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This is one reason why https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_voter_theorem
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9% of American voters was all it took for Clinton and Trump to win the primaries. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/n... The "public" debates are sponsored by
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Watch 13th on Netflix, slavery is still here in the US. The Constitution legalizes it for people convicted of crimes and there is a big business built around it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_(film)
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And the people in power of the prizon-industrial complex have a big role in government. Guess not much has changed.
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It never left. In the US, the Constitution has an exception that allows slavery for people convicted of crimes. I recently learned this after watching the netflix documentary 13th. As a US citizen I felt a bit ignorant that I didn'
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Part of the Johnson/Weld platform is to get government out of the way of entrepreneurship. http://fortune.com/2016/07/07/small-business-libertarian/
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I'm with you, Johnson all the way. Voting for someone who's positions I mostly align with, who would do the best job for our country with the least amount of drama. Not for the lesser of two evils, or to make sure the "othe
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"Combetta appeared under subpoena in a committee hearing last week on the alleged destruction of evidence, but both he and colleague Bill Thornton exercised their Fifth Amendment right not to testify." Actually it's the Fifth
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On this issue, he is the best person for the job. Voting for the best person for the job is never a protest vote.
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Another reason to vote Johnson/Weld for US President this November. “Would the world be better off if all drugs were legal? Yes. The world would be better off, that 90 percent of the drug problem is prohibition-related, not use related
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If you can't get out of your dark thoughts, seek help, talk to a friend, find a mentor. There is no shame in asking for help. Don't struggle alone. If you need someone to talk to call 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or see http:/&
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Seattle could open housing for homeless where it’s OK to use heroin(seattletimes.com)
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The US has been buying bad debt with borrowed money (QE). There is so much cash in circulation that the banks don't know what to do with it. "So no, the Fed is not printing money. In fact, the Fed is doing much worse than that. I
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Thanks for correcting, I didn't know that. Found more info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication_theorem
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"Interstellar-medium-based life has the problem that it must necessarily interact multiple orders of magnitude more slowly than Earth life because all of its components are much more separated and it has the same speed-of-light limits
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In the chrome browser on Android, selecting the browser option "request desktop site" bypasses the restriction on messenger from the mobile browser.
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I saw the same message printed on a business card and taped to a light pole near downtown Seattle yesterday.
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"The problem with church..." There are a wide spectrum of beliefs and interpretations across denominations, far beyond Orthodox , liberal, etc. And the quality of the delivery is still up to the people at the pulpit. A bad exper
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Japan and the US are also known for workaholism. Idolizing work and career for one's entire adult life can leave someone feeling very lonely upon retirement. Or while still in the workforce for that matter. A good book called "C
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As the author mentioned, shareholder voting is ripe for disruption with a blockchain based system. What is the market size at stake for the middle-man companies?
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Juneau, Alaska entrepreneur looks to sell ocean water to California(newsminer.com)
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Could your services be used to manage private car-sharing networks? For example, a group of neighbors or residents of a gated community put their vehicles in a car-sharing pool? Mostly would be used for grocery runs or road trips with the