zaphods-towel

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by zaphods-towel 9y ago
It certainly is taking a stance (but keep in mind that this is an individual writer whose submission was accepted by McSweeneys rather than a piece by the editors). It's mocking the memo and it's also pointing out the importance o
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by zaphods-towel 9y ago
...yes, it is controlled for. Read the comment above you again. They compare exposed rats to unexposed rats. That accounts for your concern.
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by zaphods-towel 9y ago
We have also lost freedom from fear because of militarization of police, violent suppression of protest, extensive surveillance, harassment and manipulation of journalists, and threatening actions taken by bigots.
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Hi, can you talk a bit more about this? I have extremely low iodine and have been trying to figure out how to address it, so your mention of iodine caught my attention. Also, when you say iodine and apoptosis my first thought is cancer trea
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Hi, thanks for your work on this, it looks awesome! I tried to download the precompiled dmg and it appears to be broken. When I try to open it, my computer says the file is damaged and needs to be deleted. I'm not knowledgeable enough
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
I know many liberals who were extremely outspoken against Obama's illegal actions (I am one of them). I think that if you haven't encountered them, you haven't met good liberals or you haven't made an effort to ask peopl
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Unsurprising given the strongly anti-intellectual thread woven through conservative culture these days.
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
I agree, this isn't really a measure of "brain drain." Brain drain is when educated people leave an area (usually a country) en masse. For example, one of my professors is from Sri Lanka, and she used her graduating class as
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Those are different claims. Bernie specifies that he's talking about youths who only had a high school degree or dropped out. Further, Bernie's campaign replied to Politifact's questions and pointed them to a specific sourc
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Interesting. I definitely hear that, and I find that argument somewhat convincing. On the other hand, I worry a wholeee lot about term limits encouraging a revolving door between public and private work. I guess the ideal solution would be
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
Well, I'm certainly not worried about some specific senator trying to seize more power than they already have— there are too many other powerful (& more powerful) people in the government who would stop them. If term limits for r
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
I feel like you're making an argument against your thesis instead of for it (?). With higher risk, you expect higher return... so isn't that another tick against Trump's "success"? His ventures were way riskier th
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by zaphods-towel 10y ago
I don't see what the problem is with that? The term limits on the president are in place because he has such an inordinate amount of power. I am concerned about a president trying to seize non-democratic power. Not so for a Senator. Ca