发帖数: 1 | 1 不高，怎么办？
In a new documentary set to air on PBS this week, James Watson makes it
clear that his views on the relationship between race and intelligence have
not changed, reports the New York Times.
It was in 2007 that Watson earned widespread condemnation and was forced to
retire from his job as chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory after he
told a journalist that he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of
Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their
intell... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 2 Satellite imagery raises suspicion of Saudi Arabia's ability to produce
missiles
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Satellite-imagery-raises-suspicion-of-
Saudi-13556411.php
"Under normal circumstances, we would be doing everything we could possibly
do to constrain and convince the Saudis not to do this," Elleman said. "The
U.S. has always been opposed to the transfer of missiles that are inherently
capable of carrying nuclear weapons." |
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发帖数: 1709 | 3 I think empires are inherently unstable. The hegemon is not going to rule
other lands out of some desire for selfless good-doing; it will seek a
profit. The vassal states will resist this. This will inevitably result in
pulling apart. Victoria was named Empress in 1879; Ireland was seperated in
1922, and other colonies followed. France lost Vietnam and Algeria. The USSR
lasted sixty years. If we wish to lead the world, we should seek a
different model. Personally, aggressive leadership in scienc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 698 | 4 看一下这个吧
A privilege is a certain entitlement to immunity granted by the state or
another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional
basis. ... By contrast, a right is an inherent, irrevocable entitlement
held by all citizens or all human beings from the moment of birth.
绿卡是privilege，国籍是right。中国人的孩子出生时的天赋人权之一就是中国国籍。 |
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发帖数: 1 | 5 07 Nov 2019
Just as the clamor about Biogen’s seeking FDA approval for aducanumab with
one positive Phase 3 trial started to die down, a Chinese company garnered a
regulatory thumbs-up for its drug, also with one Phase 3 trial. On November
2, Shanghai Green Valley Pharmaceuticals announced that China’s National
Medical Product Administration (NMPA) had conditionally approved GV-971, aka
oligomannate, for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
Full approval, expected to come in sp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 6 9102年：谷歌和脸书是系统性的人权大敌
Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses
a systemic threat to human rights, Amnesty International warned in a new
report as it called for a radical transformation of the tech giants’ core
business model.
Surveillance Giants lays out how the surveillance-based business model of
Facebook and Google is inherently incompatible with the right to privacy and
poses a systemic threat to a range of other rights including freedom of
opinion and expres... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 7 有个屁用？美国支持以色列灭亡巴勒斯坦，甚至现在违背联合国决议，没有美国的良知
知识分子如乔姆斯基反对？没有开放媒体，让美国人听到？美国人都知道，也知道美国
是违背良知在做事，结果几十年了，不是还是不改？
我也是来了美国，才对中共印象越来越好的。按照阿桑奇的话：中国看似当局害怕民众
言论自由，这其实是一个积极的信号，说明政治还没有和金钱合流，也就是新闻报道还
能够带来改变。这在美国乃至其他西方国家，整个社会的基本元素都是金权渗透，政权
改变再也不会带来经济变革（换句话说，也就是不会带来改变了）
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2034088_2034097_2033887,00.html
And where does the U.S. fall between the two categories? He said, "It's
becoming more closed" as a society, and its "relative degree of openness ...
probabl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1709 | 8 Socialism, as a bright fair and exalted social order, must be created by
pure, bright and exalted people. And, just as “a man laughing parted with
his past”, so in our case, he should not hesitate to part with philistine
habits, a cult of consumerism, a focus on property, enrichment, greedy for
money and power! Otherwise ... otherwise the same thing will happen that
happened with the USSR. When animal instincts of personal enrichment
captured the minds of the top of the CPSU.
The Soviet country,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1709 | 9 Lincoln didn’t believe blacks should have the same rights as whites.
https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-lincoln-slavery
-and-emancipation
“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing
about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black
races,”
he began, going on to say that he opposed blacks having the right to vote,
to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites. What he
did believe was that, like all m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 10 殉道者阿桑奇接受time采访，早就点出实质：中共当局看上去害怕言论自由，其实是一
个积极的信号。说明有良心有勇气的人说出来话，还能出发改革。政治还是经济区隔开
来的。在美国这样一个金权社会，任何的政权更迭都不会带来经济改变，换而言之，就
是不会带来改变了。
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2034088_2034097_2033887,00.html
And where does the U.S. fall between the two categories? He said, "It's
becoming more closed" as a society, and its "relative degree of openness ...
