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At the playground. Trump's USA with Pence, "Nobody wants to play with you NK, I'll neve talk with you. - Let's go guys" walks away. Other countries, SK first of them, "I'l ltalk to them. - Hello NK, how are you?" Trump's USA with Pence, "... ok we'll talk too. - hey guys... hey!" Kim Jong-un’s Sister Turns On the Charm, Taking Pence’s Spotlight
When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.
If that was indeed his intention, he could not have chosen a better emissary than the one he sent: his only sister, Kim Yo-jong, whom news outlets in the South instantly called “North Korea’s Ivanka,” likening her influence to that of Ivanka Trump on her father, President Trump.
Much as Ms. Trump has been when traveling with her father, Ms. Kim was closely followed by the news media during her three-day visit to Seoul and to Pyeongchang, which is hosting the Olympics. She flew back to North Korea on Sunday night.
Flashing a sphinx-like smile and without ever speaking in public, Ms. Kim managed to outflank Mr. Trump’s envoy to the Olympics, Vice President Mike Pence, in the game of diplomatic image-making.
While Mr. Pence came with an old message — that the United States would continue to ratchet up “maximum sanctions” until the North dismantled its nuclear arsenal — Ms. Kim delivered messages of reconciliation as well as an unexpected invitation from her brother to the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, to visit Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/world/asia/kim-yo-jong-mike-pence-olympics.html Vice President Mike Pence Says the U.S. Is Ready For Talks With North Korea
The U.S. is ready to engage in talks about North Korea’s nuclear program even as it maintains pressure on Kim Jong Un’s regime, the Washington Post reported, citing an interview with Vice President Mike Pence.time.com/5143897/mike-pence-north-korea-talks/?xid=homepage
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 3:33:27 GMT -5
Really nice piece.
Living Abroad Taught Me to Love AmericaMany liberals talk about moving to another country to avoid Trump. I did the opposite.
I finally found work at a feminist newspaper in East London, where the editor in chief had grown up in awe of Gloria Steinem, Kate Millett, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Angela Davis. “Only America could produce women like that,” she told me.
And yet, despite the election cycle, despite the opioid crisis, despite the tax bill, despite yawning inequality, I still see good in this country.
For one thing, I’ve heard it all before; [...]
As a liberal and human rights activist, I am cognizant of the dark times we live in. But I try to remember that generally, and where it counts, we usually do it right. The First Amendment. The New Deal. The Four Freedoms. The Marshall Plan. The opportunity and social mobility that is more possible than in any other country where I have lived.
In France, only the very bright can enter programs to prepare them for the graduate schools that act as iron gateways to the elite. In America, we draw our political and economic leadership from everywhere. Yes, there are loans. But there are also chances.
My friends don’t see it that way. They’re losing hope with each week. But I tell them it’s the best possible time to be in the resistance. Only during times of darkness can you see the stars, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said. The #MeToo movement came out of this darkness. Black Lives Matter came out of this darkness. The press is stronger and better than it has been in decades. There is a real focus on the most marginalized in society, more so than when I left in the 1980s.
We have a long way to go. We’ve been badly wounded by the 2017 inauguration, and we are still limping. But I know we can do it, because, having lived outside America for more than half my life, I still see the kind of stuff we Americans are made of.www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/living-abroad-taught-me-to-love-america.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 3:40:55 GMT -5
Halfhearted, or no-hearted? More money for the Pentagon, and less for the rest? Trump’s halfhearted infrastructure plan
Everybody seems to favor new and improved roads and bridges. It’s finding the money to pay for them that’s the problem.
President Trump will unveil a long-awaited infrastructure plan on Monday with a lofty goal: to stimulate $1.5 trillion in new spending to modernize the nation’s transportation and public works systems. But the plan won’t identify any new revenue sources to finance those projects. Instead, it will call for killing other programs and shifting that money over to infrastructure.
“They’re not serious about infrastructure,” says a representative of the business community familiar with the White House plans. “They don’t want to put any new money into it. They’re going to use it as political bait, to portray the Democrats as getting in the way of rebuilding the country.”
