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by long_time_gone 5y ago
More like, we'd be better off if voters didn't demand short-term actions with negative long-term effects.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Has any of the new information changed your mind on this issue? It seems most of western intelligence was correct on Putin's actions and intentions.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
There is a difference between voting for one of the two parties (althought there are obviously more parties) and choosing to affiliate yourself with a specific party. In the US, the largest political party is "Independent" [1] wit
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
This reads like finger pointing used to justify an existing stance.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> It's easy to look at the political parties of a state's elected representatives and make assumptions about the people there but it's very important to consider the actual people being elected before you draw conclusions
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
How is citizenship related to political party? I didn't ask if they thought about moving, I asked if they thought about who they choose to support going forward?
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> What should I be instead, a Democrat? I never suggested that. There are plenty of people walking around who are unaffiliated or support 3rd parties. Not being a "Republican" doesn't make you a "Democrat". >
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
In light of the actions of the previous Governor [1], does it make you re-think your party affiliation? [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/eric-greitens-form...
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
I love this comment. For example, I have yet to find a tool that helps teams manage worker leave (medical, parental, mental health, etc.). A way to quickly get a co-worker up-to-speed on your projects before you take leave; a place to docum
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Almost like the same people who are working to ban books across the country aren't all that into Free Speech.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> A new social media that says, "we're not removing anything unless it's clearly illegal or we get a court order to do so" is a reasonable pitch in my mind. I agree there is demand for a non-moderated social network,
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> Studies show that the strongest influence on kids are their peers. Could you please share? The ones I'm finding say that parents are the strongest influence [1] [2] [3] [4]. > Permissive parenting that treats kids like little a
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> Controlling kids’ interactions with other humans with underdeveloped brains is like the most critical part of parenting. Do you have kids? Can you explain what you mean by this?
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> despite being said dead for 5+ years now Maybe those people were right all along. The problem is that their valuation is based on continued growth, that can no longer be assumed based on last quarter.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Any data that support these theories would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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> how many people with the unmarketable degrees work in completely different fields, and would be much better off studying in that field from the beginning There is no majors for people who get into high-paying jobs like "Sales&quot
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> And this wealth inequality is mostly caused by people making dumb choices. Like getting a college degree that doesn't give you any marketable skills. People with college degrees aren't the ones losing the wealth battle. Rathe
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> Are they planning military action or doing a show of strength to send a message? There is no way to know, that's the entire point. The moment you don't take it seriously is the time they conduct a military action.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Can someone explain why Russia put 150k troops on the border if they weren't trying to do anything? > As you can see it even allows the US to claim "victory" when Russia stays put. They announced a "pull back" to
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
This article has nothing to do with Nancy Pelosi. It is about Zero Hedge parroting Russian propaganda from a "think tank" called Strategic Cultural Foundation. You can choose to trust them, but this is the warning that you are tru
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US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda(apnews.com)
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
It's the same on both sides. The Hunter Biden "laptop saga" moved from NY Post -> Fox News -> Wall Street Journal. This was after Fox and WSJ passed on the story initially. Once it got traction from NY Post, they ran wi
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
> Trump it mobilized the 99% of people who don't have beliefs as much as they have I thought it was the judicial branch and an injunction that stopped it. >> On 23 September 2020, TikTok filed a request for a preliminary injun
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Which seems to correlate with Facebook user numbers, ironically.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
What happened to "he did so for unknowingly causing offense by mentioning the so-called 'N-word' in sensible contexts"?
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Except that isn't what he apologized for at all. It requires "irrational, even magical thinking" to interpret his words that way. From Rogan [1]: “the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicl
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
I don't know what Spotify will do. I am saying that we should take Rogan's word for it when he apologized for being offensive.
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In this case, the speaker of the words apologized for their offensiveness. Maybe we should take his word that they were, in fact, offensive.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
Rogan apologized too. No need for the "gotcha" act.
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by long_time_gone 5y ago
It's not quite that simple. The US Big Mac [1] has 11% more calories than the Denmark Big Mac [2], which is an 11% difference. Also, the average hourly wage in the US is $31.63 [3] as of January 31st. [1] https://www.mcdonal

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