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barneygumble742

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    Comment #22568141

    This is in Germany or the U.S.?

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    Comment #21694809

    Planned Parenthood and NPR

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    Comment #21652749

    > Reddy said, though, that in some cases, students who transferred out from the University of Farmington after realizing they didn't have classes on-site, were still arrested.

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    Comment #21443359

    Same here. I paid roughly $5k/year for undergrad and about $10k/year for grad. After graduation, only reason people ask me where I went to school was to see where it ranked in coll…

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    Comment #21345635

    My phone never leaves my sight. I don't do mobile banking of any kind. I can sign out/remotely wipe the device via the web. It would be nice to remotely turn ON the GPS to find my …

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    Comment #20424152

    > Wood Mackenzie estimated the cost to decarbonize the U.S. grid alone would be $4.5 trillion The 2017 tax cut cost $1.5 trillion. I'm starting to suspect that priorities are being…

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    Comment #20424082

    Energy companies see rooftop solar as competition. Their primary motivation is profit. I do not doubt that they will all eventually go 100% renewable, it's just a matter of ensurin…

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    Comment #20415334

    Is this the neo-nazi Twitter alternative?

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    Comment #20328679

    Coincidentally, I got bit by this on a family computer over this weekend (had to reinstall). I went around enabling the backup via the registry on all of them.

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    Comment #20204681

    Do dumb TVs even exist anymore?

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    Comment #20155893

    Has your rent ever decreased or stayed the same over a long period of time?

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    Comment #20062170

    I agree. I also see this as protecting the ISPs from any future litigation from consumers since now the consumer has no choice but to give consent.

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    Comment #19731226

    > UPS makes the most on the entire transaction (as we roll in shipping costs on all our orders) And this is what every company finds out eventually. Shipping is key and out of your…

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    Comment #19585639

    I like it for the DVD extras.

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    Comment #19511224

    Is it really more education or a lack of impulse control to go out and buy the latest greatest phone every two years?!

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    Comment #19511212

    It already is to a certain aspect. Medicare and social security can be considered "socialism." Which is why there's a certain group that wants to do away with it entirely.

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    Comment #19511200

    It's not pension. Everyone with an income pays into social security and how much is stated on your pay statement. Companies opted to replace pensions with a 401k so once the worker…

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    Comment #18989548

    Or carry a dumb/flip phone. Off topic...I recently ran into my high school chemistry teacher at Costco this weekend and he said he lost his passion to teach because school do not e…

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    Comment #17980187

    I have never seen or heard of progressives voting down on programs meant to help the homeless, veterans, addicts, people with mental health issues, or illegal immigrants. I do see …

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    Comment #17810875

    The Senate actually came up with a resolution to reinstate NN but Paul Ryan refuses to bring it up for a vote in the House. So there is your legislative bottleneck. If it passes th…

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    Comment #17778177

    They sent you home because they didn't want to be responsible for your health/safety.

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    Comment #17452464

    The head of the FCC says the FTC is responsible so he's having it both ways by rescinding good laws with promises and having someone else enforce blatant infractions. We would not …

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    Comment #17427256

    It started last night. Luckily I had two other modems and kept switching them out. Each modem would work for roughly 30 mins and then the service would go down. I gave up and went …