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Critical Race Theory
This is a hot topic of late. A few states, 8, have banned it from curriculums. There are a bunch of articles on it. I'll put one for and one against and let the discussion begin. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05…
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Murdaugh Trial
This is a good summary (gift article)…
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The Second US Civil War / National Divorce
As Margie goes, so goes the (current) USA. When will the national divorce officially be underway? I personally feel that it's time for a national divorce but the problem is that even the reddest or bluest states have voter splits of like 70/30. So it's not the will that's in our way, but the logistics. Nevertheless, I…
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The risks and possible consequences of war with China
I Found the information in this op ed article article to be both interesting and rather concerning and perhaps worthy of discussion here. Gift article from NY times:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/opinion/a-war-with-china-would-reach-deep-into-american-society.html A War With China Would Reach Deep Into American Society…
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The demise of The Great Salt Lake...
...and the environmental catastrophe it may lead to.I won't quote the whole article here, but it is well worth reading. It will take a the strong will of the people of Utah and anyone else concerned to resolve this tremendous issue- if it is even possible to resolve it at this…
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When past is present
gift article op-doc..... A Warning From the Past: ‘You Haven’t Learned Anything From Our History’…
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who killed the electric car?
i saw a preview for this movie called "who killed the electric car?" imdb has several celebrities in the movie, including martin sheen, tom hanks, and mel gibson. anyway it looks pretty interesting, but i was wondering if anybody knows what did happen with the electric car. it seemed like a huge deal a few years ago, and…
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Unite the Right
Found liable for the events leading to the death in Charlottesville. The federal jury awarded $500,000 in punitive damages against all 12 individual defendants and $1 million against five white nationalist organizations. * 2:52 p.m. Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler and Christopher Cantwell and others found liable in deadly…
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Brave New World Revisited for today.
No doubt, may of us have read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Great book, prophetic, brilliant, everything we've ever heard about it. But what about his book, Brave New World Revisited? I wonder how often that follow-up book gets overlooked? It's a bit hard to understand myself, but it was by me, until recently. And what…
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Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. 7.8 magnitude.
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/turkey-earthquake-latest-020623/index.html Big earthquake out there and buildings are just collapsing. I’ve never seen buildings go down like that. Massive help mission being formed by country’s…
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New Zealand
Woke up to another earthquake on the news this morning. This time in New Zealand. Thoughts with you all!
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Malaysian Plane Possibly Shot Down?
http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/07/malaysian-passenger-plane-crashes-in-ukraine-near-russian-border/374616/ Please say it not so, 295 possibly killed. Peace
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Joe Manchin
Is a piece of crap and probably the biggest blockage to anything worthwhile getting done. Also he isn’t helping Dems case for the midterms. This is the place where we pile on the waste of a senate seat that is Joe Manchin an old white southerner, that is well past his usefulness.
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Boris Johnson resigns.... So does LIZ TRUSS AFTER 44 DAYS!!!!
https://apnews.com/article/boris-johnson-resignation-60da3c4b29a4e9c93c7db9f53034ad0e
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Hatchet Hitchhiker saviour now wanted for murder
ELIZABETH, N.J. - New Jersey authorities have issued a murder warrant for a homeless hitchhiker who gained Internet and television celebrity after using a hatchet to attack a man who ran over a California utility worker. Police said Thursday they're seeking Caleb Lawrence McGillvary in Sunday's beating death of Joseph…
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AI revisited (again).
A while back, dancepartner posted thoughts on artificial intelligence. This months Mother Jones has published an article by Kevin Drum, entitled "Terminated" which talks about the likelihood of AI becoming a reality twenty years or so from now. The article (which I don't find on-line this early after publication) covers…
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Donald Trump 3
This discussion was created from comments split from: Donald Trump.
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Human population: Is it a problem? If so, what are the solutions?
For quite some time, I've been tempted to ask these questions but hesitate to do so with the concern that doing so may be taken wrong. So let me state from the outset: I do not hate children. Though I have never had children, I have been a teacher, I have help raise some of my nephews, I have godchildren and great…
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POOTWH (Previous Occupant of the White House & I Shant Type His Name)
As POOTWH is still very much relevant as the titular head of the repub party, which is currently owned by him lock, stock & barrel, and considering the damage he's done to US democracy and the republic, unfortunately, he's still worth discussing. An exchange between Lerxst and mrussel1 regarding the repubs and their…
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MLK
What does this day mean to you?