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Slow down there killer: in citing numbers of deaths and damage to the economy, you would have to subtract those who likely would have died and economic costs to the economy, HAD WE HAD COMPETENT LEADERSHIP. So you would have to benchmark, say, Germany, per capita and per GDP.
Not that it changes the story much, but you might as well get it right.
On the merits, <PERSON> and <PERSON> blundered in Vietnam, but Republicans have been recklessly and often treasonously destroying America since <PERSON>. (A good case for treason can be made for both <PERSON> and <PERSON>. <PERSON> said "he forgot," and half-wit probably did.)
But THAT's the story here. <PERSON> is just the Republican Party mildly amplified. Our reputation is in tatters along with our once vaunted middle class, and they have pushed the status of republican government in the world to the edge of a cliff.
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@Kevin <PERSON> never got to "pack" the court. Was the New Deal an attempt at social justice? Yes.
<PERSON>, <PERSON>, and <PERSON>, passed when the fillibuster was in place. Republicans had a veto. Thus they are each basically centrist on everything but abortion, where of course there is no center.
The bipartisan process that resulted in a court that almost never strayed from majority public opinion has been destroyed . . by the Republicans. And now we have a court that will almost never stray from specifically Republican public opinion. That's a new system and a new Court.
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As a US citizen I am very concerned with Mr. <PERSON>'s ongoing lies about the legitimacy of Mr. <PERSON>'s win. I think the Democratic party has to counter these lies with continuous and forceful pushback. Not doing so allows the Republicans an opportunity to pollute the airways with an illegitimate narrative.
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I came upon this painting about 20 years ago when I was in Munich and knew little about the artist. I had an intense reaction to it, feeling that somehow <PERSON> showed how it was possible to reveal one's deepest self and create something of beauty, that he was showing us a way to be fully human. Thanks for this article.
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@Fourteen14
So you are saying masks don't help at all? Don't you think it is better to cutt down the spread than to risk someone else's life? You don't know if a random person, who's face you breath into, has an underlying condition that the virus thrives on.
This is a new virus that we still don't know everything about. It's best to do the best you can to protect others even if there isn't enough data collected in time to your standard. Doctors, nurses, hospital staff wear masks and other PPE for a reason.
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@Fourteen14
First,you need to research how a N95 mask is made and how it works.
Second, <PERSON> never said masks didn't work. You got fooled by <PERSON>, <PERSON>, etc. He said to not wear masks in the begining of the pandemic when it was just oregon and New York with tons of cases. He said to not wear masks so people don't go out and buy PPE when there was a massive shortage for health care workers. Watch his testimony.
Third, look up a study done by FAU about the effectivness of different facial coverings
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@Spiral Architect
The problem is that the "narrative that black people are being systematically hunted and exterminated by police" is real life to many POC in this country. There is a consistent pattern of overreaction and escalation by law enforcement in dealing with POC across this nation.
It is easy to deflect by parcing details, specifics and technicalities of each of these broad swath of cases of police actions that lead to the deaths of both suspects and/or innocents. The big picture remains very clear.
Sadly I think the odds that the murderous teen from Illinois who walked right past police after killing two locals with an AR-15 would have played out differently if that teen had been a POC.
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<PERSON> did not resist arrest and was murdered in cold blood in front of witnesses in broad daylight.
<PERSON> went to bed in her home after going out to dinner with her boyfriend. She was implicated in nothing and was murdered in her own bed by indiscriminate shots from a police officer's gun. What was her bad choice?
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Why is there something wrong with women supporting and encouraging other women without a specific cause or financial component? I have enjoyed scrolling through my feed seeing photographs of friends, new and old, showing themselves they way they want to be seen. Most of the women I know rarely post pictures about themselves, instead it's their families, their pets, their professional projects, spending even less time on themselves these past 4 months. I found this article condescending and tone deaf - as if women are just sheep.
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I find it odd and troubling that the paper needs to continually insert the fact that Mr. <PERSON> is a Harvard graduate in their coverage of this story. How is that relevant to this particular event? It shouldn't matter where he went to college, or even IF he went to college - he should be respected regardless.
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It’s disappointing that The Daily would not not also compare the US coronavirus response to Its closest neighbour to the North. Like most of Europe the Canadian government has stepped up to help those in need during lockdowns and citizens have approached it with a similar sense of civic duty not seen in a politized view down south. Perhaps it is too close to home?
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Further to the comment on the state paying for heathcare in Sweden, that is more the reason for the government to want to be careful to not overwhelm hospitals as is the case in Canada. The US government on the other hand where eveyone pays their own way either directly or through insurance doesn’t seem to care if the hospitals are full as they aren’t footing the bill.
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@Angrymom Unions and the associated "pay higher wages" is great. I agree 100%. BUT ONLY if Americans are willing to pay more for the products in the stores. Are you willing to do that? Products made in high-pay countries will always cost more than products made in low cost countries (or if not, their labor content has been drastically reduced by use of automation). USA people, if they want higher wages, need to seek out the made in USA products.
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@Hɛktər The essential question is, WHAT is her college degree in? Something usable that employers need? Or a feel-good major that has essentially zero demand in the real-world workplaces?
Too many young people get college degrees in majors that only get them...(wait for it!)....minimum wage jobs loading airplanes.
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If you teach math, just compute probability. In my country, Belgium, so far the most affected country, this virus killed about 1 person out of thousands; most of which were elderly people with underlying conditions that would have died within months anyways. It is astounding how people are willing to scarify, their freedom, the democracy, the constitution (of about every free country), the education of their children, etc. for a vague sentiment of security.
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I am writing from Belgium, Europe. Here in Europe various countries have tried various measures with various intensity. Some countries have implemented contact tracing and testing better than others but the outcome of this epifemic is pretty the same in all countries. It is for some people difficult to admit but I think there is for now nothing to do. All of these lockdown in various forms have little impact on the epidemic but a big negative impact on the society. What is exactly the <PERSON> plan? If it is just a variation of what has already tried, and failed; it will fail once more.
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I don't see a <PERSON> candidacy through the same dark lens as Mr. <PERSON>. I believe he would surround himself with a strong cabinet. including people who are currently running against him in the primaries. Whomever he picks as his Vice President could complement him in the areas Mr. <PERSON> has his greatest concerns - including delivering the key states needed for an Electoral College win. Bloomberg's views on income inequality, climate change, and sensible gun safety laws are consistent with what all Democrats would like to concentrate on. Let's run the candidate that <PERSON> fears the most and end this insanity!
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Great article! <PERSON>'s "usual facility with words escaped him" perfectly described what we all saw in his post-round comments. Usually <PERSON> measures his words and focuses solely on his round, the course, or perhaps a playing partner. Playing with <PERSON> allowed him to be the proud parent and he wasn't afraid to admit it. The wind must have kicked up some dust since his eyes certainly were misty!
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<a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm" target="_blank">https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm</a>
kindly look at the footnote of the report:
the overall unemployment rate would have been about 3 percentage points higher than reported (on a not seasonally adjusted basis). However, according to usual practice, the data from the household survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data integrity, no ad hoc actions are taken to reclassify survey responses.
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I just watched <PERSON> address to the Nation, 20 min of facts, clear delineation of the problems, detailed description of the various options and why only one could be retained. No red nor bleu, a solemn call to the Nation to "brutally" close down and be united to get over this. An example of Leadership.
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Greene County has no hospital—true. Yet the Legislature boondoggled a totally unnecessary, monstrously large new jail project that will saddle this poor county with $30 million in new debt. That was the choice that wiped out any chance for a small hospital. Despite aggressive lobbying and truth telling by local activists, the good ole boys pushed this through so they didn’t have to share the Columbia County jail—a far cheaper and highly workable alternative since only a bridge and a few miles lie between that jail and the wasteful Ritz Incarceration being built now. The County Legislature has no standing to tell visitors to stay away due to no hospital. Shameful.
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Although it will be a small percentage of NYC residents who actually leave the city, people in the Upper Hudson Valley remember the post 9/11 mini-exodus and expect it will happen again. It doesn’t take a big number of worried New Yorkers to buy up the limited viable inventory within 2.5 hours of the city. The ability for buyers to drive to the single family homes up here means that coop boards’ ability to bar the doors is a non-factor. Excellent internet in many places, plus the train to NYC, when combined with the true social distancing that defines small town life should spell a banner year for the Upper Hudson Valley market. Nobody here is gloating—let me be clear. It’s just that we saw it before. Welcome—we expect you will enhance your lives and ours.
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@Todd
I agree that it isn't murder, it's at most manslaughter, and the complications of addiction being a disease and the fact that it's unclear if the stillbirth was directly due to the meth use.
I'm curious though, if we removed the addiction and the ambiguity of the cause of the stillbirth, would that change your opinion of whether it was a crime? If she had stabbed the fetus, while being of sound mind, would that be murder?
What if it wasn't the mother? If someone else had stabbed it would that be murder? What if someone spiked her drink with something that caused a stillbirth? At that stage of development, the fetus is fully formed and could be born without being considered premature. Do you think a mother robbed of her child would be satisfied to have the murderer only charged with assault because she hadn't given birth yet?
Of course, the problem is that any law that seeks to criminalize the obviously abominable actions I've mentioned above could lend itself to the abuses you mentioned. Of course, non-fetus-related laws can also be abused and often are. It's a thorny issue.
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@GBR At eight and a half months, the fetus is developed enough that it can survive without the mother; it would not even be considered premature or unhealthy for it to be born at that stage. Is it still a part of the mother's body if it is no longer dependent on that body for survival?
Does personhood begin only when it moves a few feet and exit the mother's body? If it is ridiculous (and it is) to say that personhood begins when two haploid cells merge, it is not also ridiculous to say that it begins when it exits the body and the umbilical cord is cut? Birth does not happen exactly when the body decides the child can survive. There is a range of about 4 weeks for any pregnancy where a birth in that time frame would be considered normal.
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Democrats want to upend any traditional system that does not benefit them all the time. That's why the left has become nothing more than a bunch of babies throwing a collective tempter tantrum when things don't their way. People don't respect the left anymore - they fear the left because they have become so unhinged.
The electoral college seemed to work just fine for the Dems in 2008 and 2012. Nine Supreme Court justices was an acceptable number for 75 years. Dems decided to use the nuclear option in 2013. Now they want to destroy the filibuster.
See a pattern here? Now, why would ANY sane country want to vote your party into power?
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<PERSON>, there are also plenty of white men who no longer feel ashamed by simply being a white male <PERSON> voter. You have tried hard to make us feel ashamed of being "angry", when in fact we are concerned citizens who don't like widespread rioting, cultural condescension that we see constantly from the left, a lurch toward wokeness that tried to cancel anyone who does not toe the line, and fear the continued suppression of relevant stories by a media that no longer even pretends to be objective.
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What an excellent article, and a heartening one too.
<PERSON> makes it clear that any citizen who has a good conscience and the courage to exercise the civic virtue discussed in his piece can make a saving difference.
Moreover, those who possess such courage also have the power to inspire and support those who know what is right, but who may be timorous about converting that knowledge into positive deeds.
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Of all the articles I've read about the pandemic, this is one of the best.
The paragraph beginning with the observation about America's "uniquely individualistic culture," and the following one in which Mr. <PERSON> notes Mr. <PERSON>'s divisiveness and assault on truth, are as concise and clear a summary of America's plight as a reader could wish.
I've always enjoyed your writing, Mr. <PERSON>, and I think this piece is exceptionally good.
