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movielover said:

HUD housing is so wonderful, as is Section 8.
The US population is 340 million. 9 million people benefit from HUD housing, including section 8. 7 million of those 9 Million get housing subsidies, which is obviously way different from what Mamdahni is discussing. About 1/2 of the remaining 2 million that get free housing live in public housing, which are quite often **** hole apartment complex type facilities. EG, see south side of Chicago. You would never want to live in them. That leaves @1 million people getting potentially decent free housing. 1 million out of 340 million. Good luck scaling that. Even better luck scaling that when you eliminate free market development of housing. It's stupid socialist / capitalist nonsense that has been proven wrong over and over and over again.
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HUD recently announced two million illegal immigrants get subsidized housing, trying to end that.
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Stanford professor Victor Davis Hanson summarizes the implosion of Europe, suicidal Green Energy policies. Five minutes.


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New York Post: Conservative influencer says American dream is at risk as liberals lack 'basic human decency'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservative-influencer-benny-johnson-says-liberals-lack-basic-human-decency-toward-political-opponents
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Violent hate crime mob against defenseless girl. Where is the Civil Rights Department?

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Cal88
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That's well over 1000 dozes of cocaine, so she is trafficking. In many other Asian countries, she would have gotten the death penalty for this. She might get out in a decade or two if there is regime change in the UAE.

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Cocaine doses typically range from 30 70 mg, but as users develop tolerance, they tend to use more and increase their doses above 1 g. The minimum dose of cocaine that is considered lethal is 1.2 g, but users with hypersensitivity to cocaine have suffered fatal overdoses from as little as 30 mg.

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Terrible, just terrible.
movielover
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Wait for the DNC tribe to chim in 'racist'. What makes it worse was that he was booked on various crimes over 15 times? He was a walking time bomb. Too naive, she shouldn't left herself vulnerable to attack from the rear.
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Amuse: Assimilation, Not Separation, The Case for Saying No to Sharia Styled Developments like Epic City [Texas]

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movielover said:

Wait for the DNC tribe to chim in 'racist'. What makes it worse was that he was booked on various crimes 20 times? He was a walking time bomb. Too naive, she shouldn't left herself vulnerable to attack from the rear.

Let's see, it was black on white crime. The weapon used was a knife, not a gun.

Therefore, bury the story.
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George Floyd and Jussie Smollett became household names because of the stupid media and stupid people.
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President Trump was questioned about this tonight, hadn't heard of it, but says he'll be up to speed by tomorrow.

movielover
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So much for protecting women. BLM > women's safety > citizen's safety. GoFundMe is breaking their own policy, allowing this career violent felons to raise money on their site against their own policies.

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JMHO: Right-wing nut jobs should stop posting dumb-azz linked crap, multiple times a day, on this thread.

Anybody else with me on this?
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Big C said:


JMHO: Right-wing nut jobs should stop posting dumb-azz linked crap, multiple times a day, on this thread.

Anybody else with me on this?


Agreed plus no bull**** AI commentaries sanctifying dumb premises
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DiabloWags
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Wow, so now you're finally quoting an Op-Ed from the WSJ?
You've come a long way grasshopper.

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That's an excellent editorial.
DiabloWags
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Cal88 said:

That's an excellent editorial.


Who knows?
Maybe you and Movieman will be quoting Peggy Noonan someday.




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DiabloWags said:

Wow, so now you're finally quoting an Op-Ed from the WSJ?
You've come a long way grasshopper.

It's an Op-Ed from a guy touting how good his own authored report was. Like, of course he thinks that.

Doesn't automatically make him wrong, but grain of salt, etc.
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sycasey said:

DiabloWags said:

Wow, so now you're finally quoting an Op-Ed from the WSJ?
You've come a long way grasshopper.

It's an Op-Ed from a guy touting how good his own authored report was. Like, of course he thinks that.

Doesn't automatically make him wrong, but grain of salt, etc.


Yup.

Steve Koonin, a senior fellow at Furd's Hoover Institution.
He's a climate change denier.

Physicist Mark Boslough, a former student of Koonin, posted a critical review at Yale Climate Connections. He stated that "Koonin makes use of an old strawman concocted by opponents of climate science in the 1990s to create an illusion of arrogant scientists, biased media, and lying politicians making them easier to attack."

Steven E. Koonin - Wikipedia


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Those key findings are correct.

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Among the report's key findings:

Elevated carbon-dioxide levels enhance plant growth, contributing to global greening and increased agricultural productivity.

