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Must everyone pretend that words cannot have more than one definition for just this word? women (noun) 1) An adult female person 2) Whatever we say it means Typically in context it's not difficult to determine which definition people a
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If your strategy makes as much sense as your writing, you're definitely going to prison.
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"His papers are coherent" High praise for one of the greatest minds of his generation
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It is possible lab modified or directed the evolution of the virus.
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Just for context those channels are more culturally specific than “Spanish-speakers” it’s basically Mexican which isn’t interchangeable with Spain or Bolivia for example.
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Monster doesn't mean monster in Dutch.
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https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-noise-cancel...
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This sounds more like a negotiating position with the union than a public health policy. They know the union will seize upon any pretext to stay home.
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Queue meeting Cue meeting. We have to trie to do better. https://grammarist.com/usage/cue-queue/
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There's an astonishing amount of I mean in his comment history. I mean like a lot.
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Everything but the eye remark could apply to white people: "Stupid white TA," "Like an old white woman," and "Outdone by White #whatsnew." And the weeping and gnashing of teeth has nothing to do with making rem
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https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/teen-vogue-staffers-call-out-n... These would be completely uncontroversial if they were written about European or white people: "Stupid white TA" "Like an old whi
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Please share the scientific evidence that all populations have exactly the same distributions for all non-visible characteristics that are relevant to "unequal outcomes".
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"CostCo sells everything at a fixed profit margin (I believe it's around 18% but I could be mistaken)." You're mistaken no they don't.
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No they've been charged with misdemeanor "entry into a restricted area" and or felony "violent entry into a restricted area and disorderly conduct".
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What he literally said while he "literally stood outside near the Capitol" (he was almost two miles away from the Capitol): "Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. After this, we’re goin
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If you're on an L1B visa, you were required to demonstrate specialized knowledge of working at Facebook. "Specialized knowledge means either special knowledge possessed by an individual of the petitioning organization’s product, s
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"This is a strawman that shows you’re an ideologue rather than someone discussing in good faith... I said nothing about open borders. I’m puzzled why the Justice Dept doesn’t want someone like me applying for the residence" You di
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That same argument applies to every employee outside of any one country of any company with a nexus in another. "We're going to employ person P in country C2 therefore country C1 is losing out to C2 if person P isn't permitte
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"The reason is very simple: FB doesn't want to hire someone else for this job. They're doing the PERM process because they want to keep me." It may seem bizarre to you, but that is exactly what the law requires. You'
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To what extent are the new rules (wage and specialty occupation) vulnerable to being overturned by the courts? Do knowledgeable people think the Biden administration would overturn these rules? Is it possible that approximately the same num
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"Even just being recognize you as 'other' can get old, like being asked "where are you from" or riding the bus in Chicago and having to answer questions about my ethnicity from whoever was feeling tipsy enough to as
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OP: "What you will find is that people are friendly, as long as you look like them (white)." P: "Of course everyone isn't racist, and most folks are friendly and accepting." If these statements are equivalent, you h
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I think I would be generally suspicious of people who are soliciting your support or affection by telling you most people are out to get you. (You're right that happens a lot here these days.)
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"What you will find is that people are friendly, as long as you look like them (white)." Be aware that when people say things like this they often do so to feel virtuous themselves like only they are so enlightened that only they
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They're literally hanging on the walls of Buckingham Palace for the world to see for £26.50.
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This is terrifying. First they came for the rioters destroying federal property, and I did not speak out because I was not a rioter destroying federal property.
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In an informational bulletin, USCIS also stated that “Engineers may not fill computer-related jobs under TN classification unless they have credentials as computer or software engineers from institutions that recognize computer or software
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"Systems Analysis And Programming" (62.2%) and "Computer Occupations, Other" (8.4%) are together 70.6% in 2017. That's the approximately the same population as "254k/365k of H1B petitions in 2017 were for
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H1B petitions in computer occupations are predominantly in software development and computer programming. About 30% are for "computer systems analyst" or "computer occupations, other" but I don't really buy most of
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