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Not only was this puzzle pushing it with respect to theme-within-a-theme, it was clearly made by some people with terrible taste? There are much better emo pop bands than the terribly low-brow ones in that clue. No one would ever get this really obtuse Yale within a word thing, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off has objectively been reassessed to be both a celebration of white male privilege and pre-frat-like behavior of someone like Justice <PERSON>. Scrap this one, and stop celebrating nonsense. I'm all for giving young constructors a chance, but how about people who are less childish and offensive?
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Loved this puzzle, and felt just like you, <PERSON>. I just wonder if the NYT can move on from The Simpsons. We do get it. But let's give some other fictional characters the weight we give them! Otherwise, this one was smooth, and Going Viral is long overdue. Nice work all around, and thank you for it.
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As a cyclist and runner, I find NYC better for outdoor recreation and exercise. While Westchester does have some nice bike paths, ours are pretty great, too, and our beaches are better than theirs. And while Long Island has great beaches, it's mostly terrible for cycling, has almost nothing equivalent to Prospect Park, and I don't think I could get ever get used to jogging around subdivisions.
When I bike outside the city, particularly in Nassau County, it always ends up feeling like less of an escape than I expected it to be.
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I do plenty of online shopping, but only use Amazon once or twice a year. I haven't used it during the current lockdown. I'm not sure why buying from them is often portrayed as unavoidable. I'm not knocking those who say they have no other choice, I just don't quite understand it. I almost always find what I need elsewhere.
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“Close the lid first and then trigger the flushing process,” Dr. <PERSON> said, which he acknowledged isn’t always possible in public bathrooms."
I read about this several years ago and do so at home, but you can't do it in most public bathrooms because there are no lids on toilets.
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<PERSON> I had to 'retire' at the end of 2019 after a WebMD/Georgia Health News report came out in July 2019 that residents of Northwest Atlanta/South Cobb County were being poisoned by ethylene oxide a carcinogen produced by <PERSON> Sotera Health/Sterigenics. I learned that my neurological degeneration and upper respiratory difficulties were due to close exposure EtO. So now I live on $702 Social Security a month. So, yes I could use the stimulus money, at least until I can get another job away from Northwest Atlanta.
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As you mention, some resources are so scarce, such as ventilators, that having cash to throw at better treatment for yourself or loved ones probably won’t help. But the most wealthy are our capitalists. It seems to me just as nature abhors a vacuum, capitalists abhor seeing a problem and not investing in a viable solution. With CAE, 3-d printing, and our modern supply chain, I can’t imagine a guy like <PERSON> or other tech/capitalists with a philanthropic heart, couldn’t be cranking up home delivery of a low cost ventilator solution. When we want to hit the price point for mass market of new technology, we innovate and rethink assumptions, we just need to motivate the right people!
Maybe our free market system, which by the way goes back much further than <PERSON>, is the best among imperfect options, but sometimes we just need to nudge our biggest wallets and brains to compete over something less profitable but more exciting and more important than click through or page rank.
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<PERSON> you stated "The range between 200,000 and 1.7 million deaths in the USA and none of the other figures shall never come true, thank God"
I beg to differ, I think the range is likely to be accurate and that if we get past this with 200,000 U.S. fatalities that will be a success worthy of praise to the medical community and government action,
In a country with 300 million, life is eventually a deadly pursuit for us all, we have to take each threat in perspective- heart disease and cancer kills more of us year after year than anything, yet we still have so much trouble getting people to care enough to make changes in their own lives and choices to prevent it.
Now, we have to teach people not only could their own behavior and choices put their life at risk, but the life of everyone they come within 3 feet of. If this gets out of hand, people should not look at the tv for a face to blame, they should look in the mirror
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"Finally, our training model of “teaching people to be good” is based on the illusion that you can change people’s minds and behaviors by presenting them with new information and new thoughts."
Implying that <PERSON> believes he is accomplishing little by writing these columns. Maybe he believes that most formal education and thought media are a waste of time. I doubt he does believe that ( unless perhaps he's become a closet cynic). Still, a column must be produced and it wouldn't do to simply hand in one that says, "experience is a great way to learn, so public policy should be more geared to creating socially positive experiences, especially for young people."
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The moderators didn't moderate. They exercised no control. They allowed candidates whom they hadn't called on to not only interrupt the designated speaker but to talk constantly during the designated speaker's time. It made no more sense than if the debate rules had allowed everyone to speak simultaneously. the result was chaos. It didn't help the viewers to weigh their choices. How about this: when a speaker is designated, all the other speakers' mics are shut off for at least 30 seconds, or maybe for the full time allotted the designated speaker. Is that beyond our technical capabilities?
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Shame on <PERSON> for forcing Democrats, for which he is not one, to risk their health to vote. His path is slim and it is not worth the risk to the brave souls who go out to vote. Not to mention the motivations of the GOP and SCOTUS. Shame on you in this time of crisis.
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God help us all. <PERSON> may appeal to many people but he can't pull enough votes from rural areas to beat <PERSON>. As long as Fox News poisons the minds of the old who also have strong influence with the young within their families we are set for a second term. Bloomberg is the only chance.
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The article correctly points out the many problems that afflict middle and lower middle America (sometimes indistinguishable), but the solution I think is wrongly placed on effectively servicing the addict. Closing the borders would cause two positive effects - first the minimum wage would rise. It's currently $19.49 in Australia - it would be a similar rate here with a closed border. The second effect, the free flow of drugs across the border into the US would cease. As for jobs - In SE Detroit, before NAFTA and the continued sale of the middle class by politicians of both parties - there was a machine shop on every corner producing high quality parts for the Big 3 - now that's all done in China. But you have to move those machine shops to China because that new lower middle class cannot afford a new car on what we're paying in minimum wage and there are no more machine shops where they may have afforded that new car. Lastly, we probably need the draft back as a social program. Not to create soldiers, but to integrate towns and cities that we are losing. To create responsible citizens and take them out of the cycle of poverty that has been created by blight.
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<PERSON> best opportunity was 2016 - but the corrupt DNC put that fire out. I honestly think he could have beat <PERSON> then - he had the movement mentioned in this article, he has a strong sense of a new morality that encompasses forgotten populations - and his voting base was loyal. He still has that although I think his position is weakened this go around - but I agree - he's still very electable. This upcoming election is <PERSON>'s to lose - and he may. <PERSON> is to be taken seriously.
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I find this disingenuous , to say the least. I have witnessed several statements from <PERSON> on TV where he points to the pitfalls and his aversion to breakdown in law and order in the ongoing protests.
One will vote as she may once in the booth, and nothing will change that. What is the need for distorting the truth to defend an embarrassing choice? Is it that hard to swallow?
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I find the constant ribbing of <PERSON> as a turncoat , or as one who has finally seen the light a bit distasteful. Mr <PERSON> , from what I read in his columns and see on PBS NewsHour, is a thoughtful and articulate columnist whose work I enjoy. That despite disagreeing with him in every fundamental way.
The fact the we both prioritize removing <PERSON> and <PERSON> from power as priority beyond all else is exactly what I would have expected.
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Why is it important for <PERSON> to choose a woman as his Vice-
President? Because that's what will get <PERSON> elected President! <PERSON> has left the voters out of her equation. She has forgotten how energetically and successfully women voters rallied behind <PERSON>. She does not realize that they are waiting for a spark to enlist their energies again!
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Here's another take. There IS a problem with electronic voting systems. In our zeal to counter <PERSON> and his Republican sycophants' claims that this election has been stolen from him--let's not be bamboozled into making wild claims that all our voting systems work to accurately represent the people's actual votes. That's what Republican operatives want us to think as they plan for hacking the next years of elections; that's what they are doing to use this moment to enable them to pull off the next heist. In our zeal to defend the fact that Americans elected <PERSON>-Harris, let's not promote a false sense of security these Republicans are counting on. Yes, <PERSON> won fair and square--but what about down ballot? Where is the oversight there? We know that electronic registration, voting, and tallying systems are hackable. Let's not close our eyes to the vulnerability in our voting systems that remains, endangering our democracy. Let's instead work together to follow the science, and heed the warnings of the cybersecurity experts who have been telling us for years to get rid of these proprietary hackable electronic systems. Go back to paper ballots, and hand counting.
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So, when the country's health care system is looking at a tsunami of resource strain, state governments are admirably vowing to cover all costs to afflicted individuals, and the federal government is cutting checks to try to preserve some minutiae of our income, and inject public funds into private airlines and cruise lines, why, in normal times is public health care, basic income guarantee, and government regulation of industry so scary? We are living in interventionist socialism folks. It has historically been the only curative when capitalism leaves the tracks. Why keep riding this train?
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Mr. <PERSON>. I have to join the large chorus of your readers who are asking you to consider the paradigm of the masses: To wit: "...gold mines for material that <PERSON> can use to portray him as an ideological fringe figure." There is no person on the planet (save himself) of whom <PERSON> won't make outrageously derisive claims. Ask <PERSON>. It's the reality. Get over it. "I’d edit into a campaign commercial and blanket the airwaves." Thank you. Super-helpful. Are you moonlighting? Senate and House Dems are "running away from your platform as fast as they possibly can." That platform is precisely what "the Squad" and so many other successful 2018 congressional races responded to and ran on. Where have you been? "Liberal" is milquetoast apologist for not being "Progressive." We, the great unwashed, demand progressive reform. In this, we have a lot more in common with most 2016 <PERSON> voters than you realize.
<PERSON> was "electable." <PERSON> was "electable." <PERSON> was "electable." <PERSON> was "electable." <PERSON> was "electable." HR <PERSON> was "electable."
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I really like the word articulate and don’t find it to be ethnically, gender, education, or financially based. To me it is as simple as <PERSON> is inarticulate and <PERSON>, even with a speech impediment, is articulate. <PERSON> and <PERSON> are inarticulate and <PERSON> and <PERSON> are articulate. <PERSON> was articulate and so was <PERSON>. It is a method of expression, of cogency, of respect for those who are the audience. And, while some people are naturally articulate, it can be taught. Sure, if one puts a bunch of other qualifiers in there like crisp or clean, etc then that person is probably not articulate because words like calm or nice-looking articulate (or articulation) just really doesn’t make any sense. And saying, <PERSON> has a nice or broad vocabulary doesn’t quite get the compliment that articulate does.
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History according to <PERSON>. Let’s put it this way, <PERSON> had a better chance of beating <PERSON> (and <PERSON>) in 2016 than <PERSON>. He snagged the nomination this time round because of the standing opposition and Bloomberg jumping in too late. He’ll do fine.
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Reportedly US military chiefs recently had to persuade Mr <PERSON> not to start a war with Iran.
Supposedly on the grounds that a departing President should not do such things.
I doubt Mr <PERSON> would have found those grounds persuasive.
I suspect the chiefs told Mr <PERSON> that a successful outcome could not be guaranteed
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In 1776 slavery was unlawful in England but not in its North American colonies. If the Revolution was about property then that property was more than just seized Native American land. To some significant extent it must also have been about property in slaves. The later Texas revolt against Mexico was all about slavery.
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I don't think that anyone not born black, or what is perceived to be black in America, cannot adequately convey what that means.
It is important to understand this and listen to what Americans of color say. Really listen and think before you respond. This especially applies to public figures and politicians, whether it is <PERSON> or anyone else.
If you have questions, ask and listen with an open mind. You will learn and hopefully become a better person.
History did not affect all of our lives equally and we must learn from past mistakes, taking care not to repeat or perpetuate them.
Register to vote even if you already are. Eliminate the possibility that your state will drop you from the voter registration list. Then, get out there and vote!
