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THEN: computational physics and chemistry of planetary atmospheres
NOW: dodging viruses and toxic social media?
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I think I prefer screws to glue.
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Not only that but the agency that compiles statistics on which cars kill people won’t be functioning either, so no one will know. Bliss
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It’s like taking naloxone to increase your heroine dose
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Flynn, Manafort, Stone, Tarrio and the other Jan 6 defendants need to have a conversion with him.
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California has about the same fraction of the US population as it supplies in avocados, so it works out about right.
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Time for some civil contempt proceedings against the people in the US, not over internationally waters, who ignored the order?
Civil contempt can’t be pardoned and it can cost a lot of money.
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Kill the golden goose you will.
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They are also surrounded by companies supporting the research, supplying materials like bottled gases and chemicals as well as construction and maintenance, hospitals that run trials of the latest therapies, take advantage of medical students from nearby medical schools while training them, etc.
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Research universities are surrounded by small companies that are spun off from research, often with the active participation of faculty members.
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The nation will lose leadership in innovation and technology, become weaker economically, and even militarily, and might never recover.
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Academic researchers will move where they can do research in addition to teaching, even if that means doing it abroad. Cutting off federal funding for teaching will lead to a national brain drain.
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Endowments support faculty salaries, scholarships, and basic operating expenses, not research.
And indirectly, teaching quality will suffer. Researchers can teach things that no one else can, including how to do research (duh!).
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Doesn’t the order matter? If the R bill can’t pass cloture, THEN introduce the 1 month extension and let the Rs vote it down. Don’t introduce it first. If the 1 month extension is voted on first, Rs can vote it down and Ds will be on the spot.
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It’s not like private companies pick up the slack and start launching balloons every day.
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It’s not clear whether intelligence used by front line troops to target Russian troops inside Ukraine has stopped, according to Schifrin. /end
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If you want cover the maintenance expenses for underutilized properties, rent them.
These buildings could house the homeless or house anyone or be used by businesses.
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CDC: