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4 votes
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The Steven Spielberg vs. Netflix battle could mean collateral damage for indies at the Oscars
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MLS Week 1: All Match Discussions
A list of matches for the week: Toronto FC @ Philadelphia Union New York City FC @ Orlando City FC New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew New England Revolution @ FC Dallas Real Salt Lake @ Houston...
A list of matches for the week:
Toronto FC @ Philadelphia Union
New York City FC @ Orlando City FC
New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew
New England Revolution @ FC Dallas
Real Salt Lake @ Houston Dynamo
Portland Timbers @ Colorado Rapids
Minnesota United FC @ Vancouver Whitecaps
Chicago Fire @ LA Galaxy
FC Cincinnati @ Seattle Sounders
Montreal Impact @ San Jose Earthquakes
Atlanta United FC @ DC United
Sporting Kansas City @ Los Angeles FC9 votes -
ALOHAnet - The oft-forgotten Precusor to Wireless Communication
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The electoral college doesn't need to be abolished. We just need to apportion it. Discuss!
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Technology takes center court in the basketball world: The NBA elevates the game and fan experience thanks to technology and tech-savvy team owners willing to try new things.
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The life of a comment moderator for a right-wing website
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Workism is making Americans miserable
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Lyft files first for IPO in litmus test for the industry
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Dredg - Scissor Lock (2002)
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Battles - Ddiamondd (2007)
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Bernie Sanders gets personal - the 2020 US hopeful is opening up about his upbringing, recognizing that his singular focus on issues wasn't enough last time
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Former officer Mohamed Noor pleads not guilty to Justine Ruszczyk Damond’s death
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Canada has formally commenced the process to extradite Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei to the USA
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Socialists win big in Chicago
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un summit ends in disarray but there are lessons to be learnt, experts say
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The top six medical inventions during the American civil war
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US President Donald Trump ordered officials to give Jared Kushner a security clearance
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US fake university racket: Students had no way to check Farmington's authenticity
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Pedestrian deaths reach highest level in decades, US report says
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Decline in HIV infections stalls as Trump administration aims to end epidemic
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America's professional elite: Wealthy, successful and miserable
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Opportunity did not answer NASA’s final call, and it’s now lost to us
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Testimony of Michael D. Cohen — Committee on Oversight and Reform — US House of Representatives
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Musical.ly/TikTok agrees to pay $5.7M to settle FTC allegations that it violated children’s privacy law
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Trump says summit with Kim ended with no agreement over North Korea's demand to lift sanctions
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Breathtaking new NASA images show Jupiter’s otherworldy storms
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Supreme Court orders new hearing for death row inmate with dementia
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Fox ordered to pay $179 million to 'Bones' participants
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The Jetzons - Hard Times (2008)
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PSA: Disinformation and the over-representation of false flag events on social media.
I've noticed lately that on certain social media websites, particularly Reddit and Facebook, there has been an uptick in articles about fake hate crimes and false rape reports. The comments on...
I've noticed lately that on certain social media websites, particularly Reddit and Facebook, there has been an uptick in articles about fake hate crimes and false rape reports. The comments on these articles especially fan the flames on the subjects of homophobia, racism, and sexism. While the articles themselves are still noteworthy and deserving of attention, the amount of attention that they've been receiving has been disproportionately high (especially when considering how fairly unknown the individuals involved are) and the discourse on those articles particularly divisive.
On top of that, there are clear disinformation campaigns going on to attack current Democratic presidential candidates in the U.S. It seems pretty clear that we're having a repeat of the last presidential election, with outside parties stoking the flames of discrimination and disinformation on social media in order to further ideological divisions, and the consumers of that media readily falling for it.
I would caution readers to be mindful of the shifting representation of historically controversial or contentious topics moving forward. Even if the articles themselves are solidly factual, take note of how frequently you're seeing these articles, whether or not they're known to be contentious topics, and how they're affecting online discourse.
In short: make sure that you can still smell bullshit even when it's dressed up in pretty little facts.
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Jacob Wohl has spread lies on Twitter about Robert Mueller, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kamala Harris, and more. Now, he’s eyeing the 2020 US election.