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The first time I heard about <PERSON> genius, I immediately searched for her videos and became addicted! Her ethnicity never occurred to me until I saw an article and read that she was black. <PERSON>'s astounding success keeps me laughing in a time when little else does. That she is black gives her even more power.
All hail to <PERSON>! May she continue making us smile and laugh!
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Group check-ins work better if there's a specific question asked, not just "How's everybody doing?" The questions can range from fun "If you could travel anywhere today, with money no object, where would you go and why?" to more contemplative, such as rose, thorn, bud, "name something positive that happened today, something negative, and something you look forward to?"
But for the love of God, not every day. That is torture.
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That prime rib analogy doesn’t work. It’s not that the restaurant is subbing a burger. They’re packing up your prime rib and sending you home to eat it.
Same experience? No. Same amount of effort and cost of goods to prepare it? Yes.
I’m currently helping two people work on their upcoming classes—trust me, the amount of work and care is there.
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Our family plays Spelling Bee at the breakfast table. Now that I have moved back into my retirement community, I will miss the 3 computers all clicking away and my grandson, 16, arriving to do it on paper. When we each get to genius (if we do, which is mostly), we then compare which words each has missed. Sometimes we miss queen bee by 1 word which is frustrating. Sometimes one of us gets there. Only discovered during Covid 19... though the Sunday paper puzzle has intrigued us for years. Thank you NYT for providing amusement and frustration early in the morning (not 3AM).
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What I see is the lawmakers from states that are intentionally disenfranchising voters : openly, notoriously and without regard to the constitutional rights of their constituents once more intentionally subverting the legal rights of their constituents to have a fair trial of the President arising from High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Those who are lawyers in the legislatures of their states and who are senators should be disbarred for their failure to follow their oath of office.
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The article should have had a headline such as "Do home made face masks protect against SARS-Cov-2?", and then outline in detail the peer-reviewed evidence, and perhaps interview people who know what they're talking about. As it is, you see a guy making a dust mask from a tee-shirt that will provide very little, if any, protection against aerosol-bearing viruses. (In fact, it won't protect against fine dust, either.) **This article borders on the irresponsible given the effect that this virus can have on health.**
In case you have a surgical mask and you're wondering what to do with it, this might be useful to read (copy and paste it into your browser) from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford:
<a href="https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/what-is-the-efficacy-of-standard-face-masks-compared-to-respirator-masks-in-preventing-covid-type-respiratory-illnesses-in-primary-care-staff" target="_blank">https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/what-is-the-efficacy-of-standard-face-masks-compared-to-respirator-masks-in-preventing-covid-type-respiratory-illnesses-in-primary-care-staff</a>/
Now wash your hands...
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<PERSON> The American people elected him, and WE deserve the government WE have--just like anybody else. So yes, it's"WE". WE are responsible. All of us. I remember very well people saying that "there's really no difference between <PERSON> and <PERSON>--it's the lesser of two evils." <PERSON> and <PERSON>? Keep in mind what was said about <PERSON>, OK?
And no, I'm not an English guy lecturing you, I'm an American working in the UK.
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I'm old enough to have seen it when it first came out and have certainly seen it since but I had forgotten the best stuff: <PERSON> channeling <PERSON>, <PERSON> in that amazing dress, and <PERSON> tour de force. No movie without <PERSON>. Anyway it was all great. Direction tight as a drum. No one better than <PERSON>. Oh, and the other star of the movie - the Hotel del Coronado which is actually near San Diego and not in Florida at all. I visited it in the 80's because of "Some Like It Hot" and it was truly fabulous.
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My father was a fighter pilot in the same squadron as <PERSON>. He survived to die at 93 and told me this story years ago: When <PERSON> came back from Spain, he managed to bring some bananas with him - something not available in England at the time. They stored them in my father's suitcase and my father said that suitcase smelled like bananas from then on out.
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@John But she did give ways of paying for her proposals on the campaign trail, more so than <PERSON> and <PERSON>.
I don't mean this to be a personal knack, but people generally speaking, like to care about details until the details come out and they are tasked with trying to understand them. This isn't to say that people are "too dumb" or anything, it just takes a lot of time to fully understand the nuances, and even informed voters don't have the time or desire to put in the effort needed to fully understand the policy.
The thing that I don't quite get is why <PERSON> is the one stuck with policy baggage from the primary despite being one of (if not the only) candidate to release comprehensive policy proposals, and her plans to fund them.
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<PERSON> I'll say what I always say after experiencing the campaign world firsthand. Voters don't actually care about policy. They want to seem like they do, but they would rather take a 10 second sound clip over an actual plan any day of the week.
Issue focused campaigns don't really work without pushing a narrative and in doing so, that inherently puts narrative above policy.
<PERSON> ran an issue-based campaign, but it just didn't resonate with people. They would rather focus on her "Chilling in Cedar Rapids" moment or "hot sauce in my bag" even when they made up just a small amount of her airtime.
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Wow. Having lived in California for a time and seen these majestic redwoods the thought of losing them to climate change is saddening. I hope that we can be willing to do more to combat climate change and reduce theses terrible effects before more of California’s beautiful trees burn. I also hope this teaches people not to be afraid of prescribed burns! If there was less tinder then there would be a smaller fire. It’s amazing that these trees have even survived given the drastic changes to their ecosystems. We humans are pretty brutal on nature, and ironically even when we try and fix things often make them worse.
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It will be interesting to see how anti-vaccine groups respond, if enough of them mount a protest we may not reach 70% vaccinated. Especially given that children can’t be vaccinated and pregnant women should be cautious because we don’t know the side effects. I hope children can get a vaccine soon so they can go back to school and experience less disrupted learning.
In the meantime, I think it is a miracle that we have a vaccine, but we have to be careful not to treat it as a panacea because people won’t take it, won’t take it properly, and won’t continue to social distance. Although the USA was fundamental in developing the vaccine the sad fact of the matter is we are also the country most ravaged by the virus. Too many Americans have died and will die for the next year, despite us having a vaccine. It did not have to be this way. Yet consistently the focus is on how our lives have been affected by lock downs and not how others have suffered because their loved ones have died. At what point is enough enough? At what point do we do whatever it takes to stop the spread of the virus, including mask wearing, social distancing, and acquiring new hobbies and jobs to survive. Must we wait till we are in the ICU and probably won’t survive? Must we wait until our parents, children, and grandparents are also in the ICU dying?
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[ALMOST SPOILER]
The inclusion of the unusual PA7 word is always so interesting to me, because I forget it exists in English. In Spanish, it means "mush" or "porridge," and is a much more common word. Surely it is not common enough in English to warrant its inclusion in the Bee?
But it does bring up a side game I like to play - if this game were bilingual, how many more words could I get?
Anyway, I got 56 words and spent enough time on it that I'm not scouring to find out the one word I've missed, frustrating as it is.
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Thank you for this article, which contains some important, oft unspoken truths (affluent suburbs as parasites of culture and capital, for one). However, this article edges around an important point without ever stating it baldly: extreme disparities in wealth are immoral, and it is the rich who act immorally to create them. It is time that we begin to talk about the morality of this situation, and remind the rich of their moral responsibility to their neighbors. This means stating baldly that their actions are unethical, and that they have failed in their responsibility to rectify their immoral behavior. Instead, in the US, we tend to act as if it is the poor who have behaved immorally to create their situation; this is a gross distortion of what is actually happening.
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<PERSON> is arguably the single worst member of Congress to serve in the institution since World War II ended (and I include <PERSON> here). It was <PERSON> who destroyed whatever camaraderie there was between the two parties, and instead encouraged his fellow Republicans to treat anyone who wasn't a Republican as an enemy. What you get is what we have today; you can draw a direct line from <PERSON> to <PERSON>.
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We should not lose sight that American democracy hangs in the balance in November. We’ve allowed our system of government to be abused in ways that are unsustainable, and I’m not sure that they can last another four years of both <PERSON> and a pandemic.
Times like these sometimes require hard choices, unpleasant choices. <PERSON> is not my preferred nominee, but it is plainly obvious that the Democrats are not going to nominate <PERSON>. So <PERSON> is who we’ve got, and we need to get behind him if we want to preserve our country.
The man in the White House must be removed from power in November. If he’s not, then we’re all in for a world of hurt. To me, that is the choice, and if removing <PERSON> requires pushing <PERSON> allegations aside, then so be it.
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Bailouts for private schools on the financial backs of public schools?
NO.
Parents want to send their private schools? Fine, they have that right if they have the means. But they must pay ALL expenses, full stop. Anything else is stealing from the public trough. And it is utterly irrelevant if the private schools are religious or not. The separation of church and state is tattered enough as it is.
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Exactly what we needed about now!
My wife and I do what we can, and I'd say we're more disciplined than many. Part of it is due to our age, and the guilt we'd suffer if we unknowingly transmitted to friends and family. It's not easy, living in an especially hard-hit city (with an enforced curfew!) in already hard-hit MA.
But my greatest fear is of those who those who don't care. Sorry, but your liberty is not worth my life or anyone else's.
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<PERSON> I disagree with one of your statements, though it has nothing to do with this case. In the event an intruder enters your home, you have the right to defend yourself while said intruder is in your home and the burden should not be yours to defend what you do. Morally this is justified because the intruder is a threat to you, you did nothing to initiate the situation and you do not deserve the endless nightmare of prolonged legal action against you.
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<PERSON> the two things you mention could also be a failure of capitalism itself, driven by corporations seeking profits. Increasing the supply of low wage immigrants lowered labor costs, contracting with suppliers overseas lowered the cost of sales. What does this have to do with 'elites". Such a vague term.
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Enjoy the visits from your son, granddaughter & family! 10 days is a gift for you all.
My 3 children have so many fond grandma stories from the time they spent with her (with & without parents). I'm sure her beautiful home was not perfect while they were there but she must have cherished their company as she was always asking us to leave them with her.
Of course, my parents did keep a list of things they needed help with when we were there, heavy lifts, hh fixes, etc.
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@A reader
Agreed, nothing pro life about it. Truly it's just a mix of pro self + views that women are insignificant. There's personal gain through talking points and a platform of controlling women.
Don't forget <PERSON>
...The staunchly antiabortion rights representative also encouraged his ex-wife to get two abortions, and when one of the patients he was seeing said she was pregnant, he also advised that she get an abortion....
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/rep-<PERSON>-engaged-in-multiple-extramarital-affairs-he-still-might-win-thursday" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/08/07/rep-<PERSON>-engaged-in-multiple-extramarital-affairs-he-still-might-win-thursday</a>/
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Removing student debt is fine, however I am against it completely if it does not come with reductions/free tuition for future students. Otherwise we will keep having this same conversations for generations to come and the debt wipe out only helps people now (same selfishness as people saying I paid my loans already) . Solve the disease not the symptom.
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@Greenfields As a child of immigrants (non-white but not black) I found that portion frustrating. However, I am open to the idea of reparations and building black americans up will allow us to build America up.
In the end though, what amount is the cash payment? How can you quantify the labor of past generations and inequity of more recent ones? 10k ? 20K? 100K? How will it feel for my parents who started from nothing and experience racism as well seeing only black people be paid ?
Again I am not saying restitution should not be made but it does lead to many questions.
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I don't believe there is anything baffling about <PERSON>'s desire to send in the 101st airborne. Where you offer a psychoanalytic explanation attributing the attempts to escalate the military involvement in the situation to <PERSON>'s damaged ego, others see a calculated attempt to create a pretext for fomenting a national emergency that would lead the president to suspend an election that he seems increasingly less likely to win.