Complex climate models provide limited guidance on the climate's response to rising carbon-dioxide levels. Overly sensitive models, often using extreme scenarios, have exaggerated future warming projections and consequences.

Data aggregated over the continental U.S. show no significant long-term trends in most extreme weather events. Claims of more frequent or intense hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and dryness in America aren't supported by historical records.

While global sea levels have risen about 8 inches since 1900, aggregate U.S. tide-gauge data don't show the long-term acceleration expected from a warming globe.

Natural climate variability, data limitations and model deficiencies complicate efforts to attribute specific climate changes or extreme events to human CO2 emissions.

The use of the words "existential," "crisis" and "emergency" to describe the projected effects of human-caused warming on the U.S. economy finds scant support in the data.

Overly aggressive policies aimed at reducing emissions could do more harm than good by hiking the cost of energy and degrading its reliability. Even the most ambitious reductions in U.S. emissions would have little direct effect on global emissions and an even smaller effect on climate trends.


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What will the Apologists say now?

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movielover said:




Under the "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut," theory, doesn't your team ever, even inadvertently, end up on the correct side of an issue now and again?

"The driving motivations behind climate change denial are a complex mix of political, economic, ideological, and psychological factors. These influences can operate individually, but most often reinforce each other to produce and maintain skepticism toward climate science and action.

Political and economic motivations:

Corporate interests: The fossil fuel industry and other sectors that rely on carbon-intensive practices have spent billions on campaigns to fund misinformation, lobby against environmental regulations, and manipulate public perception. These strategies, which aim to protect profits by casting doubt on scientific consensus, have been compared to those historically used by the tobacco industry.

Political partisanship and ideology: In countries like the United States, belief in climate change is heavily influenced by political affiliation.
Anti-regulatory stance: Libertarian and some conservative ideologies, which favor limited government intervention and free markets, frame climate mitigation policies as a threat to economic freedom.

Tribal identity: For some, denying climate change has become a key part of their political identity, distinguishing them from perceived opposing political groups.

"Culture war": The issue can be framed as an attack on an individual's "way of life," particularly in areas with economies dependent on fossil fuels.

Psychological factors:
Cognitive dissonance: People experience psychological discomfort when their knowledge of the climate crisis conflicts with their everyday habits and convenient lifestyles. To reduce this discomfort, they may reject or minimize the problem.
Fear and anxiety: The potential impacts of climate change can be overwhelming, leading some to resort to outright denial as a coping mechanism to avoid feelings of despair, guilt, and uncertainty.

Motivated reasoning: This bias leads people to seek out and favor information that confirms their existing beliefs while rejecting evidence that contradicts them. Individuals with strong ideological commitments will use their reasoning abilities to protect those identities rather than uncover the truth.

Underestimation of risk: Climate change is often perceived as a problem that is distant in time and spacea future threat that does not require immediate attention.

Conspiratorial thinking: Some denial is rooted in conspiracy theories that portray the scientific consensus as a hoax, or a plot by a powerful group to gain control.

System justification: This desire to defend and legitimize the status quo can make people resist changes necessary to address climate change.

Sociological and cultural factors:
Anti-mainstream ideology: Climate denial can be a symptom of a broader opposition to scientific facts and institutions perceived as representing a "cosmopolitan elite." It is also linked to populist sentiments and anti-intellectualism.

Influence of social groups: The communities people belong to significantly influence their views. If a person's social or political circle denies climate change, they are more likely to align with their group's position.

Demographics: Studies in the U.S. and Europe have found that climate denial is more common among certain demographic groups, such as conservative white men, though this effect is mediated by ideology and social identity.

Insecurity: Individuals who feel insecure about their economic future are more likely to express skepticism about anthropogenic climate change, particularly in regions dependent on fossil fuels."
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Current government just lost a vote of confidence in the Assembly, 364 to 194. Prime Minister Bayrou has to resign, and Macron will likely announce new elections. He will eventually have to put together a new coalition government with a new PM. It's a bit of a complicated picture as the opposition is fragmented along 2-3 groups.



Macron set to speak tomorrow evening, with the context of Wednesday being a day of a national strike.
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movielover said:

Wait for the DNC tribe to chim in 'racist'. What makes it worse was that he was booked on various crimes over 15 times? He was a walking time bomb. Too naive, she shouldn't left herself vulnerable to attack from the rear.

How exactly, should she not have left herself vulnerable to attack from the rear? What would you have done to protect yourself against attack from the rear?
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It will be more like $30-$40 million

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DiabloWags said:



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