The Dems also have an infrastructure plan
Democrats have their own infrastructure plan, which is why there appears to be general agreement between the two parties on the virtues of rebuilding roads and bridges. But the Democrats favor $1 trillion in direct federal funding, rather than the indirect method Trump supports. Some Democrats say the Trump plan is a veiled effort to shift more of the burden for infrastructure onto states and cities.
Dems haven’t said where they’d get the money, either. www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-half-hearted-infrastructure-plan-220006903.html President Trump to Unveil a $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
President Donald Trump on Monday will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 trillion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding.time.com/5143843/donald-trump-infrastructure-plan/?xid=homepage
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 3:41:40 GMT -5
3 Reasons Trump's Plan to Privatize the International Space Station Won't (and Shouldn't) Happen
Dabbling in real estate and looking for a way to invest hundreds of millions of dollars with virtually no chance of return? Then the International Space Station (ISS) is for you.
Discontinuing funding for space station operations after 2024 and turning the job over to the private sector after that is something the Trump Administration is currently contemplating, the Washington Post reports. The good news is this will surely never happen. The bad news is that the White House is even considering a plan that fails on so many levels.
Here are the three big ones.
Privatizing the Space Station is a fiscal loser
Privatizing the Space Station is a scientific loser
Privatizing the Space Station is even a political loser time.com/5143701/donald-trump-nasa-international-space-station/?xid=homepage
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Post by phillippatUK on Feb 12, 2018 5:36:45 GMT -5
This depends on how you define possible. One in a billion is still a possibility, even if remote. If we're talking probablility, then the US (and the UK) have both flatlined in social mobility since the 1950's. The only good news, is that the increase in inequality over this time hasn't made it worse. Compared to, say, Scandinavian countries, both are miserable - if you start out poor, you'll probably stay that way. There are always exceptions of course, but that's why it's a matter of probablility, and in that respect, the odds of possibility are not that great either. EDIT: why not graphs? (US) That last one was taken from: www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595437-america-no-less-socially-mobile-it-was-generation-ago-mobility-measured
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This depends on how you define possible. One in a billion is still a possibility, even if remote. If we're talking probablility, then the US (and the UK) have both flatlined in social mobility since the 1950's. The only good news, is that the increase in inequality over this time hasn't made it worse. Compared to, say, Scandinavian countries, both are miserable - if you start out poor, you'll probably stay that way. There are always exceptions of course, but that's why it's a matter of probablility, and in that respect, the odds of possibility are not that great either. EDIT: why not graphs? (US) That last one was taken from: www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595437-america-no-less-socially-mobile-it-was-generation-ago-mobility-measuredOf course I didn't check every single statement she said, I thought the social mobility wasn't that bad as it apparently is from what you posted. I still think it's a really nice piece and even more for the point that yes, the USA can get to soem pretty lows, but it's one of the few countries which could get to some of the highest points too. Maybe now they are on a downward rend, but perhaps all they needed was a shake-up? We'll see.
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This depends on how you define possible. One in a billion is still a possibility, even if remote. If we're talking probablility, then the US (and the UK) have both flatlined in social mobility since the 1950's. The only good news, is that the increase in inequality over this time hasn't made it worse. Compared to, say, Scandinavian countries, both are miserable - if you start out poor, you'll probably stay that way. There are always exceptions of course, but that's why it's a matter of probablility, and in that respect, the odds of possibility are not that great either. EDIT: why not graphs? (US) That last one was taken from: www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595437-america-no-less-socially-mobile-it-was-generation-ago-mobility-measuredOf course I didn't check every single statement she said, I thought the social mobility wasn't that bad as it apparently is from what you posted. I still think it's a really nice piece and even more for the point that yes, the USA can get to soem pretty lows, but it's one of the few countries which could get to some of the highest points too. Maybe now they are on a downward rend, but perhaps all they needed was a shake-up? We'll see. Interesting, speaking of Scandinavian countries. Why Socialist Scandinavia Has Some Of The Highest Inequality In Europe
The celebrated social-democratic nations of Scandinavia have some of the highest wealth inequality in Europe.