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You neglect to compare <PERSON>'s strategy to the model of the one country it most closely matches--that of his good friend <PERSON> in Brazil. A strategy in which the peoples' expectation that the elected president will lead the nation to the best of his ability in a time of unprecedented existential peril is met with disdainful resentment that anyone would have the temerity to interrupt his orgy of grift and self-dealing.
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@Me If you are betting on prices declining significantly, you may be waiting a long time (forever). Don't expect a repeat of 2008, it's extraordinarily unlikely. The main difference is that there was TRUE oversupply and overbuilding before, due to demand that otherwise would not have existed because of very lax lending standards (remember NINJA loans?)
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It is hard to deny the fact that people like <PERSON> and <PERSON> are jubilantly salivating at the thought of an eventual collapse of the real estate market. Anyone with deep pockets who missed out on the last real estate free-for-all when prices bottomed out in 2012, well you're about to get another chance. That is, if you have the money
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@Dc Well there were a couple, so let's give some credit to those men. Some might be working or you may be right and they are missing from the picture.
But we don't know. We are getting a literal snapshot of their lives. We are all just trying to do our best, men and women alike.
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Of course we don’t have anyone to stop it! The president should be trusted enough to not even think about such actions.
It is OUR mistake! We voted this man into office. The public should be educated enough so know who would be a good leader. He is a product of a long broken system. Education has been broken for so long. Voting has been broken for so long. The tip of the iceberg of problems that systematically plague our society.
Idiocracy has come true. But it is no longer a comedy. It is a tragedy. Rome is falling.
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Let’s get it straight. Azerbaijan is a dictatorship, ruled by a corrupt government for decades, there is no room for opposition and any free thought is squashed. Children are taught revisionist history in schools, they are taught that Armenians are evil, that they stole their land, on and on. Why would you expect anything other than pure hate when you’re brainwashed all your life?
Let’s get it right. Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world. Armenian people are indigenous to the territory and they lived there for centuries.
I understand that NYT wants to stay neutral but I ask if you would provide the point of view of the Nazi Germany while they invaded Poland. Because I’m sure they would present quite a story considering how powerful propaganda was. And the propaganda machine in turkey and Azerbaijan is working real hard these days.
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Ok, you have got to let that UN resolution go. That’s all you’ve got to go on. You cannot call indigenous people occupiers. Should we go back just far enough in history to discuss where Azerbaijan even came from? It wasn’t even a country until 1918 - just tribes that occupied lands native to Armenians for centuries. And if we are to talk about aggressors - let’s see, a dictatorship that consistently violates human rights, jails journalists, and forbids any flow of information in the country or a democracy that invites journalists and international observers and is incredibly transparent. Or how about this - a country that has spent billions of dollars on its military and has been already internationally proven to have started the most recent fighting or a country that has been forced to protect the people in danger of being wiped out. Hmmmm.... let’s think about that shall we?
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<PERSON> politicized the pandemic from the onset. Every move he made, and continues to make, are about him and his re-election efforts. He has ignored science with no regard for the consequences. He is now ignoring the resurgence of Covid19. No more experts briefing the public. No more measures of protection. No more assistance for the 44 million+ unemployed. Instead, we see his threats of authoritarian actions against protestors. We hear of plans to offer $4000 vouchers to would-be vacationers with summer homes.
I'm not prone to conspiracy theories (unlike <PERSON>) but imagine a nation crippled by a new wave of the virus and its vulnerability to chaos and the ensuing clamp down from deployed troops. Imagine what this would look like as election time nears.
House and Senate GOP remain silent. GOP governors are not taking measures to stop the spread. Propagandist RW media continue to push false narratives.
We are on our own.
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Look for more elected GOP to be bailing out as election gets nearer and <PERSON>'s defeat seems clearer. Of course, his most ardent supporters in the Senate and House will go down with the ship.
With every passing day, <PERSON> support erodes. Even sectors of the base are shaky.
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<PERSON> should withdraw? He's won Iowa, Tied New Hampshire, and had a more respectable finish than <PERSON> in Nevada. I see no evidence that <PERSON> should be the torchbearer yet. If he wins in South Carolina, he will still be doing worse than <PERSON>. Things will be much clearer after super tuesday.
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So now we're now starting to see the drawbacks of "I am a (woman or man), because I said so.", policy.
What if I am incarcerated and upon my first day at men's prison take one look around and say, "Wow, this place is terrifying. Excuse me guard, there's been a terrible mistake, I identify as a woman for the next 5 to 10 years and belong in a women's prison-- the orange is the new black experience is more my speed." I guess the cis-gendered women in forced close-quarters confinement with me don't get a vote.
And yet, when even such a beloved figure as <PERSON> tries to meekly suggest that maybe it isn't all in your head, she gets hers ripped off.
Welcome to 1984.
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The people in scuba masks are looking for something in the water. Since this is a pond in a public park they might be looking for something someone lost. Since there are people in boats someone who rode a boat may have dropped something. The public park seems like an area where tourists go a lot. Since this is an area where tourists are common, people are bound to lose things and the people in scuba suits are looking for lost belongings.
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1. High demand for items like hand sanitizer and masks during a public health crisis does not justify higher prices because it makes it harder for people to buy the products that will help prevent whatever caused the health crisis to spread so much. Resellers who stockpile supplies and sell them at a higher price is taking advantage of people in tragedy. People are already worried about themselves, their family, and friends adding money to the list of stress is just wrong. What Mr.<PERSON> did was inarguably immoral because the prices he was charging for hand sanitizer were outrageous.
2.I think they have a large responsibility to consumers to prevent price gouging during a time of crisis. I don’t think they did the right thing from restricting the sales of these products from certain sellers. I believe they should have just regulated the prices a little bit because now these sellers have all this extra stock which could be used for people who actually need it.
3. I think retailers have just as big as a responsibility to prevent stockpiling. I think the amount you’re allowed to buy should be based on how many people are in your home. Yes, they should place limits on items such as hand sanitizer because the more people who have access the more effective it can be.
4. I think Mr. <PERSON> should have maybe donated some that he couldn’t sell and no I don't think any punishment should take place because what he did was crazy but not really that terrible.
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I think the piece was mis-titled. It is possible to be well educated without having an Ivy League degree or without even graduating high school. And having an Ivy League advanced degree does not necessarily make you well educated. Almost all of us have access to all the information we need to be well educated via our local libraries, the internet, or community college. I agree with the author that where you get your education is not important, but where I differ is that the critical point is that everyone must continue to educate themselves. While it differs from situation to situation, as to how we hand it, we should not tolerate fools who are willfully ignorant. With easy access to information, thus creating a DYI education, there is no excuse to be uneducated.
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I don’t think this is a liberal verses conservative thing. To me, it seems like those in power are threatened by it. They know how to operate in a first-across-the-post voting system that divides the populace. If this was in a more conservative district than we would see conservatives saying ranked voting is bad for some other reasons.
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<PERSON> made some valid points. The epidemic models from Imperial College and other infectious disease research groups have been highly inaccurate, over predicting cases and deaths by orders of magnitude. However, these are really conceptual models, useful for describing worst case scenarios, and Fauci knows that. The data driven models give reasonable short term predictions, and the worst case predictions did not and will not materialize. However, it is impossible to claim that this is not a highly infectious and dangerous disease, as witnessed by the tragedies unfolding in nursing homes and other facilities with captive high risk populations. Was it necessary to shelter in place? Actually yes, it is effective at least in the short term. People who could afford it were able to do so, and will continue to do so. Was it worth the economic consequences? This remains to be seen.. For now, fiscal and monetary policy have the potential of limiting short term consequences. Will things return to "normal?" No, but hopefully we will be prepared for similar events in the future after a thorough political reorientation in November that purges the country anti-science populism.
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@David
Staying "very busy" does sound like a risk factor, if it means more social contact. Unfortunately, less social/work contact is better probably. Anything that lessens contact with virus particles.. The psychological and physical benefits of "stay in shape", are undeniable, unless the are accompanied with greater chances of less exposure to the virus.
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Protests are discussed in this paragraph: “Public health officials in several states have identified coronavirus cases in more than 50 people who attended or worked at protests of police misconduct after the death of <PERSON> at the hands of the police in late May. So far, no major outbreaks had been directly linked to those gatherings.”
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Protesters are mentioned in this paragraph: “Public health officials in several states have identified coronavirus cases in more than 50 people who attended or worked at protests of police misconduct after the death of <PERSON> at the hands of the police in late May. So far, no major outbreaks had been directly linked to those gatherings.”
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Really? Why don't we use this same analysis on every oppressed people across the globe. You have lost so many times before, and you will keep losing, so now we will look on you in shame if you don't accept your current status. Be happy with what you have, stop complaining, and do what we say. Thanks.
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<PERSON> While I agree with the sentiment, this part of the Covid-19 response is going to generate a lot of money, whereas the other necessary responses resulted in a lot of lost money. This major difference is why I believe that vaccine rollout will be smoother. If only we weren't also facing the pandemic of millions of Americans falling into conspiracy theory belief with too much time browsing the internet. That may be the largest deterrent to getting Americans vaccinated.
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Regarding the third letter from the Jewish Agnostic. The writer, <PERSON>, indicated she was Agnostic, not Atheist. In this case that could make a big difference. If she were Atheist, saying “I’ll pray for you”, might be condescending. But that’s not necessarily true for an Agnostic. Agnostic “prayers” though may look very different from the traditional head bowed, hands together in front of your face Christian prayer. Those “prayers” may look like solitude, reflection, sorrow and hope for a better world.
As a girl when I would ask my Jewish Agnostic mother where God was, she replied “Inside of you; in your heart. Be good and you are a part of God”. Maybe it’s even more appropriate for <PERSON> to say, “You are in my heart, and my heart prays for you.”
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Thank you, NYT! We’ve sadly put off meeting our first grandchild (born June 1 in Florida) until some unknown date. I’m not trusting Florida officials to tell us when it’s safe to be there (Disney is open - Sheesh!), nor do I trust the airlines or Federal government. We’ve set our own criteria as to when it’s safe to travel. As for flying, we’re using the EU’s judgement around allowing American entry into Europe as a proxy for domestic travel safety. When the EU lifts it’s travel ban, we’ll then reconsider if it’s safe enough to be flying cross country. In the meantime, there’s FaceTime.
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Perhaps rather than a supernatural explanation, there is a hard materialist one: that the brain is a quantum device, and very much like the way light can be both a wave and a particle at the same time, there are multiple levels of consciousness dependent on their quantum state. Since we know one of the fundamental building blocks of the universe is information, perhaps in an NDE consciousness is moving from one quantum state to another, perhaps from the temporal and personal to one universal. perhaps a collective consciousness underlying existence.
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@Dave <PERSON> and others do have a clear point of view. But they do not seek to hide that, they are honest about it, and even more importantly, they do not make things up. Much of what <PERSON> and his ilk spray across the airways is sheer fiction, they do routinely lie, <PERSON> is only the latest and most extreme example of this process. The Fairness Doctrine poses no threat to MSNBC or CNN (nor would it to the Times, either, for that matter) but its requirement to include a response from those attacked would effectively shut <PERSON> and FoxNews down. <PERSON> and CNN could easily exist and do what they do under the Fairness Doctrine. <PERSON> and Fox could not, which means there is no equivalency between them.
