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jlewis7272
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Comment #17377005
Immigrant is the English word that denotes someone moving permanently to a new country. Emigrant means someone going to another country permanently. That is to say, moving to Canad…
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Comment #14672659
I agree. I felt he was stretching when trying to discredit golds "value". There is a reason gold is and has been a "hard" currency.
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Comment #14654992
Because switching careers is hard and scary. Some would find it encouraging to read others accomplishments and the paths they took, in order to do the same.
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Comment #14362787
You've not ever owned a cat have you?
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Comment #14345023
When government gets in the way of capitalism you get what you've referred to. Every single one of these issues came about due to government policies or laws. And Maggie was awesom…
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Comment #14343862
I'm a little tired of the basic/universal income trope myself. The problem with Socialism/Communism is you eventually run out of other peoples money.
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Comment #14266015
When I worked from home I did something similar to what a previous poster has said. I would go to a cafe in the morning and work from there until lunch, I found I needed some human…
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Comment #14151177
Bingo! This falsehood needs to be quashed. There are too many stories of companies using this as an excuse to rid themselves of having to pay for the pensions of their current work…
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Comment #14101005
I switched careers at age 30 also (into programming). A buddy told me something that has held out to be true. Think of your career like you would guiding a canoe down a river. Part…
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Comment #13951300
I feel this is a problem the government created so the government could come up with never ending "solutions". The issue needs to be defined better. The point of health insurance i…
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Comment #13943379
A good resource that is still in use today by many urban planners is a book called "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs. She explores among other things the…
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Comment #13935565
"but we are listening..."
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Comment #13768554
Too bad they didn't reach out to the NRA for comment.
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Comment #13749374
Not sure I would want to hire some of them, if they think this behavior is normal.
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Comment #13748939
The resources are the humans and the departments responsibility is to keep the company from being sued.
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Comment #13748768
Yes! This! Same with dealing with racists, call it out when you see it. And stand up with those who are brave enough to act on it.
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Comment #13698638
Are you pro-immigration or pro-illegal immigration?
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Comment #12516365
I think the fact that we don't look at our solar system as a whole instead of trying to isolate data to "prove we are doing this" is indicative of politics corrupting science. We n…
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Comment #12507199
Just out of curiosity, are there many squatters in these empty homes?