That's according to Credit Suisse's weighty Global Wealth Report 2014. It's a finding that's likely to seriously surprise some people. The top 10% of wealth holders in three Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden and Denmark) hold between 65 and 69 per cent of those nations' wealth.
In comparison to the other developed economies in Europe, Scandinavian inequality on this measure seriously stands out: they're significantly above British, French, Italian or Spanish levels. Germany and Austria come a little closer, but are still behind. Only finance-dominated Switzerland reaches higher levels of wealth inequality.
But there's a pretty benign explanation for this big disparity, according to Credit Suisse:
"Strong social security programs, good public pensions, free higher education or generous student loans, unemployment and health insurance can greatly reduce the need for personal financial assets. Public housing programs can do the same for real assets. This is one explanation for the high level of wealth inequality we identify in Denmark, Norway and Sweden: the top groups continue to accumulate for business and investment purposes, while the middle and lower classes have no pressing need for personal saving."
So they're unequal, at least in part, because much of the country's middle class doesn't feel the need to accumulate significant wealth. They don't themselves own, for example, the state housing they live in, so it doesn't appear in the figures. But they might just not feel they really need to. uk.businessinsider.com/why-socialist-scandinavia-has-some-of-the-highest-inequality-in-europe-2014-10
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 6:20:12 GMT -5
Good interviews with Adam Shiff and Bari Weiss.
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Post by Outsider on Feb 12, 2018 6:46:41 GMT -5
Love it. After Podium Sweep At The Olympics, The Netherlands Celebrated By Trolling Trump President Donald Trump pushed, clawed, and bullied his way into office on an “America First” platform. At first listen that sounds okay—“yeah, America is great, we should take of ourselves.” But it’s really just a more euphemistic way of saying “Make America Great Again,” of which the second, unstated part is, “at the expense of everyone else.” And now, the 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea, are underway. It’s the first time the international sports festival of peace and brotherhood has been held since Trump took the White House, a period in which he’s pretty much dared North Korea into starting a nuclear war, called African countries “sh*tholes,” and those are just two examples of Trump’s unique approach to diplomacy. There was bound to be some razzing of Trump by other countries on the world stage, and it finally happened yesterday, after the women’s 3,000-meter speed skating. The Netherlands completely dominated—Dutch athletes took first, second, and third in the event, making for a full sweep and 100 percent Dutch representation on the medals podium. That’s when two women in the stands unfurled the flag of the Netherlands—red, white, and blue like the American flag, but all striped—with a message written on it: Sorry #Trump @potus The Netherlands First – Second and Thirth!! #Olympics #Iceskating pic.twitter.com/KqUbBB3jE5 — Jeantin Boltjes (@jeantinb) February 10, 2018 The message said: Sorry Mr. President… The Netherlands FIRST And 2nd…And 3rd! It showed up on TV, so if Trump was watching the Olympics, which he might have been, because he’s always watching TV, he just got a very strongly worded and very personal message. yesplz.co/podium-sweep-olympics-netherlands-celebrated-trolling-trump/?llid=3JO0k&utm_source=pbls&utm_medium=rYwJ
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Post by Outsider on Feb 12, 2018 6:52:05 GMT -5
Republicans are making a mockery of their reputations I’m old enough to remember when the Republican Party was pro-FBI, pro-morality and anti-deficits. What a startling turnaround. Now Republicans are issuing venomous and cretinous attacks on the FBI that make a mockery of their reputation as the party of “law and order.” They are unwilling to condemn a president whose lawyer allegedly paid off a porn actress, who endorsed an alleged child molester for the Senate and who tolerated aides who allegedly beat their wives, making a mockery of their reputation as the party of “family values.” And they are going on a spending and tax-cut binge that makes a mockery of their reputation as the party of fiscal discipline. We are a long way removed from 1953 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “There must be balanced budgets before we are again on a safe and sound system in our economy.” We are even a long way removed from 2013 when Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) warned that debt “will weigh down our country like an anchor,” and from 2016 when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) said that “this level of national debt is dangerous and unacceptable.” In 2009, with the country in the midst of its worst recession in decades (unemployment rate: 8.3 percent ), all but three Republicans in Congress voted against President Barack Obama’s much-needed $787 billion stimulus package. Now, with a healthy economy (unemployment rate: 4.1 percent), a majority of House and Senate Republicans voted for a $560 billion spending package. Republicans are turning economic logic on its head. Periods of economic expansion should be used to balance the budget. Then, when a downturn hits, that’s the time for stimulatory spending increases and tax cuts. Running stratospheric deficits now leaves us defenseless to fight a future recession. A lot of the individual spending provisions in the budget deal are needed, especially the lifting of sequester caps on defense spending. But the cumulative result is dire, coming as it does less than two months after Republicans approved, on a party-line vote, a $1.5 trillion tax cut that is not needed and risks overheating the economy. The stock market is spooked, and for good reason. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that we will be running trillion-dollar deficits “indefinitely.” That’s roughly double the deficit in Obama’s last full year in office — $585 billion. Oh, and the Trump administration is about to unveil an infrastructure bill that is projected to cost the federal government $200 billion. It’s hard to argue with Sen. Rand Paul (R.-Ky.), who during a lonely protest on the Senate floor said, “If you were against President Obama’s deficits, and now you’re for the Republican deficits, isn’t that the very definition of hypocrisy?” But of course he’s a hypocrite too, having voted for the massive tax cut. Robert Rubin, the treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton when we last balanced the budget in the 1990s, tells me that projected debt levels “will highly likely lead to higher interest rates, crowding out of private investment,” and cause “reduced business confidence because of policy uncertainty, less resilience to economic or geopolitical crises, ever-reduced resources available for public investment and defense, and, at some point, serious financial market disruption.” As a national security analyst, I am particularly concerned about the impact on defense. President Trump claims, “This Bill is a BIG VICTORY for our Military.” That may be true in the short run, but over the long haul this will prove to be a Pyrrhic victory. Already, last year, net interest on the debt and mandatory spending programs — Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. — consumed 69 percent of the federal budget. The Peter G. Petersen Institute projected, even before this latest spending binge, that the figure would grow to 77 percent by 2027. That means that within a decade, only 23 percent of the federal budget will be left over to fund defense, scientific research, space exploration, disaster relief, infrastructure and all other “discretionary” spending. And all of that will have to be funded with borrowed money, reports the House Budget Committee, because by 2029 mandatory spending will consume the entirety of federal revenue. Good luck paying for defense with so little money to go around. Forget the fantasy of 4 percent economic growth. The only way out is to either increase revenue or restrain entitlement spending. Ryan has made entitlement reform a centerpiece of his career, but there is no chance of Congress taking badly needed action, because Trump, the self-styled “king of debt,” couldn’t care less. I’m starting to think that MAGA stands for Make America Greece Anon. Trump is leading Republicans to fiscal, intellectual and moral perdition. There is no longer a conservative party in this country. There is only a cult of Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-making-a-mockery-of-their-reputations/2018/02/10/866aefe0-0eaa-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?utm_term=.b74558d8816f
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Post by Outsider on Feb 12, 2018 6:53:16 GMT -5
‘Out of order’: West Virginia lawmakers drag woman off House floor for reading list of oil and gas donations In a video spotted by Common Cause, lawmakers in West Virginia had a woman dragged away from the lectern as she read off a list of members of the House and how much they collected in contributions from the oil and gas industry. According to the report, fracking activist and House of Delegates candidate Lissa Lucas appeared in the Charleston state house on Friday to address lawmakers considering a bill that would allow oil and gas companies to drill on minority mineral owners’ land without their consent. Stepping to the microphone Lucas can be seen saying, “I have to keep this short, because the public only gets a minute and 45 seconds while lobbyists can throw a gala at the Marriott with whiskey and wine and talk for hours to the delegates.” She then proceeded to list off members of the legislative body and the amounts of contributions they have taken from the industry they are regulating until she is stopped by Chairman John Shott (R-Mercer). “Miss Lucas, we ask that no personal comments be made,” Shott said. “This is not a personal comment,” Lucas replied. “It is a personal comment and I am going to call you out of order if you are talking about individuals on the committee,” Shott declared. “If you would, just address the bill. If not, I would ask you to just step down.” Proceeding ahead with her list of lawmakers, despite the warning, Lucas then found herself between two security officials ordered by Shott to remove her. Told she had to leave, Lucas told the lawmakers, “I want to finish,” however the guards did not relent. “Drag me off then,” she said as she was hustled out of the chambers. Watch the video below posted by Common Cause: www.rawstory.com/2018/02/order-west-virginia-lawmakers-drag-woman-off-house-floor-reading-list-oil-gas-donations/