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Yes, When there’s a life crisis people like to go insane and buy the whole store and don’t keep the other families that are going through the same thing in their minds. Products like that should be expensive because people are going to go through them in a day and continue to buy more. The more they buy the less we have. Sooner or later stores are gonna start running out of the product and not have enough for the other people in need. Resellers could be providing a service by buying supplies at a low cost and selling them at a higher cost. They also could be buying it at a lower cost and adding ingredients into it to make it better so they have a reason to be selling it for a higher price. I think what <PERSON><PERSON> did was not immoral because, in my opinion, I think he was just trying to help it and make the process easier and faster. In my opinion. Amazon,eBay, and all the other online stores have to have a lot of responsibilities due to how many people are going out and buying a whole bunch of products from the store. I think the companies did do the right thing for this situation. I think the stockpilers should have a lot more responsibility for how much they put out on the shelves because everyone needs a fair amount of it. I think Mr.<PERSON> should’ve returned and not taken all the products or have shared it and sold it with some people. I think the state of Tennessee should give him another chance unless he decides to give back some of the things.
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In this picture, I see a beautiful park with a pond, buildings, trees, paddle boats, and lots of friendly people. I assume that this image is taken in the 1950s or ’60s because it is in black and white. It seems like it is a very nice and warm day based on what the people are wearing, also there are four people who are scuba diving in the water. The people scuba diving in the water could be looking for either a lost item or they can be doing it to have fun with their friends. It looks like the people are enjoying the warm water on this sunny day and also enjoying the paddle boats in the beautiful sunshine.
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I really wonder -- do red state voters deliberately choose Senators for the express purpose of economically sand-bagging the more liberal portions of the country? Despite the fact that they depend on blue state financing for the federal subsidies and transfers that keep the others afloat? That the pleasure derived from "owning the libs" overrides the harm done to nation as a whole?
It wouldn't be the first time that a people have chosen to burn down their own house and everybody in it so that they could gloat over the ashes. And it sure would explain a lot.
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<PERSON>: Briefings to Congress et al might well amount to nothing more than "the entirely ordinary explanation for this apparently inexplicable phenomenon is ..." And reporting on the best evidence available is a heck of a lot different from having direct access to the actual evidence. And until the latter is done, nobody has any business assuming -- much less believing -- anything.
Until then I'll go with the tried and true method of Occam's razor. The simplest explanation being overactive imaginations in combination with a large measure of wishful thinking.
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And not just from out-of-state...two busloads of health care professionals left Ithaca three weeks ago to work down at NY Presbyterian. They too are many hours away from their families as they work selflessly in the city. God bless them and all the health care workers on the front lines of this pandemic!
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I wish to make clear that I regard any suffering or death associated with the coronavirus as tragic. Further, my remarks were not intended to endorse going, or not going, to church. My intent was to point out that the article does not present sufficient information to judge the extent to which houses of worship have contributed to the spread of the virus when compared to other kinds of activities. I, for one, would like to know the answer to that question.
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Great opinion. It is a joy to read and hear rational and wise comments about how doing the right things for the right reasons is being embraced by Republicans and Democrats. The aberration of the <PERSON> presidency's mindset might turn out to be a reminder to all that we are indeed "better than this," as both <PERSON> and <PERSON> said.
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It might be ok, but the <PERSON> culture has proven itself as a win-lose, us against them culture. So the extent to which political appointees are sitting in opn the transition meetings in addition to career employees, there should be a concern - which might not be a problem in previous transitions, but it is the <PERSON> culture that is the problem and has been from the start.
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Thanks for a nice piece of factual reporting. This will not sway the 30% of our population who respond positively to DJT’s modus operandi who primarily get their news from other sources but may serve to sway many “independent” voters. We may not have the president we could have hoped for, especially during a time of global crises, but he is the one we have -- at least until after the next election. A free and independent press is a cornerstone of our democratic system and the NYT is one of the few news organizations delivering fact-based investigative reporting. Keep up the good work, it is more important than ever.
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@KS I believe you have highlighted an important aspect of this issue. We really have not made significant progress in eliminating poverty in the past 50 years. There are now more support programs available, yet little has been accomplished in enabling people in dire circumstances to stand on their own two feet. It seems logical that wealthy individuals would be receptive to invest in evidenced-based programs if they could be presented in a manner demonstrating that everyone, including them, would benefit. Moving substantial numbers of people from dependency and incarceration to become productive members of society will have a significant impact on the bottom line of the organizations wealthy people invest in, thus further increasing their wealth. Think of it as investing in human capital and creating a win/win situation. I know this is pie in the sky at this point, but a different approach is needed. I am not sure exactly how the government fits into the picture except to allow the qualified “investments” to be tax-deductible.
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Why are they so much in the world instead of in the word? I would think that contemplating the mote in your own eye and working on your own relationship to God would take up most of your time and thoughts. I must have missed the bible chapter where <PERSON> said "Gather unto thee all of the power ye may and smugly bring it bear against those whom ye deem unworthy."
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Feels like I'm caught in a time loop. Ferguson, Baltimore, Charlotte, St Louis, Cincinnati. On and on. Can't drive down the street, walk to the store or even hang out on your own couch without the threat of harm. There's always someone to remind you in a thousand different ways that you are black and everything you say, do or have achieved is suspect. White women's tears and white man's fears. I've been drowning in both since the day I was born. It's exhausting. Enough!!
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"A couple years ago while I was riding the Red Line in Chicago a fight broke out between 2 guys."
Didn't anyone pull out a phone and call the police? Or start recording the fight with their phone camera?
Or course, that scenario his hardly comparable to one in which the police are actually working for a totalitarian state.
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"I, honestly, cannot say if I would be a hero when confronted with evil."
Well, trying thinking about some realistic scenarios from the news:
1. Someone is robbing a store while you are in it.
2. Someone on the bus or subway starts screaming at a passenger.
3. Your child is being bullied while walking to school.
Etc.
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Oh, how depressing this is! But such a great article. This hits the nail on the head. Education is very important but it is not any help if there are not any good well paying jobs. For jobs to be available corporations need to stop sending jobs over seas to low wage companies. I'm in my early 70's and I've seen the massive shift in manufacturing from state side to over seas and call centers being moved to India. The main problem is our government no longer represents us and our vote doesn't count. Our government is owned by a minority of rich capitalists. The rich capitalists objective is to maximize profits with no constraints such as living wages or affordable healthcare. Capitalism is now the disease that is killing America.
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I've seen this my entire career in hi-tech (40+years), tech execs are lemmings. If a given area becomes 'hot' they all "need" to move there to be successful. This could be locally, regionally or nationwide. I've watched it in the South Bay Area and in San Francisco.
Unfortunately this will have long-term negative impacts on those not in hi-tech, starting immediately with loss of affordable housing. A ho-hum entry level 3 bedroom house in San Jose is $1M, or $3500/mo and rises as you get closer to San Francisco.
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No, we cannot handle 4 more years. I am so exhausted from the never ending battles with, well everything.
I am aggravated with <PERSON> but too many reasons to list. The biggest would have to be virus response, voter suppression,his tirade of tweets and his failure to attempt to unite through social change being demanded by the people.
But the media has me exhausted too. We seem to focus on every minute detail, yet many times those details aren’t even government related, how he holds a glass, walks, etc.
I want to be more informed by whoever is president, but not attacked.
I feel like I have been without a pres for 4 years. I’m told to deal with it, he’s my pres. So I did. Yet he seems to not know he governs all of us, not just his supporters. I feel that as a Dem, I attacked daily.
The division is wide. If we want to make it a great country for ALL, for the very 1st time in history, we must hv these hard conversations and close the gap that has steadily grown.
Even if I were a Republican, I could not vote for <PERSON>. He has not laid out 1 plan for 2nd term and that alone is a massive issue.
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@Me
I really do not see that happening. Thank goodness. ACA saved my husband and I.
And it truly has saved my husbands life, more than once.
Self employed and insurance is only thing we can’t afford. We can pay some, but not the $2K a month it would cost, for both of us(if we paid it all)
Hubby has a serious heart condition. Has to have insurance. Has to see cardiologist more than regularly. Meds are easily $5K a month.
ACA saved us. Was made for ppl just like us. I’ll admit it’s not perfect, tho it’s worked out perfectly for us. But I inks it’s not perfect for many others. So yes, it needs fixing.
But to throw it out, without a replacement, is insane. ACA provisions help every single insured person, whether they use ACA or not. There’s provision for child staying on insurance till 26. Provision for pregnancy, mental health and drug dependency. Provision for no yearly max or lifetime max (ppl that have cancer, AIDS, ALS, etc -they hit their caps and have to get new insurance. This would not be possible without the ore-existing condition provision.
The aforementioned provisions are for ALL, not only those on ACA. And there are more.
I’m willing to look and seriously consider a diff plan but to just end it, is reckless and will hurt millions of ppl. Just like me and my hubby.
We contribute to society, our families and to our community. We pay taxes and do it all by the book. We simply need a little help with healthcare, that’s it.
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Interesting, BUT there's not a word in here from these two veteran organizers that <PERSON> now has a huge opening to run his campaign focused on the economy - its' severe fault lines in society based on race, class and the urban/rural divide; its' woeful lack of economically secure jobs - well before the COVID-19 induced depression - and the crying need for a federal stimulus plan intended to not only help "paycheck to paycheck" workers survive the free fall but to plant futures through training for the jobs that will return.
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Regarding Sen. <PERSON> remark to Dr. <PERSON>: "there are people on the other side saying there won’t be a surge.”
What "other side," Sen. <PERSON> - the manufactured one you and right wing Libertarian Conservatives use to stoke fear and distrust? Most U.S. residents don't want an "other side" debating every political nook and cranny of this matter as we attempt to work together to address the pandemic. You're not helping, sir.
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I have been saying enough for the past 3 years, and each time, I think things simply can't get worse, but each time, they do. <PERSON> has caused a mockery of our political system and needs to go. The checks and balances that have been put into place to stop a <PERSON>, <PERSON>, <PERSON> and on and on have failed and our country is now broken thanks to them, and all of the GOP senators who have closed their eyes and ears to <PERSON>'s numerous misdeeds. They had chance to fix our system with the impeachment, but they allowed a sham trial to proceed. I pray <PERSON> goes in November, but I fear for the precedent that this administration has set and for the doors they have opened for more nefarious future politicians, Republican or Democrat.
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@W Charisma? Seriously, <PERSON>'s speeches are rambling examples of how not to give a public speech. They lack enthusiasm and are filled with lies. He won the election because we still have the antiquated electoral college. The majority of Americans did not want <PERSON> as president. His supporters only like him because he gives their racist and homophobic views a voice. In the past it was "politically incorrect" to voice one's racist views, but <PERSON> has given all of those people a voice. That is not what America is all about....
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Option 1
I believe that RGB must have had a pivotal role in changing gender roles in America. As someone who has only lived in the 21st century, I see it as being perfectly normal for men and women to have equal roles in society. Yet, as this article shows, it was once a completely radical topic. I find it interesting that RGB not only wanted to expand women's rights, but men's rights as well. For example, in the <PERSON> case, RGB opposed gender roles in legislation by arguing that it was unconstitutional for men to not be provided the same widower special benefits as women. This shows how RGB was truly committed to eliminating gender roles in legislation. As shown by issues like the wage gap, American society still has yet to neutralize gender barriers. However, RGB used her power as a Justice of the Supreme Court to support her goal through legislation in America's higher court for the duration of her career. The changes RGB made broke down many gender barriers and set the path for furthering gender equality in future years.
