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by knz 9y ago
Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting that our society doesn't need skeptical journalism - if anything we need more of it. As you point out, we have been failed many times by the media in the past. I've read plenty of articles
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Fear mongering?! In the context of the increasing evidence of Russian involvement in our elections and reports about their support of our enemies ( http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/17/evidence-russian-
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Context is indeed important, one could argue that the Soviets did the same in Korea, Vietnam, or any of the other major Cold War conflicts.
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by knz 9y ago
> Russia hysteria Even beyond the domestic political implications of Russian involvement in our election, Russia is actively supporting groups that are likely shooting at Americans and our allies today ( http://www.foxnews.com&
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New Zealand has had similar issues - https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/339335/national-mp-...
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This was the first Google result I found - https://www.vox.com/2014/7/6/5874499/map-heres-how-much-ever... In 2014 the US was spending ~ 6.5% of household expenditure on food, on the lower end compared t
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by knz 9y ago
> ten percent more at retail. Not shocking. A ten percent increase across an entire grocery bill might be more noticeable though. Likewise with the cost of eating at a restaurant if all workers are paid more (i.e. the $15/hour movem
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I don't entirely disagree but I also suspect that many Americans would be shocked by the cost of food if workers were paid higher wages (especially if it was done for everyone who touches your food as it travels from the farm to the ta
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> disjointed, hard-to-follow argument, that feels like its backed by no (or irrelevant) facts Respectfully, I have to disagree. I watched this documentary for the first time last night and came away feeling that the jarring tone was del
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Millennials?! My experience has always been that customers with email addresses at older services (Hotmail, Yahoo, Earthlink, AOL etc) are usually boomers that are using an account set up for them by their millennial aged grandchildren back
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by knz 9y ago
I'm surprised they don't mail the injections out instead of requiring people to assemble (a great place to spread disease). The movie Contagion was partially set where I live in Minnesota - it contained depictions of people assemb
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Do it in person and don't approach it as a conversation specifically about politics - "Did you see x in the news? Crazy huh?" is better than "Here is this hilarious meme about Republicans/Democrats!" etc.
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by knz 9y ago
Yes, very much so with some individuals. I have friends and family across the political spectrum and we regularly talk about the issues of the day (always in person, social media is a horrible platform for this). I've had success educa
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by knz 9y ago
> We live in an age where "Muslim ban" sounds like appropriate policy to about half the population. In Democracy the people get the government they deserve. Guess we really don't deserve human rights and habeus corpus. So
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Google's Project Fi has good support - live chat, phone, email, and social media. Likewise with YouTube TV. Of course you're paying $35+/month instead of the usual $0-10/month for most of their consumer products.
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Espionage is a crime in most (all?) countries though? Part of the "game" is pretending that you're not involved in espionage despite all players knowing that it occurs. Morals don't really come into it, since there is
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by knz 9y ago
> The quantity and orbits of spy satellites are public knowledge since there's no way to hide anything in space. The "Misty" satellites came up on HN last week related to the SpaceX launch and failure. https://e
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by knz 9y ago
Would you be surprised if China had an intelligence network in the US? I don't think any major country would be surprised - the "great game" is as active as ever...
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by knz 9y ago
The emergency alert system has been used here in Minnesota for tornadoes, amber alerts, and flash flooding. Sitting in a room and hearing every phone go off or waking up to your own phone making the warning tone is quite alarming. If I rece
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I've heard dozens of tornado sirens and watched people ignore them in the 10+ years I've lived in Minnesota. I've also experienced being caught in the middle of a tornado outbreak (30 in 90 minutes, a couple were over mile wi
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by knz 9y ago
They get tested monthly here in Minnesota (at 1300 on the first Wednesday of the month). They are primarily for tornadoes rather than nuclear weapons though.
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https://www.npr.org/2018/01/11/577331402/ahead-of-hill-vote-... "For the record, Trump's administration supports full reauthorization. In fact, the White House issued a statement on Wednesday e
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by knz 9y ago
> Turmp should be happy about this To be fair, Trump is hardly the the first President to seek renewal of such laws. > useful in cracking down on citizens and opponents who criticize him. There were multiple reports about "Dark S
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by knz 9y ago
http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/the-real-mystery-satellites... More information/speculation for anyone interested: "The first of these satellites is known as the USA-53 or Misty satellite. This stealth satel
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by knz 9y ago
It's probably not as effective as an ear tag and fence though (especially when you factor in real world conditions, a lack of unified technologies across any industry, and an unwillingness to invest in technology). That said, I have he
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The section on unit conversions ( http://www.firefightermath.org/index.php?option=com_content&... ) just makes me wonder why fire fighters don't use metric... "How many pints are in a 5-gallon pail? How many cup
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by knz 9y ago
Sure, it's $330 because I have a high deductible plan (it's all my employer offers and they do provide a generous HSA). Of course the clinic knows I have insurance so only offers the "insured rate". It's insane.
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It's not just x-rays. I'm currently on holiday in New Zealand and had to take my infant daughter to the urgent care. The total cost was $21 USD (including the prescription). Back in the US it's $330 for a 15 minute appointmen
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by knz 9y ago
> Would you suggest they not vote? Of course not. As you say, it's clearly not a significant issue for most Republican voters. However, I think a lot of voters assume that the party reflects the values of the voters though - clearly
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by knz 9y ago
Indeed. However, most politicians take their election as a mandate for all of their public positions.

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