probably peaked in about 1978, and has been on the way down, unfortunately,
since." That, he said, was a result of, among other... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 11 加州大火，澳大利亚大火，公众舆论都骂起来了，也没人行动。西方金权勾连的责任义
务合约化让舆论带来不了改变。
中共当局之所以害怕舆论，是因为政权和金钱还相对分立。记者真实报道还能带来改变。
And where does the U.S. fall between the two categories? He said, "It&#
39;s becoming more closed" as a society, and its "relative degree of
openness ... probably peaked in about 1978, and has been on the way down,
unfortunately, since." That, he said, was a result of, among other
things, America's enormous economy, which calibrates power in the U.S.
in economic, or as he said, "fisc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 12 https://time.com/5770140/millennials-change-american-politics/?utm_source=
facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-share-article&utm_content
=20200127&fbclid=IwAR36be58A6V9VvNGfu55yIWFvzqs8zNMpZsfrol02sAtggNde_
tGjMlveqI
How Millennial Leaders Will Change America
BY CHARLOTTE ALTER JANUARY 23, 2020
Love ’em or hate ’em, this much is true: one day soon, millennials will
rule America.
This is neither wish nor warning but fact, rooted in the physics of time and
the biology of human cells... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1029 | 13 以下是一些节选：
Some scientists outside China worry about pathogens escaping, and the
addition of a biological dimension to geopolitical tensions between China
and other nations. But Chinese microbiologists are celebrating their
entrance to the elite cadre empowered to wrestle with the world’s greatest
biological threats.
Future plans include studying the pathogen that causes SARS, which also
doesn’t require a BSL-4 lab, before moving on to Ebola and the West African
Lassa virus, which do. Some one mil... 阅读全帖 |
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p*r
发帖数: 5516 | 14 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12723092 （附图）
The word "meltdown" goes to the heart of the big nuclear question - is
nuclear power safe?
The term is associated in the public mind with the two most notorious
accidents in recent memory - Three Mile Island, in the US, in 1979, and
Chernobyl, in Ukraine, seven years later.
You can think of the core of a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), such as the ones
at Fukushima Daiichi, as a massive version of the electrical element you
may have in your kettle.
It s... 阅读全帖 |
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e*c
发帖数: 395 | 16 海水变油，成本3到6刀一加仑。预计8到10年后可以海试。这个成了以后是不是驱逐舰
也能靠航母加油了？
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2012/fueling-the-fl
Fueling the Fleet, Navy Looks to the Seas
09/24/2012 07:00 EDT - 117-12r
Contact: Daniel Parry, (202) 767-2541
Refueling U.S. Navy vessels, at sea and underway, is a costly endeavor in
terms of logistics, time, fiscal constraints and threats to national
security and sailors at sea.
In Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command, the primary
supplier of fuel and oil to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 40 | 17 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
Wan (aka Winnie) Tin ) Case #: B222712
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Plaintiff and Respondent, ) (Sup. Ct. No. CK71139)
v. )
Los Angeles County Superior Court )
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In re Joshua Tin )
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发帖数: 3526 | 18 你这个观点和罗素一比高度就不够了，来，我来引罗素他老人家的一段话：
Social cohesion is a necessity, and mankind has never yet succeeded
in enforcing cohesion by merely rational arguments. Every community is
exposed to two opposite dangers; ossification through
too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand;
on the other hand, dissolution, or subjection to foreign conquest,
through the growth of an individualism and personal independence
that makes co-operation impossible. In general, important civilizations
sta... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12955 | 19
"问题在于骑兵的人均马匹数和步兵的人均马匹数对比，如果骑兵
You are just babbling nonsense here.