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I feel that the legalization of recreational marijuana is an important issue as it is directly tied into the war on drugs which had detrimental effects on African-American communities, an already impoverished group. When we consider the topic of recreational marijuana, we cannot solely argue that it should be illegal due to it's categorization as a gateway drug. Alcohol and tobacco can also be considered gateway drugs, but their legality has not been used to imprison people for long durations of time. Currently, marijuana is categorized as a Schedule 1 drug which makes penalties for it's possession and distribution higher than any other category of drug. Yet, studies show that it is no more harmful than alcohol is. Marijuana's societal scrutinization was developed due to the war on drugs, a movement that is credit to putting America's incarceration rate as the highest on the planet.
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DARKNESS IN THE WORLD & THE VIRUS
The Darkness in the world attracted the virus - through nationalism, autocracy, kleptocracy, militarism, financial speculation and tax avoidance, wealth inequality, contempt for global society, contempt for economic cooperation, trade wars, ruination of democracy. All expressed through hate, ill-will, disunity, anachronism, superstition, reactionary forces, ego and selfishness. No wonder the Virus came.
At another level it is to force us out of these virulent negative behaviors; i.e. its a kind f evolutionary purge so we can progress further. In this way, Life is conscious, urging us on, compelling the society to be more self-aware of it potential. It is personal growth for the earth.
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The regressive forces in the world that have arisen these past few years, including its most virulent forms in the USA, attracted the pandemic to us. Its a basic principle of life: the inner attracts the outer. Here the inner was horrific unconsciousness and backwards thinking; the outer the plague that arose in response that is now everywhere around us.
Now its time to heal, which will overcome that negativity which we attracted. <PERSON>'s is a movement toward harmony and unity, whereas we have been moving in exactly the opposite directions these past few years. Such actions will repulse the plague. Life will once again be our support and friend.
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Yes, Mr. <PERSON>, you are correct: your mental health has definitely failed!! If you have any rational thinking skills left, you would not have joined <PERSON>'s cult of fear, ignorance, dishonesty and the promotion of violence. You are a now an example of how seemingly smart people have been taken over by the worship/cult of the Liar-In-Chief. Since you know that your mental has failed you, go seek some psychiatric help today, please!! Our government does not need any more mentally ill crackpots.
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<PERSON> lies, regularly.
And because he's so used to lying, it's easy for him to accuse others of lying.
He has no conscience, and no integrity whatsoever.
Just a continuing chain of lies~ that's all he knows how to do.
Truth and reality are far too terrifying for this dishonest coward, who is truly the worst president in the history of the USA.
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“<PERSON> Apologizes for Sharing Anti-Semitic Quotation”
As a Jewish girl in America, growing antisemitism within the world is a frequent worry of mine. Both of my grandparents lived through the Holocaust as Jewish people in Eastern Europe. Growing up, I heard tragic stories about the trauma my ancestors endured. These accounts stuck with me, and I have only hoped that instances like these would not reoccur. Although, 75 years later, the same anti-semitic prejudices remain at large.
NFL player, <PERSON>, posted anti-semitic comments on his Instagram: one being a quote from <PERSON>. These comments included long time conspiracies that Jewish Americans will “blackmail” America and prevail on top. After being reprimanded by many, <PERSON> took to Instagram to apologize for his words, claiming he “truly did not realize what the passage was saying”. Although <PERSON> apologized, this is only one of many instances of growing anti-semitism within the world.
In a society filled with racism, hate, and violence, people must fight for what is right together. Although antisemitism is a prevalent issue, few are utilizing their platforms to promote change. The more society becomes aware of instances like these, the less likely they are to happen again. This article shows that although the world faces many challenges, society must attack them head-on and advocate change. With this, many will learn to respect one another along with their beliefs, morals, and opinions.
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“You Should Start Writing Letters"
Through the midst of the pandemic, I have been guilty of using my phone more than ever. My screen time has increased over thirty percent as I have been less occupied with schoolwork and other activities. Additionally, I notice that my friends and family are more active on their devices than they were before. Although, this much screen time can produce harmful effects on the user.
This article provides a fun alternative to technological means of communication: written letters. With this, individuals can have a break from their phones and write meaningful messages to those near and far. The article points out that these letters are often more heartfelt and personal as they use more formal language filled with emotion.
I believe that the increase in writing and receiving letters between people is great. It offers an escape from technology and a close relationship with another individual. This “new” method of communication is a fun alternative to an unhealthy habit that we are all guilty of. I hope that this substitute to texting will gain more popularity as time goes on.
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Actually, I'm pleasantly surprised by <PERSON>'s recommendations. It is long due past time for the filibuster to go (or at least to be greatly limited). And Supreme Court 'packing' should come up for review at least. The interesting thing is that a lot of people (myself even included) who might have resisted court packing at 5-4 will support it with the rushed 6-3 stuffing.
And while we're at it, there might even be bi-party support for term limits on the Supreme Court, with fixed dates that eliminate (except in rare cases) the current case of
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I was frustrated with this article. Unfortunately, I could find counters to every point she made, e.g.:
Muni Bonds - making them untaxed saves states billions in lower bond interest rates. If you want to instead use subsidies it becomes tricky and political to allocate those subsidies.
Double Taxation - Capital Gains (stock prices) are only loosely linked to business profit. e.g. Tesla and Amazon stocks went up by huge amounts for years before they even made a penny. So in what way were those capital gains double taxation?
It's not to say that we shouldn't reform the tax code, just that it's not simple. But she's right that it is inevitably political, and will probably always therefore a hash.
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We can overwhelm <PERSON>’s plan to weaken the US Postal Office before the election. I just checked the US Postal System web site: CITIZENS CAN VOLUNTEER TO WORK FOR THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE!
Thousands of us, an army of concerned citizens, should volunteer during the weeks of mailed ballots. Count me in!
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Does this ruling signal the end of rules and laws to protect people? Controls in Wisconsin were designed to protect citizens by lowering the risk of Coronavirus spread. Speed limits are designed to lower the risk of crashes and injury. Could not speed limits be challenged using the same legal argument?
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“...he said people forget that his price includes his labor.”
Labor no one asked him to do. Many are perfectly capable of driving or walking to the nearby dollar or grocery store to do their own labor, only to find the shelves have been wiped by people like him profiting off of their well being and safety.
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There are also private parties and indoor dining available to the public to act as spreading events. If you look at both NYC (not NY state) waves you can see that restrictions on public activity did slow the second wave, compared to the first. And as things spread more and more, the “spreading events” like dining indoors are restricted more and more.
If you look at Asian countries you can clearly see that measures like masks, social distancing, and washing hands paired with other restrictions on gatherings and dining actually does work.
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<PERSON>, thank you for sharing this. As a former newspaper journalist and editor this rings so true. But it's not just hiring journalists of color: the pipeline starts with newsroom internships, which are unpaid or barely paid. That means only wealthy kids can afford to take them, by and large, especially in big cities where the cost of living is high.
Newsrooms also devalue "local" journalists born in the communities they are supposed to cover, and favor hot-ticket golden boys (often white, often from from Ivy League schools) who get a couple of great stories under their belts and move on to the next sparkly job.
As someone who clawed her way up from my local community news section into the Metro section of my hometown paper (the Miami Herald) I know this, personally, to be true.
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It's hilarious how many people post "why should I care about her or what she does or uses to stay beautiful." You know this is posted in the NYT STYLES section, right? And they often write about fashion, beauty and yes....celebrities and models? And that it's totally fine to read these things despite -- and maybe because -- we are living through a pandemic? Maybe I WANT to read about how she uses Aquaphor as lipgloss instead of weeping into my mug of tea about how I can't see my parents and my kids can't go to school...and...and..and...
PS. And also it's hilarious that these posters who are so indifferent and dismissive of these types of stories take the time to post comments....Y'all know the editors look at click rates and engagement, and that informs their content strategy, yes?
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<PERSON> My oncologist didn't want me to sit in the waiting room to see her after my cat scan, because Covid-19 was spreading like wild in the spring. She called & told me that everything was normal & got a bill for $735!!!! Really?! Blue Cross won't pay it.
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@Lisa , I question her credibility too. In 1993 women at work wore dresses below the knee & matching tights AND underwear. I know she said that it was very hot (in April?!) so didn't wear stockings. This was never acceptable for a woman at that time, especially in a conservative setting.
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Eviscerating Iranian tyrants with precision drones strikes while engaging North Korea, downplaying Russia's retaking of its provinces in Crimea and Russian majority Donetsk while preventing an escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian violence and playing Monopoly with China while seeking to reset our "Harvard Cold-War Dementia" demonstrates an intelligent and innovative approach to our Nation's foreign policy, .
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Sitting in the bleachers, it is amusing to watch the very desperate <PERSON>-Romney-Schiff-<PERSON>-Pelosi-Powell search for a way to win ... As he did when he vanquished his eleven Republican competitors, the BRSMPP cartel will crash on its own scheming and duplicity.
The American People have weathered the stupidity of its politicians before...We will survive and thrive.
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<PERSON> I think your mother IS informed. She knows <PERSON> is old, sleepy and feebleminded. That's not because she's uninformed - it's because she is *selectively* informed. She repeats the GOP talking points uncritically. She doesn't need a debate to see any video of <PERSON> where it is obvious he is 100 x more coherent and less sleepy and feebleminded than his rival.
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The single most important job of the Congress now is to pass stimulus and income support for individuals until a vaccine isactually inoculated into the population. Without that there is real risk of major economic depression.
The. real travesty here is that the senate cannot find the time and energy to work on this but rather is prepared to drop everything to work on the ACB nomination. How is that helping America get through the Covid crisis?
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<PERSON>
You have to understand that the COVID death toll in nursing homes is incredibly high. Recently, at a nursing home where I volunteered, 50 residents died in a very short space of time due to a single infected staff person (testing failed to screen that person) . Plus nursing home residents are literally dying of loneliness and lack of human contact.
As an older adult over 70, I volunteered for the Moderna trial because I was willing to assume the risk to assure people that these vaccines are safe. Yes, it’s new technology, but there are thousands of people in my age group who’ve been vaccinated who have had no serious side effects. And the FDA has gotten very good at tracking individuals for serious side effects; you can be certain that every resident who gets vaccinated will be followed closely.
So it’s a trade off between a very low risk of a serious side effect and the much higher risk of certain death if they infected. In my opinion, putting nursing home residents first in line is the morally correct thing to do
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<PERSON> savors the phrase ‘herd immunity’ as the cure all for each of these crises. With regard to the pandemic, he offers it up as THE only rationale solution: open up the economy while protecting the vulnerable (of course without detail as to how they are to be protected). He repeatedly fails to mention the horrendous fact that likely >500,000 of our most vulnerable citizens will die as a result
of herd immunity.
Mr <PERSON>, please stop promoting herd immunity without honestly acknowledging its consequences
And lastly, how does this brutal, inhumane concept jive with the Golden Rule?
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Everyone but <PERSON> is ready to move on - and this includes all potential 2024 GOP candidates who would like nothing better than for <PERSON> to go away. Many Americans are saying they feel the same way. His moody withdrawal, his lack of interest in fighting this virus, his disconnection from reality shows we’ll Make American Even Better without his participation, without his braying and lies.
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It would be hysterical if it wasn’t just completely tragic and avoidable. He is clueless.
This <PERSON> dude does not get it - he is NOT to be trusted, he is a FAILURE and most Americans find him despicable and a pathological liar.
WE DON’T want more daily briefings from this non-believer in science, he is worthless.
But let him keep doing it, there is no better gravedigger for <PERSON> than himself.
