serge2k

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by serge2k 10y ago
> Though I guess that corruption is the Clinton ideology and yet, despite apparently knowing this for 30 years. Investigating it constantly for 30 years. Neither of them have had anything actually stick to them. Amazing. They must be the
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> If the mic wasn’t left on, it would take the app longer to both initialize the mic and then start buffering audio How much longer?
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I never really understood the objection to national ID. Is it really that much worse than state IDs? Tracking can work either way, that seems like a different fight. Companies seem to use the SSN anyway.
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Goods and Services taxes are regressive, that hurts the poor.
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> Party rules to amend it would be a slap in the face of Trump It's always going to be a slap in the face. Start the campaign now and try to get it in with the next term.
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I'm a salaried full time employee at a major tech company.
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> If the end game of a company is to simply offshore all their jobs, then they can also plan on giving up the benefits of being based in a stable democracy like the US Or you take a trip a few hours north and you get a stable democracy w
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Plus they can pay people drastically less because the Canadian job market is a joke.
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> - So say they relax the rules and say anyone can apply and will get trained. - A laid off steel plant worker applies for the position of a software engineer This is a fantasy world. Companies aren't going to spend hundreds of thou
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> Jobs are a bedrock social justice issue in the United States How many times are you going to repeat this? You should be wary of protectionism.
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> H1-b candidates are very expensive to hire. Although, they do get paid very low. Huh. I don't feel horribly underpaid. I'm pretty sure I'm making about the same as my American citizen peers.
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> It's utterly disgusting to make American workers second class citizens in their own country. How many more Disney's, Qualcomms, and Southern California Edison's do we need to see before we realize that the program is har
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Why? Nintendo decided to once again screw over their fans with their supply games. People are getting back at them for it.
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> Why not make it more expensive if there is such a demand Is demand really high enough to support a higher price? Nintendo is infamous for putting out a short supply. I don't understand why Amazon can't just take preorders for
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Being the global police and having good healthcare are orthogonal to each other. One doesn't really effect the other all that much. I don't really get why are saying they do? I do think US attitudes lead to both things (world poli
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She's dull and kinda unlikeable. She had some good ideas but nothing really exciting. Trump has, in his way, an Obama like gift for getting people excited to vote for him. It makes him look god awful to his opponents, but it gets peopl
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They aren't. I just don't understand why people were convinced the US military is so weak and shitty and needs rebuilding.
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> I don't buy the idea that was "experienced", "the most qualified", "a good manager". She was a lawyer, first lady for 8 years, a senator, and secretary of state. She's incredibly experienced and
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> Especially considering the U.S. as de facto self-appointed global police, is doing a terrible job of looking after it's own citizens with regard to education, healthcare, the war on drugs, shooting black men, mass shootings, etc e
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It's not wrong until the totals are final. or he passes Romney
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> Guys, half of any population is statistically less smart than the other But most are within a similar band. Liberal arrogance again.
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Al gore lost by margins that triggered automatic recounts. Vs saying weeks before hand that the election is going to be rigged, I can only lose if it is rigged, etc...
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> I meant the assumption that 'The Coasts' represent what is 'modern' They do though. Multicultural, global trade centers, high tech industry. They are the modern world. That's a big part of the problem, there ar
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> These people are pissed off at Washington and Wall Street and they believe Hillary would be more of Obamas business as usual. I really question this. It keeps getting said, but looking at the numbers from Wisconsin/Michigan/P
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Yup. People were rabid to vote against trump. Not so much to vote for Hillary. Turnout sucked. Compare it to rabid Trump supporters, or Obama.
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It's saying "oh they just don't know any better". That's not better than "They are idiots" or "Racist sexists!"
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Last time they did it they got 2 wars and the housing crisis. How do you convince people?
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They have job skills, the jobs disappeared. It's not their fault. If outsourcing suddenly produced high quality issue free software for cheap tomorrow then we'd all be just as screwed despite having such great skills.
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> More Americans need to see more of the United States. They need to shake hands with a Muslim, or talk soccer with a middle aged lesbian, or attend a lecture by a female business executive. First off, why is this site screwing with my c
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> "Lots of individuals who Trump "owes" through either money or support they provided to him; pure cronyism." Trump is the most 'free' President in modern history. He 'owes' the least, to the fewes

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