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‘Out of order’: West Virginia lawmakers drag woman off House floor for reading list of oil and gas donations In a video spotted by Common Cause, lawmakers in West Virginia had a woman dragged away from the lectern as she read off a list of members of the House and how much they collected in contributions from the oil and gas industry. According to the report, fracking activist and House of Delegates candidate Lissa Lucas appeared in the Charleston state house on Friday to address lawmakers considering a bill that would allow oil and gas companies to drill on minority mineral owners’ land without their consent. Stepping to the microphone Lucas can be seen saying, “I have to keep this short, because the public only gets a minute and 45 seconds while lobbyists can throw a gala at the Marriott with whiskey and wine and talk for hours to the delegates.” She then proceeded to list off members of the legislative body and the amounts of contributions they have taken from the industry they are regulating until she is stopped by Chairman John Shott (R-Mercer). “Miss Lucas, we ask that no personal comments be made,” Shott said. “This is not a personal comment,” Lucas replied. “It is a personal comment and I am going to call you out of order if you are talking about individuals on the committee,” Shott declared. “If you would, just address the bill. If not, I would ask you to just step down.” Proceeding ahead with her list of lawmakers, despite the warning, Lucas then found herself between two security officials ordered by Shott to remove her. Told she had to leave, Lucas told the lawmakers, “I want to finish,” however the guards did not relent. “Drag me off then,” she said as she was hustled out of the chambers. Watch the video below posted by Common Cause: www.rawstory.com/2018/02/order-west-virginia-lawmakers-drag-woman-off-house-floor-reading-list-oil-gas-donations/Pretty bad. Corruption and bribes are somewhat legal in the US, and this incident shows how "We the People" is subordinate to corporations interests.
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Post by Outsider on Feb 12, 2018 7:33:07 GMT -5
‘Out of order’: West Virginia lawmakers drag woman off House floor for reading list of oil and gas donations In a video spotted by Common Cause, lawmakers in West Virginia had a woman dragged away from the lectern as she read off a list of members of the House and how much they collected in contributions from the oil and gas industry. According to the report, fracking activist and House of Delegates candidate Lissa Lucas appeared in the Charleston state house on Friday to address lawmakers considering a bill that would allow oil and gas companies to drill on minority mineral owners’ land without their consent. Stepping to the microphone Lucas can be seen saying, “I have to keep this short, because the public only gets a minute and 45 seconds while lobbyists can throw a gala at the Marriott with whiskey and wine and talk for hours to the delegates.” She then proceeded to list off members of the legislative body and the amounts of contributions they have taken from the industry they are regulating until she is stopped by Chairman John Shott (R-Mercer). “Miss Lucas, we ask that no personal comments be made,” Shott said. “This is not a personal comment,” Lucas replied. “It is a personal comment and I am going to call you out of order if you are talking about individuals on the committee,” Shott declared. “If you would, just address the bill. If not, I would ask you to just step down.” Proceeding ahead with her list of lawmakers, despite the warning, Lucas then found herself between two security officials ordered by Shott to remove her. Told she had to leave, Lucas told the lawmakers, “I want to finish,” however the guards did not relent. “Drag me off then,” she said as she was hustled out of the chambers. Watch the video below posted by Common Cause: www.rawstory.com/2018/02/order-west-virginia-lawmakers-drag-woman-off-house-floor-reading-list-oil-gas-donations/Pretty bad. Corruption and bribes are somewhat legal in the US, and this incident shows how "We the People" is subordinate to corporations interests. Lobbying is legal corruption. And I agree with the place of we the people. But it was the logical conclusion of celebrating greed, Right?