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<PERSON>, in Federalist 10, warned against the "mischiefs of factions". Likewise, we might be warned against the "mischief of ideology". No, we don't want government to act because that runs counter to our Randian philosophy of limited government, we are told. Ideology has its place but not in policy-making when people's lives are at stake.
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Good for her and good for the hospital and the surgeons.Bad on those who wrote such nasty and terrible comments about saving a person's life. Transplants are almost always the exception. As liver transplant survivor for 22 years, I know what she is and will be experiencing. With a totally suppressed immune system, I am in total lockdown but glad to be alive. May God bless her and keep her.
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The hypocrisy of Mr. Do that along with the rest of the so called conservatives is my numbing. The notion the right to life begins at conception but ends at birth is absurd on its face; or the right to be a bigot, parade around with a gun, and impose your religious values on others somehow is more important than a person's right to live their own life as they see fit free from hate.
I am so tired of people wrapping themselves in the patriotic flag as they impose their injustice on others and then calling it freedom. Perhaps the reason so many judges chosen as conservatives wind up liberal Is once they reach the high court they begin to understand not just words mean something but so do actions.
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The scariest thing of all about <PERSON> is not that there are "Only 43.4 percent" who approve of his job performance but that there is actually even one percent who approve of him. How could anyone have ever voted for him and how can anyone still support him. <PERSON> has exposed not just how much of an incompetent, bigoted, ignorant, lying and hypocritical person he is but that a very large number of Americans are just as bad.
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Yes, this is hard work and should be compensated fairly. Plus there need to be opportunities for workers to grow into other jobs.
In my city, residents pay a garbage hauling company. Mine charges $75-80 per Quarter to haul a 32 gallon container of garbage. My family of four usually has less than a half of that container of bagged garbage. I don't think their workers are getting a fair wage from their employers.
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@PGill Food is so personal and all about taste preferences and comfort. No harm done in adding or deleting anything!! Personally, I absolutely love this dish with plain yogurt which completes it for me but cream is not so far off even if it is missing some tang. Likewise for cilantro and onions!
Thanks for the story! I am sure the author's mom's <PERSON> was the best just like my daughters think mine is!!
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I'd like to see an end to these endless "OMG, why are people affiliating with <PERSON>" stories. The answer is very simple (and, no, I'm not going to say "racism," although that is a predictable component); the answer is Openness. Openness is one of the Big Five traits now known to be the fundamental variants to the human personality. Openness equates to "the proclivity to associate things that are not necessarily associated." Too low, and a person ends up as a concrete thinker, unimaginative, and often bigoted. Too high, and a person ends up excessively creative, eccentric, maybe even psychotic. High scorers migrate to the cities where they find other high Openness people. Low Openness people stay behind, in small town America, where life seems more static. Low Openness people end up being Republican. High end up being Dems. All of your interview subjects here are glaringly low Openness. See, it's not rocket science, folks.
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<PERSON> The packing began in 2000, with <PERSON> using the court to steal an election, then further perverting the court with his additions to it. There's only one current Republican jurist on the court who wasn't installed there through an illegitimate election, and that's <PERSON>, who deserves impeachment for his perjury regarding <PERSON>. The existing Supreme Court is a bad joke. And don't get me started on the Electoral College or the Senate...
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The field of Classical music is lucky to have an Evangelist of the integrity of Mr <PERSON>. He is a great thinker, an incredible musician, and very generous with his time to musicians at all levels.
In a field that continues to be marginalized and now even more so because of its Eurocentric tradition (and now with Covid making live performances unfeasible), for practitioners of the art form, it will be the efforts of Mr <PERSON> that will get us to the other side of this Chasm.
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I wonder if there is a market solution to this dependency on plastic.
Perhaps using recycled plastic for auto bodies, timber for housing, counter tops in homes, space ships? The resource would be free to a creative entrepreneur such as <PERSON> or <PERSON>.
Along with climate change, plastic is something that is degrading our natural world and we should focus on how to reuse the raw material or reduce our dependence on it.
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@BD The phrase "people's choice" can only refer to the nation wide popular vote, not the Electoral College. <PERSON> didn't have that in 2016, and the Republican Party certainly didn't have it during the 2018 midterms. The voters in districts which swung from red to blue most certainly wanted impeachment, and that was based on very real infractions from well before the Ukraine story got out.
Sir, your side may be louder, but it has never been the "will of the people", and it is definitely nothing to be proud of.
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<PERSON> Senator <PERSON> didn’t go into the merits of the Iraq war here. Doing so would have distracted from her more urgent goal of calling out <PERSON> and <PERSON> for the “imposter patriots” that they are.
With them out of the way, your point is certainly not lost on her.
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I'm curious why so much of the Covid-19 advice (including this article) say to get a flu shot. I'm unclear why getting a flu shot would help with Covid-19. Is it just that it's a good idea anyway? Or are people who have had a flu shot somehow less likely to contract other viruses?
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My parents have been reading to my daughter over facetime. They choose chapter books that she will enjoy and read a couple of chapters each session. She is 6 and enjoys read aloud stories. After they read I often hear them chatting more easily that they would if I said 'lets call grandma'.
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<PERSON> -- Right! Also-- I work (volunteer) with nursing mothers, and many don't even consider staying home past a few weeks. Most of the reasons are financial and often based on debt payments (student loans). How great would if be if a new mother could get a break on student loans-- just like someone in the peace corps or in grad school?
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Abortion was mentioned but the word wasn't used.
Fr. <PERSON> said in his benediction prayer:
Open our hearts to those most in need:
The unemployed parent worried about feeding his or her children.
The woman who is underpaid, harassed or abused.
The Black man or woman who fear for their lives.
The immigrant at the border, longing for safety.
The homeless person looking for a meal.
The LGBT teen who is bullied.
The unborn child in the womb.
The inmate on death row.
Help us to be a nation where
every life is sacred,
all people are loved,
and all are welcome.
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@HANK I don't know or care who appointed Mr <PERSON>. Nor do I know whether he has had any role in the delay in funding, but IF he has held it up at all, he should be ousted. The promised funding needs to get into the hands of the businesses and families this week, today, now.
Tempers are starting to flare. Social unrest cannot be far away. The cash and ultimately the end to the stay at home orders cannot come soon enough.
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He needs to remove everyone and everything that is blocking the flow of money to individuals and businesses. And banks the banking partners that are unable to get application processes set up should also be bypassed.
In addition to promising but not delivering a stipend to individuals and families, the federal government has promised to cover payrolls for small business in return for their retaining their employees. The vast majority of those businesses have not seen a single cent from either the PPP or EIDL programs; yet those businesses have committed, based on the government’s promise, to continuing to pay their employees.
Those businesses need honest answers about exactly when they will see money deposited to their accounts so that they can figure out what they should do based on real information and their individual circumstances. While the inspector general may have wonderful credentials, if he is holding up the flow of money (is he?), he should immediately join the ranks of the unemployed.
Many in this country have been under a stay at home order since the week of March 19, and many of those same individuals and business do not have the cash reserves to wait. Can you please report on how much longer we need to wait? As well as who and what is blocking promised funding?
Should the businesses cut their people loose so they can apply for unemployment? How should people who have lost their jobs and businesses buy food? It’s time for practical solutions.
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Three states have voted, two of them by caucus, so please do not start talking like <PERSON> is already the nominee.
He would have my support if he stopped using “billionaires” like it was a human race. He should speak of income inequality in a more thoughtful way. That term, “billionaire” whether you disagree or agree, is <PERSON>’s “build the wall”. Repeat it enough and it becomes a mantra.
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Ok, so stop touching your face with your hands but what about...
the earbuds you take out and put in your ears on the subway after touching things, the coffee lid put on by the cashier at Starbucks or DD and then you raise it to your mouth, using your hands on your phone and then touching that to your face?? Just a few things everyone does without thinking. No one seems to be addressing these all too common ways that we touch our face without literally touching it with our hands.
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I come from a comfortable middle class family in the united states. I attended public school my whole school life until high school. This is when I switched to attending a charter school. In response to the question asked, Do you think charter schools are better at not contributing to the achievement gap? I attend a high achievement school, where a considerable portion on the senior class graduate with a high school diploma and a associates degree. This often leads others to believe that only "Smart kids" attend this high school. However this is not true. The school has a better handle on giving students equal opportunity. For example, I am enrolled in my freshman year of college as a junior in high school and my college tuition this year was only $220. This is far more affordable than without this aid from my high school, where tuition is upwards of $4,000. This means that for low income families in my area, that choose to attend my school, they will only pay 5% of the cost of college tuition to graduate with a 2 year agree. This is also assuming that students can keep a b+ average. In public high schools you are not given as many opportunities, and as you advance to higher education the gap in opportunities grows even more apparent, with the average cost of college tuition being between $10,000-36,000. And the average income of a US family being $61,937. This puts college as a huge portion of money and for many its unreasonable even with grants and scholarships.
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I say that the most important of the issues mentioned in this article is climate change. The earth is running out of resources that we need to survive. Our earth is dying and there is not enough people helping. Every year the date at which all our resources we should use for a whole year to save our earth moves earlier and earlier. This year that date that our resources were used was August 21st. That leaves more than 4 months where we are using more resources than we have and this needs to change. In my opinion the most nonnegotiable issue is Fixing the racial divide that exists in this country. The Black Lives matter movement extends past a matter of politics and is a matter of human rights. No matter what political party you are, or who you will vote for it should be clear that there is a matter of racial divide that needs to be addressed. Whoever is our future president should be the one to make steps in fixing this divide our country has ignored for too long. I may not be black and have not experienced the discrimination, racism, and hardships they have but I have tried my best to become educated on the matter and it has helped me realize that I would never want to go through that -- and no decent human being would ever want anyone else to. This matter is important and should not fizzle away as media attention decreases. Just because the media stops covering it does not mean there was a change in the divide that exists in our supposedly free country.
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Can we get into reality ?
Layoffs are coming
More businesses are going to close.
We have a Governor who doesn't want to tax the rich.
A clueless Mayor
And a police commission that can see only one side of the story
You know what I see the basement and we have a ways to go to get to that.
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This city is not about where you come from anymore...
Its just about money plain and simple.
For <PERSON> to pin the affordability issue on the white person from the Midwest , is dishonest and a bold face lie.
He know who caused the affordability issue in this city.
As he has accepted money from them and will again....
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As <PERSON> said,”Halting funding from the WHO is dangerous.”
We need the WHO and we need effective leadership, especially at a time like this.
We need someone who will think logically about the consequences of his actions or inactions. We need someone to demonstrate empathy and help the public deal with the lives lost, fear, anxiety, etc.
I was watching a documentary about <PERSON> and reminded of the calming and reassuring statements a true leader can say to an anxious public. I was reminded of the extraordinary measures an administration can take to pull a country out of a Depression and out of despair.
We desperately need someone like <PERSON> to dig us out of this hole in leadership, fear, chaos, and uncertainty. We need help from a true leader.
November cannot come soon enough.
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Gov <PERSON>
I support your Stay At Home order, but you may have to consider arresting these protesters if they storm the capitol with violent threats next time. You have the Michigan National Guard at your command.
Having lawmakers wear bullet proof vests should be not necessary. Yes, some lawmakers did have to wear bp vests. This situation is dangerous.
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<PERSON> I completely agree. Social media definitely is a major contributor to young politicians and just normal teenagers' political views just because it's what "everyone" thinks. I find it very important to have an unbiased and well-educated opinion before making any statements about what you believe in and what you decide to support. Since your family was not very political, what made you interested in researching to find your political standpoint?