If you add more horses without adding to the supplies you carry, you just
decreased the average load each horse carries, so they are less strained,
thus can move faster. But you exhaust your supplies faster, so you will
have to stop more often to resupply. Which means go back to your supply
wagons, or stopping for a few days to "acquire" them from the locals. So
whatever time you gain through faster movement are lost in resup... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4055 | 20 “叙利亚民主军”对代尔祖尔发起进攻 或意在油田
郭光昊
不合时宜
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2017-09-12 22:23:28 字号：A- A A+ 来源：观察者网
关键字: 叙利亚民主军代尔祖尔油田
【观察者网综合报道】叙利亚政府军上周成功解除极端组织“伊斯兰国”对代尔祖尔的
包围。但据“今日俄罗斯”（RT）报道，围绕代尔祖尔省产油区又开始了新一轮争夺。
只不过这回竞争的双方是叙政府军和库尔德武装领导的“叙利亚民主军”，后者得到了
美国为首的联军支持。
9月5日，叙政府军终于打破了IS对代尔祖尔长达3年多的包围，叙军取得阶段性胜利。
就在叙政府军在城市西部收紧对残余“伊斯兰国”（IS）恐怖分子的包围口袋时，叙利
亚民主军在上周六突然宣布将对代尔祖尔东部发起一次独立的攻势。此前，叙利亚民主
军的主攻目标是IS“首都”拉卡。在拉卡战役基本胜利后，民主军将矛头指向了拉卡东
南约140公里的代尔祖尔。
9月12日战况
9月8日战况。短短四天，叙民主军迅速南下。
美国五角大楼在周六的一份声明中说到：“坚定决心”行动（Operation Inherent
Resolve）联合特遣队... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 507 | 21 原文来源：
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/feldman-playing-to-lose-is-
Playing to lose is smart, not an Olympic scandal
Published: August 9, 2012 9:03 PM
By NOAH FELDMAN, Bloomberg News
Olympic athletes want to win -- we all know that. So why are they being
disqualified for trying to lose? After the badminton scandal that marred the
early days of the games, the latest athlete to be kicked out was Algerian
middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi, who walked off the course in an
800 meters semifin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2202 | 22 Controversy has erupted in London after a gay couple on a first date,
Jonathan Williams and James Bull, were ejected from a pub in London's
Soho district for kissing, the Guardian reports:
Williams, a journalist for a financial magazine, and Bull, a charity
volunteer, said they had been ejected from the John Snow in Broadwick
Street, Soho, central London, on Wednesday by a woman – claiming to be
the landlady – who accused them of being "obscene" while out on their
first date.
The event has trigg... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
(RNS) Nearly two-thirds of Americans say gay or lesbian relations between
consenting adults should be legal, the highest percentage ever recorded by
Gallup.
Researchers found that 64 percent of American adults supported legal gay
relations, which Gallup has included in surveys since 1977.
In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision struck down
state anti-sodomy laws that had been used to criminalize homosexual activity.
Despite the high r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7254 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 Rainbow 讨论区 】
发信人: newtenant (Good Day), 信区: Rainbow
标 题: 科普一下Gay Republicans
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 26 20:31:14 2011, 美东)
http://gaylife.about.com/od/headlinesnewsstories/i/republican.h
The Paradox Called Gay Republicans(zz)
by Ramon Johnson
Is it fair to assume all GLBT people are inherently liberal? The idea of a
conservative minority is perplexing to many- especially to those who wonder
how a minority, such as a gay or lesbian person, can support a right-wing
political party know... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 New Jersey Gay Marriage Lawsuit Seeks To Force State To Recognize Same-Sex
Marriage
TRENTON, N.J. — Seven gay and lesbian New Jersey couples, along with many
of their children, are going to court to try to force the state to recognize
gay marriage.
The families say in their legal complaint that the state's civil union law
designed to give gay couples the same legal protections as married couples
has not fulfilled that promise.
One man says he was denied being able to make urgent medical decision... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 http://www.scotusblog.com/
摘要：今年或NEXT TERM（明年？）最高法院会以5：4承认同性婚姻， JUSTICE
KENNEDY会站在历史正确的一边。(这有点太乐观了，而且讲的不具体)
Erwin Chemerinsky
Posted Friday, August 19th, 2011 11:35 am
The time for marriage equality has finally arrived
Ewrin Chemerinsky, Dean and Professor of Law at University of California,
Irvine, predicts a narrow same-sex victory at the Court.
The following contribution to our same-sex marriage symposium is by Erwin
Chemerinsky, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of
Californ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 27 Let us assume something- that being gay is a choice.
Just assume that being gay is a choice and that the bulk of humanity is
inherently bisexual. What does that mean in terms of the battle for rights?
Absolutely nothing.
You see, this assumption has a lot to do with something else. Read, sometime
, the Nun’s Tale from Canterbury Tales and what you find is a story full of
anti-Semitic stereotypes. There are tons of anti-Catholic stereotypes in
the works of Samuel Johnson and Johnathan Swift, and ... 阅读全帖 |
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y*****g
发帖数: 1822 | 28 GOD, GAYS, AND THE NEED TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
BY: RICK ANDREOLI
4.5.2012
"Jesus never condemned gay people," my Bible as Literature professor said to
me. I was writing an article for UCLA's gay newspaper on homosexuality and
the bible, and that one simple sentence sent a rush of joy through my entire
body. "There are only five texts that refer to gay sex, and when you look
at them within their historical context, the meanings don't match the
present definition of homosexuality." He scribbled a bo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 29 http://news.yahoo.com/timeline-obamas-evolving-same-sex-marriag
Here’s a look back at the various positions he has held on the issue: from
appearing to support the unions as a young state senate candidate, opposing
them outright as a matter of faith in 2004, to suggesting a shift in line
with public opinion:
FEBRUARY 1996: “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight
efforts to prohibit such marriages,” reads a typed, signed statement from
then-Illinois state senate candidate Obama in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 30 Mexican Court Uses American Legal Precedent for Marriage Equality
BY MICHELLE GARCIA FEBRUARY 19 2013 5:44 PM ET
After Mexico's supreme court ruled that the state of Oaxaca's ban on
marriage rights for same-sex couples was unconstitutional in December, the
court has now released its official ruling, which cites American legal
precedent.