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Post by foggyisback on Feb 12, 2018 7:47:02 GMT -5
Halfhearted, or no-hearted? More money for the Pentagon, and less for the rest? Trump’s halfhearted infrastructure plan
Everybody seems to favor new and improved roads and bridges. It’s finding the money to pay for them that’s the problem.
President Trump will unveil a long-awaited infrastructure plan on Monday with a lofty goal: to stimulate $1.5 trillion in new spending to modernize the nation’s transportation and public works systems. But the plan won’t identify any new revenue sources to finance those projects. Instead, it will call for killing other programs and shifting that money over to infrastructure.
“They’re not serious about infrastructure,” says a representative of the business community familiar with the White House plans. “They don’t want to put any new money into it. They’re going to use it as political bait, to portray the Democrats as getting in the way of rebuilding the country.”
The Dems also have an infrastructure plan
Democrats have their own infrastructure plan, which is why there appears to be general agreement between the two parties on the virtues of rebuilding roads and bridges. But the Democrats favor $1 trillion in direct federal funding, rather than the indirect method Trump supports. Some Democrats say the Trump plan is a veiled effort to shift more of the burden for infrastructure onto states and cities.
Dems haven’t said where they’d get the money, either. www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-half-hearted-infrastructure-plan-220006903.html President Trump to Unveil a $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
President Donald Trump on Monday will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 trillion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding.time.com/5143843/donald-trump-infrastructure-plan/?xid=homepagePsst - it takes taxes + it's a midterm election year = nothing gets done.
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Post by forgottenlord on Feb 12, 2018 9:20:59 GMT -5
This depends on how you define possible. One in a billion is still a possibility, even if remote. If we're talking probablility, then the US (and the UK) have both flatlined in social mobility since the 1950's. The only good news, is that the increase in inequality over this time hasn't made it worse. Compared to, say, Scandinavian countries, both are miserable - if you start out poor, you'll probably stay that way. There are always exceptions of course, but that's why it's a matter of probablility, and in that respect, the odds of possibility are not that great either. EDIT: why not graphs? (US) That last one was taken from: www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595437-america-no-less-socially-mobile-it-was-generation-ago-mobility-measuredI hate that second graph. It only shows a decade - not even a full generation - doesn't stretch back to the 40s where social mobility is the highest and doesn't show the 10 years leading up to who is actually 26 today. I'm incredibly suspicious of that second graph when compared to the first graph, its conclusions are incredibly suspect.
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Post by DocDrama on Feb 12, 2018 9:46:41 GMT -5
Obama Has A Secret Time Machine.
Former Pres. Obama has a secret time machine that takes him back in history to ruin the lives of Trump's aides in the present. But if he really has that time machine why didn't he rig the 2016 election so Hillary could win? Because it's more fun to make Trump and Reps look like fools and idiots. Obama went back in time to ruin Pence but the man is already so screwed up it wasn't necessary. Pence's actions at the Olympics is proof.
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Post by forgottenlord on Feb 12, 2018 9:59:53 GMT -5
Obama Has A Secret Time Machine. Former Pres. Obama has a secret time machine that takes him back in history to ruin the lives of Trump's aides in the present. But if he really has that time machine why didn't he rig the 2016 election so Hillary could win? Because it's more fun to make Trump and Reps look like fools and idiots. Obama went back in time to ruin Pence but the man is already so screwed up it wasn't necessary. Pence's actions at the Olympics is proof. So that's how he got Trump to make a tweet for every possible thing Trump did.