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Hi, my name is <PERSON>. I am a Vietnamese American citizen raised under the Catholic faith and believe in basic Christian morals. I believe in honesty, love, and faithfulness to your neighbors, family, and oneself. I am a boba enthusiast and really enjoy manifesting my dream life in Korea as an adult. Since I have very strong beliefs rooted within me, they have definitely shaped by views upon my political beliefs and other current world issues. However, I still find it difficult for me to express my political views freely in fear of differing with the people I'm closest to. I think politics and moral views are just something a person is born with and will always believe in, therefore once you meet someone with differing opinions it may be intimidating, to be honest with them. Personally, I prefer that politics and governmental/ societal issues stayed separate from my general education in school. It makes me uncomfortable to talk about, but I still understand the importance of discussing it since nobody can formally teach students these things. I believe students should self-research and find their own political beliefs through their own research to truly understand their aspects of these topics. I know I am still very young and ignorant of the current situations happening in our country, and I still have much to learn. Lastly, I have been binge-watching anime, I would eat kimchi tofu soup for the rest of my life, and would be in South Korea if I weren't a student.
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I was wondering what was going on with me, as well, and thanks to this article, I do believe it is a kind of mourning. Usually I work 2-3 "gig" jobs and staying home has been a real gift because my health was starting to suffer. I'm fortunate that I could stay home and recover, but the things I needed to do like complete my tax returns for myself and my disabled sister, I just couldn't get them done. (Thank goodness for the filing extension.) I'm rested and have the time! But day after day, I've felt listless. Our family is missing birthday celebrations and my disabled sister doesn't understand why we can't gather; and we're not allowed to visit her at her nursing care facility...other alterations to what was, even people who were and are with us no longer, weigh on my mind. Yes, the changed lifestyle has all sorts of loss in it.
The suddenness of my new lifestyle is telling of what I'm made of. I always thought I adapted well; I was a survivor of any situation. Carrying this extra layer of grief is quite unexpected - but now that I'm aware, I can muster up a renewal of energy and the optimism to cope.
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Yesterday I drove through Edison Park, a far NW side of Chicago neighborhood and to my horror, I saw a QAnon yard flag in front of a house, just down the street from an elementary school. This neighborhood of Chicago is well-known for the number of police officers, fire dept. and other City workers who live there.
I felt sick to my stomach and became afraid because I even drove past this house. I'm afraid because QAnon followers aren't a bunch of rural crazies - they're right in urban neighborhoods of predominantly law enforcement officers. Within walking distance of my home...
The house next door had a <PERSON>-Harris sign in its front yard. It was of little comfort.
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Laudable sentiments. The fly in the ointment however is not <PERSON> - it is <PERSON> and the senior GOP party leads.
It's their conspicuous support for <PERSON>'s trashing of US institutions that allowed the low informationista's to build enough momentum that the barbarians cracked the very last gate.
It's emblematic of the pure power pragrmatism that <PERSON> pivoted 180degrees to sprint to safety from sedition collaboration charges, that <PERSON> likewise only discovered a microphone after SCOTUS was forced to reject what has to be the most laughable lawsuit I've personally ever read.
The GOP - the party that for 15+ years has specifically championed stateism before federalism - who's preferred legal appointees opine for constitutional orginalism - and yet every single party head either voiced support or was exquisitely absent in opposition - championing a legal case that was the exact opposite of all these things.
The result - the GOP cannot be reclaimed for the centre right unless and until that entire crop of 'power before principle' political hacks is gone and their tendrils removed
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It's the lack of an economic understanding among large tranches of the white working and middle class.
They grew fed on tropes of economic self determination and 'trickle-down' incentivation. But that only works in a setting where demographics are pro growth, debt/gdp low and current accounts in surplus. ie <PERSON> and the post war period.
Read Dr <PERSON> for what happens historically to all major nation states once debt/gdp ratio goes above 60% - money velocity irrevocablly stalls then becomes quiescent.
<PERSON> and republicans keep repeating the words of 40 years ago - with racial and class triggers - but the framework is not a fit.
Anyone ill equipped enough to think US should expect balanced trade with China - and think its somehow China's fault its labour force was cheaper 20-5years ago- is not only fighting the last war - but by dint of intellect or education incapable of understanding <PERSON>/Bannon's sleight.
Hence police unions backing <PERSON>. Same as farming communities. Same triggers. White majority - so the social and economic imbalances are covert and creeping - not overt and everyday.
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<PERSON>, with which branch did you serve? If you didn’t, it’s easy to understand that you don’t realize no service is perfect. Instead of rushing to negativity, I recommend you get up to speed on the multiple changes our USMC Commandant has initiated that will bring the Corps to a better place. This article leaves out any mention of the positive way forward General <PERSON> is forging.
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<PERSON>, you make some great points. Many Marine Colonels of all shapes and sizes get passed over every promotion season.
What this article fails to mention is how General <PERSON> is probably the most progressive Commandant we have ever had leading the Corps. His removal of confederate imagery (before recent events transpired) and other changes fostering diversity and inclusion are a positive indicator that Colonel <PERSON> will hopefully pin his well deserved star during <PERSON>’s tenure. I hope I’m correct in that estimate. SF
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Well deserved kudos to Ms. <PERSON> and the magnificent group of black women who made it all possible.
Interesting that our gifts and accomplishments to and for this country are often given credence as signs in a context of overcoming what are overwhelming social, economical, and political obstacles instituted by the very dominant culture that perpetrates hate, racism and segregation, in many cases, by law.
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Racism is not a people of color problem. It is a state of mind created by white people to give the illusion of superiority. Because they own the guns, manage the money, make the laws, and run the prisons, they appear to be in control. But like trying to hold water in ones hands, the reality of the false power perception will soon come to bear.
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In 1985 he could get this published: "Sometimes, I'll have as many as four boys--from 8 to 14 years old--in my bed at the same time, and I'll engage in the most exquisite lovemaking with them." Exquisite for him, anyway. By 2013, his books barely sold. What happened to cause this change?
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The market for child pornography is out there. Five studies show that at least 1 in 5 men is sexually attracted to young children. So at least 18 million men here in the U.S. I wonder if pedophiles who may not act act out find it easy to get their needs met via the internet. Studies include:
Briere and Runtz (1989), <PERSON> and <PERSON>, J. (1996), <PERSON> and <PERSON> (1970), <PERSON>, <PERSON>, and <PERSON> (1995), <PERSON>, <PERSON> and <PERSON> (1995)
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It is simple, and disgusting to everyone but the lawmakers, and regulators themselves, who could change the rules to benefit patients over medical businesses, but choose not to because they are not lawmakers and regulators, they are mercenaries in the pay of their donors. They do what they're told and keep their mouths shut if they want to retain their jobs. If not, a replacement legislator waits in the wings for the next primary election, or the next appointment by radical, pro-business conservatives.
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Those Republican legislators in Wisconsin act like apolitical mercenaries in the pay of their donors, doing what they're told. Same for Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Alaska, and the Confederate states. A clique of billionaires has purchased the Republican party and is using it as a cudgel to break our Constitution, and government. They are succeeding in their thankless, but remunerative task. Voting against that party of stooges now is only self-preservation, and preservation, to at least some degree, of the future of our children.
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just pointing out that the grief following the death of a child or young person is worlds away from that following an elder.. when elderly parents die some are deeply sad, some are "meh", when a child dies, parents and siblings are devastated with wounds that will never heal. the human heart is ageist too.
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Everyone in Congress must be shaking in their boots. They thought it was only Russia that has a knife to their throats, now Saudi Arabia does as well. I also just read that <PERSON> has secretly delivered nuclear weapons technology to SA. I'm wondering what that is all about.
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As a progressive Christian, I find some of the points here helpful and others wanting. When it comes to the Bible, to say that <PERSON> didn't directly reference abortion is a less than compelling argument. <PERSON> didn't directly reference lots of things - slavery among others. The ethic he proposed nonetheless has implications for everything.
Also, most progressive Christians, including myself, do not use a "proof text" hermeneutic (theory of interpretation). So to say, "Well, in Exodus..." doesn't mean much to me. <PERSON> came along later and said, "It has been said...but I tell you..." - directly challenging many of the traditional religious teachings found in the Old Testament.
Nevertheless, I wholeheartedly agree with your concluding thought - that "pro life" ought to mean so much more than simply what happens prior to birth.
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@TrueNorth I think there is an argument to be made that trying to curtail abortions is based on science first and then, for some, secondarily on religion. I'm not saying it is conclusive necessarily, but those of us who oppose abortion on demand don't simply rely on the Bible to get to that conclusion.
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The author states that the case of <PERSON> can't be compared to <PERSON>'s? How and Why? Both accusers' stories have holes as many do after long periods of time, but at least <PERSON>'s story - she worked for <PERSON> and met him, told a neighbor, reportedly told her mother, had a friend recall her story.. <PERSON> had no supporting evidence aside from telling others decades later and could not even tell other major details from that night? How can one believe her completely (which was what many including NYT urged and promoted at the time though there was nothing to support her story) and then question reade far more and choose to not publish her story until they were pushed to do so? How is this not hypocrisy? <PERSON> had not one other story of any indiscretion during his career while <PERSON> has had many inappropriate physical interactions with women... You cannot tout the line "believe women" but then say, well we like <PERSON> and it doesn't fit our vision and political agenda...
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There are many in Portland (the so-called peaceful protestors) found with weapons, including guns. We've all seen the videos of "protestors" attempting to assault police officers and destroy federal and city property. That this is largely a cry for social justice is laughable. In Kenosha, more than 100 people were arrested, most not from Kenosha, and more than 20 guns obtained.. Though NYT and MSM would like to only touch on recent events as being instigated by right wingers and agitators, anyone can take a look at the videos and photographs of the incessant violence, assault, and destruction in Portland, Kenosha, and Minneapolis, and see what's really going on. Specifically, nothing in Kenosha was a "protest," just wanton violence and destruction of small businesses and the promotion of chaos from those who don't even live there. If anyone truly wants to make a rallying cry for social justice, try helping the black and brown communities by investing in them and supporting the community organizations that help to reduce violence and promote education.
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This is a bridge too far: this author essentially states that other people's perceptions of your race define what your race is. That is dangerous. Many minorities have been mistaken for white by other people but that does not make them white. Another person's perception does not define who I am or what my race is. Moreover, to contend publically that is does, to give it airtime, is to make it debatable, which it isn't. This idea denies a person's ancestry and heritage because suddenly those things don't relate to their race, only the perceptions of others do. This actually goes hand in hand with erasing their heritage and any race related trauma this person's family had to endure for this person to be here today. There is nothing ethical or moral in erasing this. Even the way the author titled this piece is horrifying as it leads one to believe that this is the way forward when it could not be further from the truth: another's perception of your race based on your skin color does not define your race or where you came from. And to contend that it does based on the perceptions of others denies that person their heritage and ancestry. This is discriminatory. The New York Times should know better than to publish this as if this were debatable. As if other people's perceptions of my skin tone get to define my race. And if this idea only applies to people of Ashkenazi decent, not any others, then this is antisemitic as well.
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@Referencegirl thanks for your thoughts. I am not comparing suffering just explaining that Ashkenazi is not Caucasian (white) -- these are two different things on a DNA/genetic level. And again, "If we were white, my brother would not have experienced hate crimes for being not white in college." <a href="https://blog.23andme.com/ancestry-reports/ashkenazi-ancestry-and-health" target="_blank">https://blog.23andme.com/ancestry-reports/ashkenazi-ancestry-and-health</a>/
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