance is why modern baske...
modern sports
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"It would be similar to pushing back the outfield fence in baseball, and nobody wants to see fewer home runs." Right on one count, wrong on the other. Hey, I know, let's lower the rim so everyone can dunk. Then it'll be even better, right? The assumption that fans are too stupid to appreciate nuance is why modern baske...
outfield fence
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"It would be similar to pushing back the outfield fence in baseball, and nobody wants to see fewer home runs." Right on one count, wrong on the other. Hey, I know, let's lower the rim so everyone can dunk. Then it'll be even better, right? The assumption that fans are too stupid to appreciate nuance is why modern baske...
home runs
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
workplace
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
delivery services
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
delivery charges
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
tipping workers
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
delivery charge
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
restaurants
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
people who make deliveries
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
none
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
tip
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It gets worse - far worse - for those people who make deliveries. It is extremely hard - if not impossible - to convey to a customer that a "delivery charge" is not a tip, especially when the vendors used to promise "free delivery". Greedy shop operators take their cut off the top. Drivers need to be paid for the use o...
delivery driver tupping
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
tfa
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
teachers for america
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
tfa
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
the status of teachers
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
tfa
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
tfa
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The idea behind TFA is that simply a high GPA from a prestigious university will make one a great teacher. Anybody can do the job. Ha! Within two to three years, the majority of TFA are looking for any way to get out of the classroom. Some of the more notable failures, such as DC's Michele Rhee, then can parley their b...
teacher
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There isn't enough Lithium, nickel and other minerals to manufacture the volume of batteries they are talking about. Any day now they'll be a lithium cartel forming in the image of OPEC and we'll be in the same bad situation. Hydrogen is the best solution. Talk about the lack of infrastructure for Hydrogen is just defe...
electric cars
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There isn't enough Lithium, nickel and other minerals to manufacture the volume of batteries they are talking about. Any day now they'll be a lithium cartel forming in the image of OPEC and we'll be in the same bad situation. Hydrogen is the best solution. Talk about the lack of infrastructure for Hydrogen is just defe...
battery
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There isn't enough Lithium, nickel and other minerals to manufacture the volume of batteries they are talking about. Any day now they'll be a lithium cartel forming in the image of OPEC and we'll be in the same bad situation. Hydrogen is the best solution. Talk about the lack of infrastructure for Hydrogen is just defe...
hydrogen
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There isn't enough Lithium, nickel and other minerals to manufacture the volume of batteries they are talking about. Any day now they'll be a lithium cartel forming in the image of OPEC and we'll be in the same bad situation. Hydrogen is the best solution. Talk about the lack of infrastructure for Hydrogen is just defe...
hydrogen energy
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There isn't enough Lithium, nickel and other minerals to manufacture the volume of batteries they are talking about. Any day now they'll be a lithium cartel forming in the image of OPEC and we'll be in the same bad situation. Hydrogen is the best solution. Talk about the lack of infrastructure for Hydrogen is just defe...
battery
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There isn't enough Lithium, nickel and other minerals to manufacture the volume of batteries they are talking about. Any day now they'll be a lithium cartel forming in the image of OPEC and we'll be in the same bad situation. Hydrogen is the best solution. Talk about the lack of infrastructure for Hydrogen is just defe...
hydrogen
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There is far too much intellectual relativism being discussed in this thread. What was once considered to be valuable to intelligence is not exactly the same now. We need to get over this idea of "well, my kids do not even know all the state capitals!" Of course they don't. There is no need to know something off the to...
people
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There is far too much intellectual relativism being discussed in this thread. What was once considered to be valuable to intelligence is not exactly the same now. We need to get over this idea of "well, my kids do not even know all the state capitals!" Of course they don't. There is no need to know something off the to...
intellectual relativism
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There is far too much intellectual relativism being discussed in this thread. What was once considered to be valuable to intelligence is not exactly the same now. We need to get over this idea of "well, my kids do not even know all the state capitals!" Of course they don't. There is no need to know something off the to...
change school curriculum
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There is far too much intellectual relativism being discussed in this thread. What was once considered to be valuable to intelligence is not exactly the same now. We need to get over this idea of "well, my kids do not even know all the state capitals!" Of course they don't. There is no need to know something off the to...
school
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There is no economic argument for taxing income differently, depending on its source; income is income. Such arguments as we typically hear are theological debates, whose partisans hope to pave their way to a personal vision of heaven. The double taxation argument is groundless; in the first case there are many other e...
capital gains
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There is no economic argument for taxing income differently, depending on its source; income is income. Such arguments as we typically hear are theological debates, whose partisans hope to pave their way to a personal vision of heaven. The double taxation argument is groundless; in the first case there are many other e...
taxation
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There is no economic argument for taxing income differently, depending on its source; income is income. Such arguments as we typically hear are theological debates, whose partisans hope to pave their way to a personal vision of heaven. The double taxation argument is groundless; in the first case there are many other e...
income tax
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What are these " certain standards of responsibility and commitment?" I can only recall an age requirement. And why is it that conservatives always want a big government program to restrict individual liberty? Any idea of the cost providing each ex-con a review to determine if they have reformed enough to vote? People ...
felons
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What are these " certain standards of responsibility and commitment?" I can only recall an age requirement. And why is it that conservatives always want a big government program to restrict individual liberty? Any idea of the cost providing each ex-con a review to determine if they have reformed enough to vote? People ...