Minister Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea wrote on behalf of the court, which
ruled unanimously, using the American legal cases Loving v. Virginia and
Brown v. Boa... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 31 Mexican Court Uses American Legal Precedent for Marriage Equality
BY MICHELLE GARCIA FEBRUARY 19 2013 5:44 PM ET
After Mexico's supreme court ruled that the state of Oaxaca's ban on
marriage rights for same-sex couples was unconstitutional in December, the
court has now released its official ruling, which cites American legal
precedent.
Minister Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea wrote on behalf of the court, which
ruled unanimously, using the American legal cases Loving v. Virginia and
Brown v. Boa... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****a
发帖数: 94 | 32 LA times的一篇文章，可能性还是挺大的。。。谁能评价一下么。。。
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-winkler-do
Despite the conservative tilt of the Roberts Supreme Court, gay rights
supporters expect the justices to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act
this month. Their hopes are pinned on Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the court'
s usual swing vote, who has written two important pro-gay-rights opinions in
the past and voiced skepticism of the law during the court's hearing in
March. If he joins the court'... 阅读全帖 |
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Y****e
发帖数: 68 | 33 4) "Tibet Was, Is, and Always Will Be a Part of China"
Chinese friends, in your conquest of internet forums, please come up with a
more creative slogan than this. Westerners will laugh at it. This argument
is completely based on the Chinese thought process. In many Westerners'
minds, even if Tibet 'is' and 'was' a part of China, this does not
inherently imply it should be China's forever. In your debating, please
work harder on convincing people why Tibet should STAY a part of China and
what |
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M*V
发帖数: 3205 | 34 方舟子猛烈全面抹黑中医，包括针灸，那就看看NIH方面1997年关于针灸的结论
Objective.
To provide health care providers, patients, and the general public with a
responsible assessment of the use and effectiveness of acupuncture for a
variety of conditions
Conclusions.
Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United
States. While there have been many studies of its potential usefulness, many
of these studies provide equivocal results because of design, sample size,
and other factors. The issue is further ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 35 And this is the law of nature, everyone can not escape. Li Zhufo not
deceived because some people from death; the disciples not ever-young
because of the inevitable death of Lee and Zhufo. According to check, Li
Zhufo's father Li Dan died in 1996. At that time, already "complete" Buddha,
known to "save the world" but Li Hongzhi father died of it; as "Buddha Pro"
Li Zhufo Pro brother, HealthDay News Group Vice President Li Jiguang, died
in May 2012, known as the Li Zhufo equal to anything, they w... 阅读全帖 |
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t***o
发帖数: 462 | 36 ABC's Gibson grilled Palin hard, but it may backfire
By MARTIN SIEFF
Published: Sept. 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Order reprints | Print Story | Email to a Friend | Post a Comment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- There were no surprises, no knockout zingers,
but also no bloopers Thursday night in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's first TV
interview since becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Charles Gibson of ABC News was out for blood and inherently applied a double
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b*d
发帖数: 161 | 37 摘要：虽然我们更喜欢老马的经济政策，可是巴马更能build consensus，作为一个宪法教授更懂得限制总统权力，以及有更好的领导素质。
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-endorse19-2008oct19,0,5966124.story
It is inherent in the American character to aspire to greatness, so it can
be disorienting when the nation stumbles or loses confidence in bedrock
principles or institutions. That's where the United States is as it prepares
to select a new president: We have seen the government take a stake in
venerable private financial houses; we have witnessed eig |
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m******t
发帖数: 2416 | 38
industries
Regulation != participation. The FDA
has many very good reasons to regulate the food industry, but that
doesn't mean that FDA should get into the sausage making business
itself.
That said, I personally think that it is probably necessary to subsidize
Amtrak from a "public service" standpoint. However that does _not_
become a valid argument against that private enterprises tend to be
more efficient. IOW, government-run entities are inherently and
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B**W
发帖数: 2273 | 39 "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
- Winston Churchill
hehe, this is funny. Do you know why Churchill lost the election after WWII
and when did UK start the Universal Health Care? Socialism might be bad, but
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m*********a
发帖数: 3299 | 40 The tax system is inherently unfair,
Average Joe brain surgeon busts his ass working $120 hours a week, making $
500,000. The tax is 40% federal tax, 7% social security and medicare tax, on
top of the state tax.