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Post by DocDrama on Feb 12, 2018 10:06:54 GMT -5
Look at a map of Palestine in 1948 and one today. I don't think they'll be any Palestinians left in 2050. What country will the Israelis annex next?
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Post by phillippatUK on Feb 12, 2018 10:09:00 GMT -5
Obama Has A Secret Time Machine. Former Pres. Obama has a secret time machine that takes him back in history to ruin the lives of Trump's aides in the present. But if he really has that time machine why didn't he rig the 2016 election so Hillary could win? Because it's more fun to make Trump and Reps look like fools and idiots. Obama went back in time to ruin Pence but the man is already so screwed up it wasn't necessary. Pence's actions at the Olympics is proof. So that's how he got Trump to make a tweet for every possible thing Trump did. Well, they already think he's the anti-christ... Maybe there's something to that, that we didn't realise?
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Post by newhivemaster on Feb 12, 2018 10:19:38 GMT -5
SigDig for Monday, 2/12/2018 Good morning, Hive! $550 million
Jimmy Buffet’s reported net worth in 2016. Buffet had one top 10 song, “Margaritaville.” Contrast that with contemporary Bruce Springsteen, who was worth $460 million. Buffett is so wealthy, in part, because he’s parlayed his drunk beachgoer vibe into an international commercial merchandising juggernaut, one which continues now with the forthcoming Broadway musical, “Escape to Margaritaville.” JB also tours on a near Grateful Dead level, and that's where any musician makes most of their money. The merchandising also works only because of the touring. If he weren't out there, his stuff wouldn't sell at nearly the level that it does.
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Post by foggyisback on Feb 12, 2018 10:23:05 GMT -5
SigDig for Monday, 2/12/2018 Good morning, Hive! $550 million
Jimmy Buffet’s reported net worth in 2016. Buffet had one top 10 song, “Margaritaville.” Contrast that with contemporary Bruce Springsteen, who was worth $460 million. Buffett is so wealthy, in part, because he’s parlayed his drunk beachgoer vibe into an international commercial merchandising juggernaut, one which continues now with the forthcoming Broadway musical, “Escape to Margaritaville.” JB also tours on a near Grateful Dead level, and that's where any musician makes most of their money. The merchandising also works only because of the touring. If he weren't out there, his stuff wouldn't sell at nearly the level that it does. Be sure to try the veal!
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Post by forgottenlord on Feb 12, 2018 10:25:30 GMT -5
So over the weekend, I watched: - xXx: Return of Xander Cage. I recommend a coat check for your brain but basically its if Fast and Furious was even less about the cars. Really good - Gods of Egypt. It's better than critics have said though still pretty bad. The second hour is way better than the first - Dunkirk. Easily my least favorite of the three. I respect it, and the way it interwove the three stories is cool, and the idea of a war movie that only shows the people in the front of it and avoids spending much time at all on the larger strategic picture is very interesting, but ultimately it just isn't my type of movie.
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Post by DocDrama on Feb 12, 2018 10:34:34 GMT -5
I have one question that I pose in almost everyone of these cases. "Why didn't they become citizens?" He overstayed his Visa. End of story.
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Post by LA_Randy on Feb 12, 2018 11:00:50 GMT -5
I have one question that I pose in almost everyone of these cases. "Why didn't they become citizens?" He overstayed his Visa. End of story. Kinda shows how disingenuous the supposed ‘merit based immigration’ theme this administration is pushing is. Under what assessment would this man not be eligible. Chemist, family man, community volunteer, none of that matters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 11:07:12 GMT -5
Look at a map of Palestine in 1948 and one today. I don't think they'll be any Palestinians left in 2050. What country will the Israelis annex next? Although yes their land increased and I don't agree on how they did it, I am not a fan, nor I think they are right, of these catastrophic, conspirancy theories. So I hear (not from you) how Daesh fighters are not exactly criminals, and other stupid things like that, but prejudice against the State of Israel (the government of which is far from innocent) is fine.
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