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I attended segregated schools in the 60s in texas, and when we sang this rhyme, we just let it all hang out....if ya know what I mean....and I think you know what I mean...

we need more worker protections and right and benefits....it should be harder to fire workers...and the work week should be no longer than 35 hours.

the medical cartel is very powerful...it is really a sort of extortion racket the doctor cartel has going on here in america...they suppress supply and thus increase their wealth..…

fine, but what if the purpose of the self-esteem movement in education is not to change self-image, but instead to build up the image of one societal segment in the eyes of another…

it's really sad how young online political activists have adopted privacy issues instead of adopting issues like workers rights, vacation time, pay, a strong welfare state, univers…

I would call this test an analogue of IQ testing. Again, we see how mainstream thought places IQ on a pedestal. Mainstream thinking overvalues and overrates mental gymnastics, such…

my comment applied to a greater scope than just california and a greater scope than the issues discussed in the article....

opera is not a mess--it is the best of the browsers...i use it as default browser on my desktop...opera is easily better than chrome or firefox...has far far fewer issues and slowd…

that is why if trump does manage to cut the EPA, it could drive down housing prices by increasing supply of new homes and apartments.

I agree...joseph atwill's book CAESAR'S MESSIAH claims that the new testament bible is propaganda from the flavian dynasty aimed at jews in order to pacify them.

Poe was also a pioneer in the use of sound effects used to induce feelings in the reader.... Poe also apparently believed that some sort of rhythmic, cyclical sound was involved in…

there are tons of visual programming languages out there that are similar to scratch and even go beyond scratch

hmm...I wonder what kings ruled over these ancient kingdoms?

HMM...i thought it was against the HN rules to be politically partisan...apparently not, as long as you take the "correct" side...

maybe there was a form of homo erectus already in america, using stone tools etc, having arrived 130k yrs or more ago, and then the indians wiped them out when they arrived much la…

but given political considerations, can that particular science be trusted?

no comments here about diversity and immigration increasing just as labor's share of GDP decreased?

the satellites described would be disruptive technology...and the media is likely demonizing this tech at the behest of some fat wallet vested interest, most likely comcast et al.

hmm...I wonder if all these new satellites could possibly be part of some new cheap, high-speed internet system? That would be great for consumers, I guess, but bad for the profits…

drunk drivers need not be involved in order for urban cycling to be dangerous...it is just dangerous, period. It's chaos....and gravity and physics mean that sooner or later the cy…

well, of course the media is going to depict these people negatively--the media lives off of corporate profits which are spent in part on media advertising...these stay-at-home peo…

spammers? or dissidents?

humans are social animals...they need other humans around them that are in the same tribe...it's the global vs nationalism debate (that the media avoids) recapitulated...

UAL may be paying twitter and reddit to stifle the fun

they also deleted my tweet from this morning, which simply made fun of united airlines ("we seat you, then we beat you! Board as a doctor, leave as a patient! #NewUnitedAirlinesMot…