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by squozzer 7y ago
>that vaccines cause other medical problems serious enough to justify not using vaccines = talks about vaccines. >this minority group will give you a disease if you let them near you = talks about people. HN, just fucking delete my ac
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by squozzer 7y ago
What bothers me about the ban is that anti-vaxxers - at least the ones I've read - are not Luddites. I've never heard an anti-vaxxer say things such as "It's God's (or Gaia's) Will that Johnny died of measles.&
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by squozzer 7y ago
I appreciate Rick Steves and always enjoyed his shows. But reading recent posts on HN about how tourists are ruining Europe (and other places) makes me wonder if his message has become obsolete. After all, air travel contributes to climate
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by squozzer 7y ago
Cui bono?
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by squozzer 7y ago
Is the Second Law dead?
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by squozzer 7y ago
Interesting photo. One Q shirt and a bunch of red baseball caps. Looks like a typical guilt-by-association tactic.
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by squozzer 8y ago
As someone who has bought a couple of houses, a buyer's agent mostly provides convenience because they can access the property just as easily as the listing agent. While agent fees usually run in the thousands of USD, probably the larg
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by squozzer 8y ago
>“There are real concerns with a private company determining truth or falsity,” I can think of several US news orgs who dabble in the truth business.
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by squozzer 8y ago
>In fact, more wealthy people are moving to California than leaving, research indicates. It’s the poor and middle class who are departing. The LA Times must be so proud. And who will provide all the services that the sophisticated rich d
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by squozzer 8y ago
I would argue that as a way to describe a selection process, "Meritocracy", warts and all, works great. By warts, I mean that merit, as shorthand for "assessment of skill, talent, or capability", has other factors mixed
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by squozzer 8y ago
I think I'll wait for the sequel - called "Surviving Prison." Should be quite engaging.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I'm a regular college grad, but always liked working on my own car (and didn't always trust professional mechanics.) That lead me to consider becoming an auto mechanic at one time but after hearing some stories - and looking at th
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by squozzer 8y ago
I think we're past the point where differences in political opinion can be aired without fear of violent retaliation.
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by squozzer 8y ago
>Hand outs and taking people's money at the point of a gun is what the heirs do from those who work and create wealth. Larry Page talks about how the police encircled the auto plant his hammer-armed grandfather was [striking]. Would
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by squozzer 8y ago
>About 75 percent of Americans favor higher taxes for the ultrawealthy. I would ask that if 75% of the population favor something, how many election cycles should it take to install a Congress willing to carry it out? Even in single-part
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by squozzer 8y ago
And the defining characteristic of that decision is the social status of the location.
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by squozzer 8y ago
Another alternative is reducing energy consumption. I'm sure the people of California have no problem with the consequences of that.
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by squozzer 8y ago
If you liked this, you should read Art Spiegelman's Maus.
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by squozzer 8y ago
FWIW, my tastes in military attire run a bit old-school. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_S... Oh, and the illustration of the poor peds being mowed down by the big truck - Bravo! Long, slow,
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by squozzer 8y ago
OSHA? That should go straight to The Hague as a crime against humanity.
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by squozzer 8y ago
Sounds like a perfect complement to the Green New Deal - use social credit scores to deprive deplorables of transport, energy, shelter, and food.
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by squozzer 8y ago
As someone who worked at a pawn shop, I can tell you it's not so much that the interest rates are high, but that the loans are small, and costs to the lender are fixed at a certain point. Some of it also is to encourage quick payback,
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by squozzer 8y ago
The funny thing about a 20-year cap is that at least for murderers and rapists, some vengeful loved ones of the victim(s) may still be alive to take retribution. For which they might get 20 years.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I think the main problem with biased-by-intent news is that has less credibility, and therefore (usually) less utility. If you must cross-check every statement (assuming the cross-checking process is reliable), why bother? Instead, just pic
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by squozzer 8y ago
>"Merced, Fresno, Bakersfield and communities in between are more dynamic than people realize. The valley may be known around the world for agriculture but there's another story ready to be told." It's been seemingly
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by squozzer 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w304644/ajha/americanjournalism/fa... "During the Civil War the federal government was responsible for the gr
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by squozzer 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover
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by squozzer 8y ago
>Interestingly, the U.S. currently ticks off many of the early stages of a country headed for a bloodbath, according to Stanton. There's polarization, discrimination, dehumanization. But strong legal and government institutions in t
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by squozzer 8y ago
Not to mention that even those who support improving infrastructure have to receive a pet project (aka a bridge to nowhere) as part of the transaction. It's also obviously clear that at least one person in the US government doesn'
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by squozzer 8y ago
Author's critique = 100% infantile sarcasm. I know infantile sarcasm. Read my comments if you doubt. Then both of us will have skin in the game.

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