Izikiel43

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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
Is this 2006 again?
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Read the Wikipedia entry, it was the other notable thing besides theology, and something I think everyone, no matter the creed, agrees with today
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
Slavery is a sin, don’t sin, that’s the gist of it. He lived around the year 400, so pretty progressive for his time.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
Don't forget (sep)tember being the 7th month
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
> explains why the month names have offset to them (sept, oct, nov, dec) Everything now makes sense, I always wondered why September was the nine month with a 7 prefix.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
If you don’t live in downtown nor cap hill, you can find acceptable rents in Seattle, or go further to south Seattle or north. Seattle rents are very high in specific hip neighborhoods.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
> WA teachers compensated about the same as other similarly educated professionals WA teachers are among the best salaries in the country for being a teacher (within top 5). You start at around 84k$ I think, 90k$+ if you have a masters d
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
What works at small scale possibly won't work at a huge scale.
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Because they use whole language theory ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_language ) instead of phonics for teaching how to read.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
In WA they always pass levies for education funding at local and state level however results are not there. Mississipi is doing better on reading, the biggest difference being that they use phonics approach to teaching how to read, which is
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
It's not just investing in education, it's using tools proven to work. WA spends a ton of money on education, and on reading Mississipi, the worst state for almost every metric, has beaten them. The difference? Mississipi went
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
Basically, stiff shoulder/back muscles cause the headache. Everyone using a phone/pc/laptop for a long while is liable for this.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
So, math and science are racist now? Also, asians do best in those programs, not European descendants. Projecting a bit much are we? It would be nice if you let your racism out of the discussion.
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The housing strategy that has Beverly Hills NIMBYs in a corner(nytimes.com)
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
Do privilege walks count? Which seem to foster victim mentality?
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> It's pretty hard to touch philosophy without covering marxism in some way The complaint was that the alternative wasn't discussed.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
> 7 homeschooled kids Wow that's a lot, how did you manage?
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In WA the state spends around 20k$ per student, people still say it's underfunded.
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
Seattle schools have that issue. After covid a bunch of kids were moved to private schools, and SPS (the organism in charge of school) complained and blamed parents on having money and not wanting to mix with the riff raff and other bs. Wh
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by Izikiel43 11mo ago
> a law you cannot enforce is also meaningless. Looks like now they are enforcing it hard. > punishing them does not Justice should be blind and punish all criminals equally, stop romanticizing poverty and crime. If you commit a crime
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
Call the cops and have them organize traffic, they have a literal traffic department.
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
> the closure of borders to asylum seekers I'm pretty sure the executive has power over border policy, the INA is very broad and gives a lot of power to the executive, also it would be crazy if the executive can't decide on bor
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
Sure, then don't complain if you get into a crash and your insurance finds you at fault. Actions have consequences.
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
You seem to just realize that countries deal with the rule of might, not words. Words are worthless unless you have the power to enforce them.
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
There is a lawfully way to do the thing. The problem is that the lawfully way wants a very small set of people with specific skills. Canada does the same, most of their immigration are university graduates. The only reason Canada hasn'
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
> Yes, breaking asylum and due process laws will be a deterrent. Unfortunately, TPS is up to the executive branch, not congress, so changing the duration is up to the executive branch discretion.
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
Not sure of that to be honest, I think that would be a loud minority. Once democratic cities got a taste of the flood of people coming in that were sent by southern states, they realized how big the issue is and how much of a drag on resour
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
> Biden has deported vastly greater numbers and a higher share of crossers, but it has not deterred people from crossing. ICE and Trump seem to be enough deterrent now, considering how the land encounters have reduced. > The logistics
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
> do you expect people across the border wait a decade to get their turn for an immigration interview only to be turned down, when they can just cross the border? Well yes, that's what following the law means. They can't compl
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by Izikiel43 1y ago
Yes, that's my experience when having to explain what getting a greencard entails, most people have no idea how the whole thing works.

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