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Einherjar86
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This is highly probable if the economy doesn't tank first, but that has little to do with Trump. The Fed has to "unwind" the trillions in QE, and the market is addicted to the QE juice.
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http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/27/teacher-says-military-lowest-of-our-low/
Yes, it's the fuckin Daily Caller, so we can get that out of the way. I have an issue with this opinion, not because there aren't plenty of dumbdumbs in the military, which there most certainly are. But calling military personnel "the lowest of the low" is idealogical, not rational. Somehow all of his students that go on to die in a gang or live on the welfare state or whatever, are above persons who make an honest attempt to move up and out. It's true that many people enlist in the military because of a perceived lack of economic options, but that in no way indicates poor intellectual depth. Of course, the purpose of junior enlisted personnel isn't to be intellectuals, and they are still just kids in this society anyway, no differently than the kids sleeping or Netflixing in so many undergraduate classes.
There's some irony in a high school teacher attacking someone for not being an academic or an intellectual. I suppose he considers himself one.
Yes, it's the fuckin Daily Caller, so we can get that out of the way. I have an issue with this opinion, not because there aren't plenty of dumbdumbs in the military, which there most certainly are. But calling military personnel "the lowest of the low" is idealogical, not rational. Somehow all of his students that go on to die in a gang or live on the welfare state or whatever, are above persons who make an honest attempt to move up and out. It's true that many people enlist in the military because of a perceived lack of economic options, but that in no way indicates poor intellectual depth. Of course, the purpose of junior enlisted personnel isn't to be intellectuals, and they are still just kids in this society anyway, no differently than the kids sleeping or Netflixing in so many undergraduate classes.
There's some irony in a high school teacher attacking someone for not being an academic or an intellectual. I suppose he considers himself one.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nf...audience-a-wsj-nbc-news-poll-finds-1517569200
That's a huge drop in the core audience. I'd include myself in that drop.
That's a huge drop in the core audience. I'd include myself in that drop.
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rms
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I don"t even care about that. It's a huge, impractical waste of resources that accomplishes no positive outcomes. It's an all negative event.
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Early Britons had dark skin, 'Cheddar Man' research indicates.
Some of the first modern settlers of Britain from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and curly hair, according to new analysis of a historic skeleton.
The "Cheddar Man" fossil was discovered in 1903 in a cave in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, southwest England. He is the oldest complete skeleton to have been discovered in Britain, and would have been part of the last wave of immigrants to populate the region after the ice age. Today's white Britons can trace their roots back to descendants of these people, and it was initially believed that "Cheddar man" had fair hair and skin.
Now, after cutting-edge DNA analysis and facial reconstruction by a team of scientists from the Natural History Museum and University College London, it is believed he had blue eyes, "dark brown to black skin" and "dark curly hair."
Some of the first modern settlers of Britain from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and curly hair, according to new analysis of a historic skeleton.
The "Cheddar Man" fossil was discovered in 1903 in a cave in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, southwest England. He is the oldest complete skeleton to have been discovered in Britain, and would have been part of the last wave of immigrants to populate the region after the ice age. Today's white Britons can trace their roots back to descendants of these people, and it was initially believed that "Cheddar man" had fair hair and skin.
Now, after cutting-edge DNA analysis and facial reconstruction by a team of scientists from the Natural History Museum and University College London, it is believed he had blue eyes, "dark brown to black skin" and "dark curly hair."
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http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a15895746/bust-big-tech-silicon-valley/
supposed to be a good one
supposed to be a good one
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Einherjar86
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I imagine there are differing opinions on this, but what an idiotic and completely expected move (that's my opinion):
https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2018-02-12-0
https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2018-02-12-0
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That endowment appears to be relatively inconsequential in terms of the US budget, so from a "cost cutting" perspective it's hardly mentionable. OTOH, I see no reason for the government to be in the business of propping up the art world even minimally. It's a department that disproportionately improves the lives of the already well-off, so in terms of addressing inequities closing it is a social justice win.
Einherjar86
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Yeah, I figured that would be your response (both the "inconsequential" but and the "good riddance" bit). Needless to say it's not worth arguing over. 
Additionally, it's a budget proposal and almost certainly won't pass.
Additionally, it's a budget proposal and almost certainly won't pass.
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Well that's the other part of it. I try not to start my Ron Swanson giggle until things actually happen - which they rarely do.