convict
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What are these " certain standards of responsibility and commitment?" I can only recall an age requirement. And why is it that conservatives always want a big government program to restrict individual liberty? Any idea of the cost providing each ex-con a review to determine if they have reformed enough to vote? People ...
conservative
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"Establishing it as a third legal drug, along with tobacco and alcohol, will increase drug abuse, including the expanding opioid epidemic." Well, if the problem is that legalizing Marijuana will make for three legal drugs...then why don't we make tobacco illegal, or alcohol. Both of those drugs have vastly more deaths ...
marijuana legalization
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"Establishing it as a third legal drug, along with tobacco and alcohol, will increase drug abuse, including the expanding opioid epidemic." Well, if the problem is that legalizing Marijuana will make for three legal drugs...then why don't we make tobacco illegal, or alcohol. Both of those drugs have vastly more deaths ...
legalized drugs
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"Establishing it as a third legal drug, along with tobacco and alcohol, will increase drug abuse, including the expanding opioid epidemic." Well, if the problem is that legalizing Marijuana will make for three legal drugs...then why don't we make tobacco illegal, or alcohol. Both of those drugs have vastly more deaths ...
scare tactics
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"Establishing it as a third legal drug, along with tobacco and alcohol, will increase drug abuse, including the expanding opioid epidemic." Well, if the problem is that legalizing Marijuana will make for three legal drugs...then why don't we make tobacco illegal, or alcohol. Both of those drugs have vastly more deaths ...
marijuana
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"Establishing it as a third legal drug, along with tobacco and alcohol, will increase drug abuse, including the expanding opioid epidemic." Well, if the problem is that legalizing Marijuana will make for three legal drugs...then why don't we make tobacco illegal, or alcohol. Both of those drugs have vastly more deaths ...
marijuana
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"Establishing it as a third legal drug, along with tobacco and alcohol, will increase drug abuse, including the expanding opioid epidemic." Well, if the problem is that legalizing Marijuana will make for three legal drugs...then why don't we make tobacco illegal, or alcohol. Both of those drugs have vastly more deaths ...
marijuana legalization
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
a tax break
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
tax break
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
tax breaks
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
parents' irrational attitude to kids
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
home schoolers
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
tax break for taking kids out of school
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Although this might work if everyone were reasonable, I can imagine people pulling their kids out of school just to get a tax break and buy a computer. The parent then monopolizes the computer all day, ignoring the kid, and the kid ends up learning next to nothing. When the kid gets tested, he's labeled learning disabl...
home schooling kids
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Patients consult the internet out of desperation, because they've gotten no help from doctors who spend 5 minutes with them before moving on to the next patient. I've seen it over and over in my own family: A parent with late onset Type 1 diabetes who spent 2 years in the ER with glucose readings well over 400, because...
medical websites
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Patients consult the internet out of desperation, because they've gotten no help from doctors who spend 5 minutes with them before moving on to the next patient. I've seen it over and over in my own family: A parent with late onset Type 1 diabetes who spent 2 years in the ER with glucose readings well over 400, because...
online consulting
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Patients consult the internet out of desperation, because they've gotten no help from doctors who spend 5 minutes with them before moving on to the next patient. I've seen it over and over in my own family: A parent with late onset Type 1 diabetes who spent 2 years in the ER with glucose readings well over 400, because...
automedication
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Patients consult the internet out of desperation, because they've gotten no help from doctors who spend 5 minutes with them before moving on to the next patient. I've seen it over and over in my own family: A parent with late onset Type 1 diabetes who spent 2 years in the ER with glucose readings well over 400, because...
medical malpractice
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
federal funding
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
federal funding for patent holders
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
government
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
science
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
patent holder
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
patent
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
companies
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
science achievements
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I have been angry for many years that most scientific breakthroughs are the result of Federal funding but the US Gov't and Taxpayers are never patent holders. The system is crooked and rigged in favor of avaricious lawyers and their corporate clients (are there any other kind?).
medical patents
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The comments here are so odd ... not many fans of the game here. Dunks are difficult to achieve, especially with the defenses that are now common in the NBA. What LeBron does isn't 'easy' by any means. The standards of the game have risen since the 'good old days', and the dunk is one weapon (and not the primary weapon...
dunk
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The comments here are so odd ... not many fans of the game here. Dunks are difficult to achieve, especially with the defenses that are now common in the NBA. What LeBron does isn't 'easy' by any means. The standards of the game have risen since the 'good old days', and the dunk is one weapon (and not the primary weapon...
nba
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The comments here are so odd ... not many fans of the game here. Dunks are difficult to achieve, especially with the defenses that are now common in the NBA. What LeBron does isn't 'easy' by any means. The standards of the game have risen since the 'good old days', and the dunk is one weapon (and not the primary weapon...
the nba
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The comments here are so odd ... not many fans of the game here. Dunks are difficult to achieve, especially with the defenses that are now common in the NBA. What LeBron does isn't 'easy' by any means. The standards of the game have risen since the 'good old days', and the dunk is one weapon (and not the primary weapon...
lebron
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"...wait some period of time to ensure that the felon has actually turned over a new leaf." The release from prison after having met all the criteria for the sentence affirms their debt to society has been met, but you want to impose more? Pray tell, how does one satisfy the "new leaf" criteria? How long does it take? ...
felons
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