lbaskin

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by lbaskin 10y ago
It's not only TSA personnel (who are, on the whole, so incompetent I wouldn't hire most of the ones I meet to do ANYTHING), it's policy itself. Security policy in much of the world today is reactive and shortsighted - shoe bo
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by lbaskin 10y ago
Your point may stand in the event of negative interest rates, but generally, it seems like you're assuming that what Americans are doing is finding investing avenues that offer greater returns than prevailing interest rates, which does
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The most unexpected hospital billing development ever: Refunds(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by lbaskin 10y ago|0 comments
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by lbaskin 10y ago
Exactly. This is an extreme - and ever more prevalent - illustration of why I don't use air dryers in public restrooms. It also bothers when they says it's done to help the environment. Even if that's true (unlikely, but it s
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by lbaskin 10y ago
"What is needed, in some ways, is a return to this more flexible, broader way of thinking." Well, if the courts and the White House (as inhabited by Democrats AND Republicans) wouldn't keep moving power from the states to the
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by lbaskin 10y ago
"out that of America’s 350 major metro areas, the cities with more than three million people have rebounded far better from the financial crisis." I assume the writer means metro areas with over 3 million people, but the lack of c
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by lbaskin 10y ago
Assuming this is a positive development, I wonder where else xHamster is also blocking access - what about large parts of the Middle East and Africa?
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by lbaskin 10y ago
As far as I see, he only really taught some fluff courses on "rights, race and gender." [1] Not quite what comes to the minds of most lawyers and law students when someone says "con law professor." [1] http://
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Hardcore History: Wrath of the Khans – Genghis Khan(dancarlin.com)
1 points by lbaskin 10y ago|0 comments
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by lbaskin 11y ago
While he was somewhat of an originalist, Scalia was foremost a textualist - much more than an originalist (the latter term better describes Thomas).
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Chilled police behavior, violent crime rising, claiming mostly young black men(wsj.com)
1 points by lbaskin 11y ago|0 comments
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by lbaskin 11y ago
I'm surprised this is news. If only because of the massive anti-(cigarette)-smoking campaign of the past several years, combined with the massive pro-marijuana-legalization campaign. Good or bad, that sends a pretty clear message to st
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Exactly. While this may be true for some - as you said "not having enough money is a good reason not to be happy." Status alone isn't the question - it's what "enough money" means. For some, that may mean enoug
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by lbaskin 11y ago
And much does. Does that also not constitute sex work in your eyes?
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by lbaskin 11y ago
I generally agree, but Monday didn't have to be a complete non-event. If the market has just gone down sharply, that looks like a buying opportunity to me - even if it continues to decline for some time afterwards.
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by lbaskin 11y ago
> "If these kids didn't listen (weren't forced by the State to listen) to older men telling them horror stories about the 'enemy', they would just hang out, drink and party together." I'm sorry, but tha
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by lbaskin 11y ago
> " We conclude that parents and offspring tend to resemble each other for genetic reasons, and not due to cultural transmission." Interesting, but not earth-shattering. Reminded me of studies such as those referenced here ( ht
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by lbaskin 11y ago
> "Traditionally, law schools would teach classes to prepare students for taking the bar exams" Really? When and where? In fact, the opposite is true. Traditionally, law school classes have little to no relation to the actual b
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by lbaskin 11y ago
1. In case I wasn't clear, I meant being on-call nearly all the time - not that I have actual work all the time. You generally get a fair amount of weekends off, but it makes planning difficult, etc. 2. This is reality for a LOT of whi
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Exactly. But it was only when I entered the workforce full-time that I truly appreciated Shabbat. Especially in a world when I am expected to be on-call 24 hours a day, I honestly cannot understand how people do without a real break once
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Interesting. Very different from Israel, which is in a part of the world that has long suffered from chronic droughts - the culture is very much that water needs to be preserved and not wasted (e.g., by taking long showers, etc). And I woul
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by lbaskin 11y ago
> People attempting to lose weight should not be swayed by the "popular theory about how low-carb diets offer a specific metabolic advantage for body fat loss," says Hall. "Our study has demonstrated that this theory is pr
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The Most Common Childbirth Practice in America Is Unnecessary and Dangerous(newrepublic.com)
7 points by lbaskin 11y ago|1 comments
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Which suburbs? An hour sounds rather optimistic. It's at least an hour to midtown from Westchester, Long Island, and the NJ suburbs that aren't on the PATH.
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by lbaskin 11y ago
I feel the same way about NYC. I can see why early-stage companies want to be in the city, but all these Fortune 500 companies, big law firms, and banks wouldn't even have to move very far. Instead, I'm stuck on the subway every d
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by lbaskin 11y ago
The statute may seem like it's drafted that way, but it's not up to her (or her boss, i.e., the Pres) discretion. There are rules and regulations that determine what is and is not authorized "unauthorized removal and retenti
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Yep, same here - paper classes were a real pain and always made the end of a semester rather unpleasant with deadlines looming. Just saying that system is a bit extreme, and I don't think it's universally applicable.
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Disagree. While I did well in the same system in law school, most people I know hated the one-and-done testing system. That said, you do have a point in situations where testing is practically constant (and affects the final grade) - there&
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by lbaskin 11y ago
At the very least, Title 18, Section 1924 of the U.S. Code: "Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material" https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924 http:/&#x2F
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by lbaskin 11y ago
Because not everyone follows the law. And not everyone reports it when it happens. If you're trying to get home and the first cabbie says no - and you don't insist - you'll probably forget about it once you get in another ca

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