bazzert

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by bazzert 6y ago
>> 1. Among their neighbors, only Germany has more deaths than Sweden. Norway, Denmark and Finland have fewer almost an order of magnitude less cases and deaths. Geographic comparisons are of limited usefulness; MA had 10x the death r
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by bazzert 6y ago
the media have consistently demonized people at beaches and parks. Lightfoot fenced off the beaches in Chicago, Newsom did the same in CA. It's ridiculous; and its why people are skeptical of their intentions.
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by bazzert 6y ago
>> We're approaching the total death toll of World War II[3]. assuming you mean the US death toll also bear in mind the median age of WW II casualties was something like 26; while the median age for covid victims is 75+. Not to d
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by bazzert 6y ago
>> If I can buy a house which costs more than education in a lot of cases with a mortgage and then declare bankruptcy and not have the mortgage follow me for the rest of my life why can't I do the same with a student loan? Becaus
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by bazzert 6y ago
>> There is a huge, huge amount of money being wasted. Exactly.
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by bazzert 6y ago
"The most recent version for 2018 reports that, in 2015, the United States spent approximately $12,800 per student on elementary and secondary education. That is over 35% more than the OECD country average of $9,500. " https:&#x2
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by bazzert 6y ago
Very good, its been very true of my cohort where there is a apparent correlation between enthusiasm for indefinite lockdowns and those in jobs where you can easily work from home, or are protected occupations in academia or government or th
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by bazzert 6y ago
>> while only accepting well performing non-SPED students, Thats not necessarily true, many (certainly here in MA) charter schools use a blind lottery for admissions.
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by bazzert 6y ago
The police did that in Portsmouth, VA ie. stood back and allowed a mob to pull down a statue which struck a man causing what is probably a life long injury.
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by bazzert 6y ago
Exactly right, I used to be a subscriber and keen reader but lately it has been ridiculous headlines like this one ... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/why-georg...
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by bazzert 6y ago
Are you allowed say that Robert Mugabe was not a good choice as goodwill ambassador ?
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by bazzert 6y ago
Fantastic organization. My son is on a team that qualified from the MA state finals but sadly (and understandably) 'Worlds' was cancelled.
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by bazzert 7y ago
Yes, in some circles you are almost considered foolish not to get this accommodation. https://patch.com/massachusetts/newton/30-percent-newton-nor...
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by bazzert 7y ago
https://docdro.id/SjaNeM6
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by bazzert 7y ago
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/03/11... Michael Shellenberger is one of my favorite writers on this topic. The radiation around Fukushima is less than the naturally occurring radi
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by bazzert 7y ago
From https://endcoal.org/global-coal-plant-tracker/ all announced or in-construction coal power plants. https://pasteboard.co/IS5YHJv.png
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by bazzert 7y ago
Fukushima, "1 death from radiation, 2202 from the evacuation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...
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by bazzert 7y ago
Great points. “The damage done by these wind installations is out of all proportion to the benefit,” https://www.ft.com/content/d8b9b0bc-04a6-11ea-a984-fbbacad9e...
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by bazzert 7y ago
Its discussed in this article. http://www.islandinstitute.org/working-waterfront/%E2%80%8Bp... "1647 Colonial Ordinance enacted by the Massachusetts Bay Colony ceded title to all intertidal land in what would bec
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by bazzert 7y ago
Exactly, in fact in the British Isles even the land above the high tide line (I forget the exact extent) is public. In New England they wanted to encourage the development of docks (to promote more commerce) and extended ownership to includ
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by bazzert 7y ago
This is a pretty good roundup of the topic. http://stage.mvmagazine.com/news/2007/07/01/private-beaches
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by bazzert 7y ago
Its even worse in the north east. In Mass. and Maine property owners can (due to an old colonial era law) own property to the low tide line and deny access not only to the access, but to the beach itself.
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by bazzert 7y ago
So it will be a "submerged nation" in about 900 years. Which would explain ... "The threat of climate change to the islands is not a dominant motivation for migration as Tuvaluans appear to prefer to continue living in Tuvalu
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by bazzert 7y ago
from Nature, " Results highlight a net increase in land area in Tuvalu of 73.5 ha (2.9%), despite sea-level rise, and land area increase in eight of nine atolls." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-029
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by bazzert 7y ago
from the guardian article (first link) ... "The missing islands, ranging in size from 1 to 5 hectares (2.5-12.4 acres) were not inhabited by humans." Other links were mostly "could","will","may" etc.
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by bazzert 7y ago
>> For the same reason, you cannot submerge island nations out of curiosity, what island nations have been submerged ?
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by bazzert 9y ago
well that brought on a surge of nostalgia.
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by bazzert 9y ago
understood, I was responding to your "astroturfing" comment. The shill card gets played pretty frequently in these discussions.
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by bazzert 9y ago
fair point, maybe what I should have said is can you point to a single injury/death resulting from the intended or proper use of roundup/glyphosphate.
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by bazzert 9y ago
could be said about your side as well ... almost all anti gmo/glyphosphate arguments can be traced back to sources with a financial interest in spreading fear about our food supply.

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