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    Education in America

    Shiftless, politicians will continue this madness as long as they're rewarded at the polls for it.
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    Election 2024

    Clever like a Fox? Trump may still get some publicity, he is a former president, and the current Republican front-runner. Trump is getting even more free publicity, more attention by doctoring his own campaign material? What can the fourth estate do? Not report, or report. The media are falling...
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    Russia is a member of the U.N. Security Council. Why?

    The U.S. based United Nations is western-friendly. During the Cold War the Soviets needed coaxing to join the U.N. Permanent Security Council membership may have helped. The following article was written over a year ago. The Security Council was established by the 1945 UN Charter and...
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    FOX Corp and the Murdoch's to face $1.6bn law suit over FOX false claims of Biden election

    Any media market of sufficient proportion to put Trump in office, and welcome lies from Fox may not go quietly. Trump leads the Republican presidential field for 2024. Fox might reform. But with a profit motive that powerful, more likely Fox will count this settlement a part of the cost of doing...
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    Is it too late to prevent North Korea from being a persistent if not permanent WMD threat ?

    Nuclear weapons: Why South Koreans want the bomb by Jean Mackenzie South Korea previously flirted with the idea of developing nuclear weapons in the 1970s, when it ran a secret programme. But when the United States found out, it issued an ultimatum: Seoul could carry on, or have the US defend...
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    Russian Reparations In Ukraine

    U.S. wants to use Russia's frozen assets to rebuild Ukraine Olha Hlushchenko — Friday, 14 April 2023, 02:30 The United States is considering using frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine's destroyed infrastructure. Source: Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for...
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    Wealth Distribution - Systemic Dysfunction With Prospects Only For Band-Aid Remedies

    Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor March 21, 202312:45 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket...
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    H E A D L I N E S : 2 0 2 2 & 2 0 2 3

    Ford has issued a recall related to its production halt of the F-150 Lightning over battery issues discovered during production. But the recall will only affect 18 vehicles which slipped through the cracks during its stop-shipment order...
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    What to call this thread?

    You may be arguing the wrong element. Your point was, it's not whether they are "normal" or not, but whether they are natural, not re-engineered. For purpose of fairness that's a useful standard. But whatever standard is eventually chosen it should be universally applied.
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    Cops behaving badly ...

    If the first responders are not adequately trained, are they to blame? The chief of police deserves some scrutiny for deploying a competent police force.
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    Quotable Quotes

    The revenue change will reveal whether the "restored funding" was cost effective.
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    Refuge From Irrational Horde Media Bombardment? try Freedom From Religion Foundation

    If the irrational jabber from Speaker McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Trump, weighs heavily on you, try a simple refuge for simple rational thought, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, https://ffrf.org/ Ron Reagan, son of the president, promotes FFRF. This site won't change the world. But it...
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    H E A D L I N E S : 2 0 2 2 & 2 0 2 3

    Borg - here's one for you. Fox News reports Joy Behar suggests charging Alec Baldwin in 'Rust' shooting was political: He's 'a target for Republicans' Did Baldwin suggest that? If not, why not?
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    Ethics in U.S. / international relations

    "Grim bidness if Putin turns out to be the saint here, and Zelenskyy the monster." sear Off your meds sear? Russian troops massed on Ukraine's border. They've been busting up Ukraine the best they can for nearly a year. Don't lose any sleep about Zelenskyy.
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    Quotations from previous posters:

    "A lot of muslims live in Ukraine. Some practice cannabalism." post 9 Like Catholics taking communion?
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    SEC Counsel Berkowitz (CFTC) Resigns

    Why did Berkowitz resign? From the detail here I don't know if Berkowitz resigned to avoid prosecution, or to free himself to participate in a money grab.
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    Government is a protection racket.

    Some movies depict prisons with limited library access. Prison wardens may throttle such access as a means of control. Highly restricted Internet access? With greater privilege greater control? Or perhaps prison cells with computer terminals with access to the prison library? I'd like to hear...
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    Well done GOP

    From the introductory post - "OBGYNs in Louisiana are refusing to see patients before 12 weeks of pregnancy because miscarriages are very common during that period and doctors afraid of being investigated and prosecuted for abortion if a patient miscarries." introductory graphic Human...
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    Companies Already Investing in Tech to Scan Employees’ Brains

    Borg, this topic is alarming enough as is. We can expect this and similar technology to evolve. Where will it lead? In the U.S. healthcare is provided by employers. And healthcare may already include body scans, X-rays for broken bones, brain scans for cancer, etc. The change here is not that...
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