RickJWag

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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   Talk about noise in the gym, there is one sound that's missing lately. My gym recently went to these 8-sided, plastic coated weight plates. They're easy to handle, they have holes to put your hand through. But I miss the old &#x2
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   Great idea! I agree it's a good holistic-health measure.
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   Diversity of thought is a good thing. I hope Thiel succeeds.
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   Good post. I agree.
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   Thanks for that. I agree, diversity in news sources is a good way to get differing perspectives. (Also, perspectives not being pushed from the same opposing ideologies, as you suggest.)
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   It's a good point that it could be my own biases, or it could be that Trump really is terrible while Obama was just wonderful. But I don't think those are it. When Jimmy Carter says the media is applying a different standard to T
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   These are good questions. I'd say left-leaning sources are those that tend to report negatively on conservative politicians and positively on liberals. The Harvard study purports to measure what constitutes negative coverage, so this
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   And here's the link to an article on Carter's quote. Jimmy Carter has been in that seat, and he says the media has been harder on Trump. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2
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   by RickJWag 9y ago

   Here are a few links on the study: https://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-donald-trumps-fi... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-c... http://www.chicagotribune.com&#x
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    I'd spend the extra time and go through Med school.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    I beg to differ. A Harvard study confirmed that news sources have been overwhelmingly left-leaning, especially since Trump. Even former President Jimmy Carter has said so. So no, there is no unbiased, high quality mainstream media. There
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    That would be the best. I wish it would happen.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Numerically, there are a great many more left-leaning sources than there are right. Another conservative network would be good. If we can't have fair news, at least we can get biased news in equal and opposing doses.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Good post-- looks like a recipe for success to me.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Can't have a conversation about trailers without mentioning James Carville's famous double-wammy. "Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find." With that one quote, he smeared
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Raising a privileged family takes just one generation to sacrifice. As numerous financial books will testify, if you are frugal (no matter the income) and invest wisely, it is possible to accumulate some measure of fortune. If you teach yo
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    I disagree. The media (left and right) is forever trying to twist things to their narrative. Social media democratizes this. But if I post crazy things all the time, I'll lose balanced followers and will probably pick up biased follo
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Ironic they'd choose George Clooney as the cover subject. He's basically the poster-boy for inherited privilege and wealth (and a card carrying Weinstein-enabler), but he's credited with 'charm'.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Meh. I'm hoping for a better crop next year.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Incredible. I'll have to read more about Evergreen, to see how much of this is unbiased fact. If it's true, we should all be very concerned.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Amazing, and interesting.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    It's true. PC culture is so strong it's dangerous to have an opinion outside of what popular culture pushes on us. It's not a good situation. There's blatant hypocrisy in the air as well. (Many of the same voices call
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Amazing. I hope they make it happen.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Set aside for a moment your feeling on net neutrality. We can all admire the way Pai is mocking the massive media machine that's been picking on him for months. I'm glad to see it, I'm sick of the monopolistic media machine.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Life gives us all different cards to play. In some ways, I agree today's kids have it tougher. In other ways, there are opportunities that did not exist in the past. I have hopes for today's recent grads in that things remind me
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    I'm with you. We need to make MOOCs the default choice for a college education. Traditional university is a minefield of money sucking scams, from book costs to extra fees to constant tuition inflation. The reason for all the school d
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Look on the bright side! No race riots like we had in St. Louis and Baltimore. Record low unemployment. Record high stock market. Record low illegal border crossings. There's a lot to be happy about, no matter what your politics may be
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    Henry Ford once said "If I had built what people wanted, I'd have built them a faster horse." Smart man, Henry.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    I saw the quotes around "jokes" and didn't read the article. Bias is obvious, it's not going to be informative reading.
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    by RickJWag 9y ago

    <sigh> More politics on Hacker News. Tiring.