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by gozur88 9y ago
When I see an article that starts out with a "soft anecdote" I'm immediately put off because it seems like an attempt to manipulate my emotions. That's not really necessary if you have the data to support your point, so
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by gozur88 9y ago
That was his whole point when he said the work expands to fill the time. There's no particular reason new to the current era that children should be continuously monitored.
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When was the last time white community leaders and politicians proposed a policy to address a problem in their own neighborhood and were accused of institutional racism?
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That's... completely irrelevant. The harsher sentences had wide support from black leaders and politicians.
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If this were a group of white politicians and community leaders seeking tougher sentences for crimes occurring in their neighborhoods, I'm pretty sure we'd be hearing a debate on the merits of the proposal. But because black polit
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by gozur88 9y ago
>Stupid statisticians with their stupid "controls". I don't have access to the actual study, but the abstract very much reads like a study that came to the conclusion the authors wanted. >You began by saying there was n
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by gozur88 9y ago
Oh, yes, I see they've referenced a study that admits the violence was greater for crack but not if you "controlled" out the relevant variables.
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by gozur88 9y ago
Crack vs powder sentencing isn't relevant. The violence was all on the crack side, which is what prompted the harsher sentences. And yes, Obama got a law passed based on a lie. That happens all the time. EDIT: Most people really don
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by gozur88 9y ago
>Contrast to the crack cocaine epidemic in the 80s: fuck'em, throw them all in prison. That's overly reductive to the point of being wrong. There was never a particularly strong feeling that crack addicts should be thrown in p
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by gozur88 9y ago
>That's great until the mob with torches are outside your door calling for your blood. I hope you realize that's exactly what you're doing. >No one is loosely throwing around the term Nazi, these groups self identify
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by gozur88 9y ago
Than if you just reported ordinary income from a job? I don't see how that could be anything but "more".
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by gozur88 9y ago
The analogy I always used when I was playing is that of a big prison yard. The strong take from the weak. The weak band together for protection. And you don't want to get caught out by yourself.
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by gozur88 9y ago
The problem is inflation. Taxes aren't calculated on constant dollars, and it's really not reasonable to tax inflationary gains.
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Neither party is a "fringe element" by definition. Half the people in the country can't be a "fringe".
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by gozur88 9y ago
The ag laws are among the few that make sense. Agriculture is big business in California, and we've been overrun by invasive pests a few times now. It makes more sense to keep them out than to try to eradicate them after they become
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by gozur88 9y ago
Where can I find the percentage of women who leave law to have families?
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by gozur88 9y ago
I've met quite a few software developers who pad their estimates heavily and then coast when the job is complete.
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by gozur88 9y ago
If you didn't pay commissions sales people would start coasting once they made their numbers. Imagine you have to make a million on sales per quarter, and three weeks in you strike gold in the form of a $1.1m contract. Sure, you get b
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by gozur88 9y ago
I would think every aspect of the battery supply chain would be worth looking at.
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It's good to be the king, I suppose. I'd love to have all my pet peeves encoded into law.
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I agree with this. It's gotten to the point that when I need something I buy it from Amazon, with the only exception being food. And that last part might change.
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by gozur88 9y ago
This is delusional. How many colleges are out there like Wheaton (?) or Hillsdale. Is the ration less than 1000:1? And anyway it doesn't address the point. Restrictions on speech at Hillsdale don't come from rules against &quot
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Why would you say that?
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That's not an alternative platform. It's just a different group on the same platform.
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>My point: Restricting hate speech is not a slippery slope for freedom of speech. I don't know how you could be aware of what's going on in academia and believe this.
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It can be. The sorts of things Christian churches tend to teach are generally conducive to a well functioning society. It depends on what they're teaching, exactly, and how receptive the people are to the message.
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Kleptocratic dictatorships aren't voluntary.
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by gozur88 9y ago
>The cite has some other interesting information. For example, "In 2015, white men represented about 74% of all partners." Remember that white males are only 33% of the U.S. population. You just brought up the fact that there
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People sue, and win, over this kind of price fixing all the time. Makes me think the evidence isn't as clear cut as he believes.
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When I was growing up my mother did one major shopping trip a month. And she cooked every meal for the family - we never ate out. We ate a lot of frozen meats and vegetables. Even bread stays fresh if you freeze it.

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