The hedge fund manager Simon works 30 hours a week and make, $1,500,000,000
a year. His tax is 10-15% capital gain tax and no social security and
medicare tax.
I just believe that rednecks are mislead and used by the super rich class
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 A Book Review by DICK MORRIS of Pinheads and Patriots by Bill O'Reilly
Published on DickMorris.com on November 21, 2010
Is Obama a socialist? A Muslim? Anti-American? Pro-Palestinian? Or just
a
man who is right sometimes and wrong most of the time? Bill O'Reilly opts
for the second option in his new book Pinheads and Patriots.
Bill rigorously focuses on what President Obama does, not on who he is. He
refuses to speculate about motivation, preferring instead the more solid
ground of ob... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 42 Here are a few important developments that remain strangely ignored. I say
strangely, but most readers understand why some news becomes news and some
does not.
1) Iraq. The United States military between 2007 and 2009 crushed al-Qaeda
in Iraq. It destroyed cadres of radical Islamists and Baathists. It
stabilized the country. It was one of the most stunning military
performances in modern history, and helped to destroy the image of a
competent and scary al-Qaeda. Yet everything from the recapture... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 43
thugs.
Only when they had great sufferings did they start to realize that under
current economy, a decent job is best gift that you will never afford to get
messed up like northern rusty belts.
In a perspective, human nature is inherently lazy dragging ass. Nobody
voluntarily adapts to change until it is really late. In a way, unions live
in the 1960s-70s when jobs were plenty and employers were willing to pay
more to hire. That has long gone, buddy, however people living on that
haven't.
How m... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 44 Exposing Affirmative Action's Demoralizing, and Racist, Results
by Jerome Hudson
06/19/2011
ExposingLeftists.com arrived on the campus of the University of California,
Merced, last May to gather signatures on a petition calling for a
redistribution of grade-point averages. Not surprisingly, few star students
wanted to share the fruits of their academic labors.
But the logic was liberally sound. Students who worked hard and studied
longer than their peers—in the spirit of fairness—should be wi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 At the end of a Washington Post op-ed criticizing John McCain for labeling
Republicans who oppose intervention in the Libyan war “isolationists,”
George Will writes (emphasis added):
Regarding Libya, McCain on Sunday said, “I wonder what Ronald Reagan
would be saying today.” Wondering is speculation; we know this:
When a terrorist attack that killed 241 Marines and other troops taught
Reagan the folly of deploying them at Beirut airport with a vague mission
and dangerous rules of engagem... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2406 | 46 Fiat currencies all have inherent problems, not just EUR. |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 by Jerome Hudson
ExposingLeftists.com arrived on the campus of the University of California,
Merced, last May to gather signatures on a petition calling for a
redistribution of grade-point averages. Not surprisingly, few star students
wanted to share the fruits of their academic labors.
But the logic was liberally sound. Students who worked hard and studied
longer than their peers—in the spirit of fairness—should be willing to
sacrifice their higher GPAs to benefit those whose grades weren’t s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 By Rabbi Aryeh Spero
What if a Muslim country, such as Iran, launched a nuclear attack against us
, or if agents aligned with Pakistan using dirty bombs were to attack
America? Would Barack Hussein Obama retaliate with nuclear force, as has
been our stated policy since the 1950s? Would he even unleash a barrage of
non-nuclear shock and awe that would level those countries so that they'd be
incapable of striking a second time?
When queried in Japan in November 2009, Mr. Obama declined to defend... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 By Victor Volsky
The rogues' gallery of the far left is enormously spacious, and it doesn't
take much to be eligible for inclusion; any conservative worth his or her
salt automatically qualifies. But with the possible exception of that
eternal bogeyman, Richard Nixon, nobody is hated by the left with such
abandon; nobody is more vilified; nobody is targeted with such volcanic
eruptions of insane hatred and vitriol as former Vice President Dick Cheney.
But why? What did Cheney do to deserve suc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 October 2, 2011 - 3:59 pm - by Victor Davis Hanson
The Parting of the Clouds
In every literary, historical or cinematic masterpiece, times must grow
darkest before the sunrise and deliverance. Tolkien worked that classical
theme to great effect. A sense of fatalism overtook a seemingly doomed
Gondor — right before the overthrow of Barad-dûr and the dawn of a new
age of men. The historian Herodotus, in literary fashion, also brilliantly
juxtaposed the Greek collapse at Thermopylae (the... 阅读全帖 |
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