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Software engineer, ex-lawyer, Cubs fan, proud liberal, special needs parent, former editorial cartoonist, etymology and genealogy nerd, science fiction junky, hobby comic artist, he/him.
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It doesn’t reek of totalitarianism— it is totalitarianism! What answers are you looking for? You already know all you need, what are you going to do about it?
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I don’t understand why he mentions metaphors when talking about vomit. There is no metaphor involved, the root of vomit means to discharge or spew — it is used properly (non-metaphorically) by the Romans and it’s use to describe throwing up is also non-metaphorical.
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What a total idiot. Never has “intelligence” been so misused in someone’s job title.
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What in the ever living …
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Sure, different but still paid by homeowners. Without a major tax realignment (where others taxes are removed) adding a new tax to middle class homeowners (esp in major cities where density drives up land value) — seems counterproductive.
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The UBI being based on land value taxes makes it a hard no for me. Property taxes used to fund both education and UBI is not workable in my opinion.
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If it’s anything like Chicago, many buildings that included an extra house (two flats, in-law apts., etc.) have been converted to full single family homes to accommodate our pref for more space. Also, short term rentals reduce capacity as well.
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Lol, what a child!
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I am not sure how much of an impact it had, but I always suspected that before Ukraine, Russian was coasting on its reputation while corruption ate away at its military abilities — I think that reputation has already been shattered, but it feels street cred is their only goal left.
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Five months? — so optimistic.
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An adjudicated snowflake
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In 2016, Peter Hotez warned about the anti-vax movement and growing number of vaccine exemptions in Texas.
He cited Gaines County as his first area of concern for measles.
In 2025, Gaines county has reported 55% of the 738 Texas measles cases.
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
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Yes, but … try viewing this from the mask-wearing culture of Asia, where before COVID wearing a mask was something you did when you are sick so you don’t spread to others.
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I am assuming even as a government publication, they expect to charge a lot, so the public doesn’t have access to it either.
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This reminds of when a publisher puts “this page intentionally left blank” on a page. In other words the statement disproves itself.
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This feels odd to me. I would have sworn this has always been a phrase since before I remember — but I also remember seeing Ghostbusters in the theater.
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Whatever you do, don’t let children or other insane people flush wipes — or you will have a new HOT AND SEXY (and expensive) purchase, like I did about a month after getting a new one. Fun times.
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And will get a huge tax break too.
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But what of Trump’s claim that “grocery” is an old word and that he is making it more popular again.
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I like it. When I became a manager and had to get employees to set goals, I required everyone come up with at least three. The first two were your first two principles (third was improve something from a past review)
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This is more of the same, “I don’t know I am not a lawyer” excuse. Being a government administrator of the IRS, the entire executive branch, or any other part of gov means you should know MORE than a lawyer not LESS.
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… just like every business spends time discussing all the what-ifs around the people they didn’t hire, or even the ones that rescinded their job application. All necessary conversations, yeah right.
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I do the same — also no one knows what I mean either.