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Colorado governor will sign bill aimed at bypassing electoral college
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SEC asks judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt for violating settlement related to Twitter usage
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Mississippi players kneel during anthem in protest at local Confederacy rally
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An interesting essay about Lois Weber, once the highest-paid director in Hollywood, her works now all but forgotten
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MLS starts next week. Who do you support?
I'm excited to see my Timbers play again! I went to the Cup in December, and even though we lost, it was a great time. Who do you support?
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Wild Bill Hickok: He Claimed He Killed 100s, But His Fatalities Were Closer To 10
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‘Green Book’ wins Best Picture Oscar despite controversy
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San Diego-based group wins US suit: Male-only draft unconstitutional
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Would you pay higher taxes for better government services?
In the US the tax rate on the bottom 78% of earners taxes was less than 7% England has a tax rate for the same income of 11.5% The top 6% (Avg Adjusted Gross income 514,000) paid $840 Billion of...
In the US the tax rate on the bottom 78% of earners taxes was less than 7%
England has a tax rate for the same income of 11.5%
The top 6% (Avg Adjusted Gross income 514,000) paid $840 Billion of the income taxes
The Bottom 49.1% (Earning less than 45k AGI) paid $97 Billion of taxes, but 27.4 Million Households filled for $66.7 Billion in EIC tax credits
If the taxes on the bottom 78 percent were increased 6% to a level similar to England the USA could have universal health care
The US Spends 3.4 Trillion on Healthcare.
Just 5% of Americans Account for 50% of U.S. Health Care Spending. So taking away the top 5% means the US spends about 5,500 per person. More than UK, but with a long term approach we can tackle that.
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Saying no to covering all issues. See above. Total cost down to 1.8T
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Accepting a tax increase
- Doubling the Medicare withholding will provide 500B
- Down to 1.3T
- Reallocate state spending In 2015, state governments across the country spent a combined $605 billion on health care
- Down to 700 Billion
- Increase taxes 6% across the board, like those of countries that provide healthcare. 600B in Funding
- Down to 100 Billion
- 1/3 of expenses in 2017 was payable for hospital room rentals and 21% was to doctor's office billable hours
- Increase utilization to make hospitals & Doctors more efficient so cost can be cut
- 1% reduction in billable hours and room rates Down 100B
- Adjust pricing based on cost savings
- Repeat
If the US had higher taxes for gas we could have a better Infastructure. Using rough math we in 2017 underfunded the highway dept about $21.5 billion
- 40 Cents per Gallon vs 18.4 cents currently
- 33 Cents vs 17.5 cents for Highway maintenance at fully funded for at least the next 5 years
* 1 Cent vs 0.9 cents Gas Safety and storage. Round it up to a full penny better saftey funds for better clean up
* 4 cents a new Green energy tax for Green projects - 2 Cent New Metro Projects tax
$5.5 Billion annual funding for projects, plus using funding not going to covering the underfunded highway dept means who doesn't want to announce a 10 year $250 Billion Green Deal Project. Get States to match it 40/60 and its a $600 Billion Project
$96 a person more and With this Major Cities can tackle major projects and Rural cities can apply for the Metro Funding. $1.5 Billion each state gets on average can be applied however but that's encouraging moving to a Green plan.
The U.S. combined gas tax rate (State + Federal) is According to data from the OECD, is the second lowest (Mexico is the only country without a gas tax).
The average gas tax rate among the 34 advanced economies is $2.62 per gallon. In fact, the U.S.’s gas tax a rate less than half of that of the next highest country, Canada, which has a rate of $1.25 per gallon.
We want to have the European advanced economy of our peers but we arent wanting to pay for it
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The trauma floor - The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
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Okinawa: Tokyo to overrule referendum on US base
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After stinging Presidential loss, Popular Vote Movement gains momentum in states
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Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a public health measure
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Atheists and non-believers could soon receive civil rights protections under Portland law
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Message for Maduro? Rubio tweets image of bloody Gaddafi, killed after US intervened
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Worked to death at FedEx
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Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
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Andrew Yang: The 2020 candidate warning of the rise of robots. The entrepreneur says Trump won in 2016 because the US automated away jobs – so he wants to become president to do something about it.
7 votes