jlewis7272

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by jlewis7272 8y ago
Immigrant is the English word that denotes someone moving permanently to a new country. Emigrant means someone going to another country permanently. That is to say, moving to Canada from the US one would be considered an immigrant in Cana
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
I agree. I felt he was stretching when trying to discredit golds "value". There is a reason gold is and has been a "hard" currency.
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
Because switching careers is hard and scary. Some would find it encouraging to read others accomplishments and the paths they took, in order to do the same.
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
You've not ever owned a cat have you?
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
When government gets in the way of capitalism you get what you've referred to. Every single one of these issues came about due to government policies or laws. And Maggie was awesome!
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
I'm a little tired of the basic/universal income trope myself. The problem with Socialism/Communism is you eventually run out of other peoples money.
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
When I worked from home I did something similar to what a previous poster has said. I would go to a cafe in the morning and work from there until lunch, I found I needed some humans around me for at least part of my morning to focus. Then
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
Bingo! This falsehood needs to be quashed. There are too many stories of companies using this as an excuse to rid themselves of having to pay for the pensions of their current workforce. Just look at say Disney bringing in foreign worker
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by jlewis7272 9y ago
I switched careers at age 30 also (into programming). A buddy told me something that has held out to be true. Think of your career like you would guiding a canoe down a river. Parts of the river will bend and get narrow and parts will be
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
I feel this is a problem the government created so the government could come up with never ending "solutions". The issue needs to be defined better. The point of health insurance is to prevent me from going bankrupt due to a catas
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
A good resource that is still in use today by many urban planners is a book called "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs. She explores among other things the growth, decline and renewal of urban centers. Ev
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
"but we are listening..."
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
</sarcasm>
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
Too bad they didn't reach out to the NRA for comment.
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
Not sure I would want to hire some of them, if they think this behavior is normal.
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
The resources are the humans and the departments responsibility is to keep the company from being sued.
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
Yes! This! Same with dealing with racists, call it out when you see it. And stand up with those who are brave enough to act on it.
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
</sarcasm>
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
Are you pro-immigration or pro-illegal immigration?
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
I think the fact that we don't look at our solar system as a whole instead of trying to isolate data to "prove we are doing this" is indicative of politics corrupting science. We need to get back to pure science and forget ab
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by jlewis7272 10y ago
Just out of curiosity, are there many squatters in these empty homes?