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    Comment #24579695

    >And now others are insisting that Apple should not have that control (even when they themselves are doing the same thing). Exactly Apple organized developers, giving the developer…

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    Comment #24215972

    >How does one use honey as a treatment? Just eat some? How much? How often? Etc. Depends on the use case, for wounds you can apply it to dressings, but generally yes just eat it. h…

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    Comment #24211591

    Whether it gets repaid or not has no bearing on the fact that taxpayers were robbed and their future taxes were used in large part to prop up an historically overvalued stock marke…

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    Comment #24211542

    >But people who don’t earn much money aren’t going to be responsible for that bill because they pay no (or almost no) income tax. Maybe, but the devaluation of the dollar as a resu…

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    Comment #24210576

    >You mean to pay for teachers This is going to be a very interesting and telling litmus test for the future of the Country in the next few months. If public schools go the route of…

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    Comment #24210138

    Easy Congress put on bandannas and robbed the tax payers of about $18,000 each. Congress then turned around and gave taxpayers $1,200 each, of their own money, that total amount ca…

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    Comment #24008672

    My understanding of the evolution of Earth flora is that prior to plants being green, the dominant plant life was red (think of red algae blooms) and that the current dominant gree…

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    Comment #23997733

    >54% of Americans own stocks, either directly or indirectly. But its negligible ownership stake, during the pandemic we have seen the multiple single day market swings that more th…

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    Comment #23997646

    >A stock market crash wouldn’t improve the economic situation... Many Americans have retirement and pensions tied to stocks. Sounds like a free market isn't good for the Free Marke…

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    Comment #23979992

    Probably something to do with shallow breathing so you inhale and exhale more often the one should without maximizing oxygen intake per breathe nor efficiently regulating oxygen/co…

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    Comment #23941209

    >Why, at the government level, do we not look at best practices worldwide? Because there is a ruling class and for the rulers it is not about best practices or happiness, it is abo…

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    Comment #23938803

    Coincidentally neuroscientist Andrew D. Huberman was on the JRE podcast yesterday and among the many topics/studies he discussed was one where electrodes were hooked up to brains a…

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    Comment #23932157

    As others note you don't need to be a monopoly to violate anti-trust laws. However, as it relates to being defined as a monopoly this ability to leverage your market position to st…

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    Comment #23932121

    >It definitely feels scummy, but it didn't sound like GP had access to evidence of a crime. Violating Anti-trust statues isn't criminal...but it is still illegal. Anti-trust violat…

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    Comment #23910355

    Ever hear of Trump University? Granted he isn't a "mega billionaire"...and turns out it wasn't a University at all, in fact it was shut down and resulted in lawsuits Trump settled …

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    Comment #23899753

    > I was saying that the fact that you personally haven't seen it happen doesn't mean it isn't happening. Yes, when bail hearings aren't seen, its good proof they aren't happening b…

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    Comment #23897032

    >The fact that you haven’t seen anyone bonded out is meaningless. If you believe Constitutional rights are meaningless.

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    Comment #23884326

    It may also be partly about proactively anticipating civil lawsuits for false imprisonment and other violations of civil rights. If there is no record of these arrests it will frus…

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    Comment #23884229

    >1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807 Before invoking the powers under the Act, 10 U.S.C. § 254 requires the President to first publish a proclamation ordering…

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    Comment #23883948

    Yeah but you don't know if the posters aren't just trolling, and even if legit gun advocates you can't really expect them to come out and say this is what I always feared and never…

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    Comment #23883898

    We have seen federal agents acting as police and detaining and arresting individuals on the streets over objections from the Governor and Mayor. If you are going to support these a…

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    Comment #23883506

    Maybe its not just so much about "allowing" these acts because they are happening to "the other side", but just like most people who talk a big game when push came to shove they fo…

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    Comment #23883391

    The States should prevail, because under the Constitution the Federal Government does not have police powers and under the 10th Amendment police powers are reserved for the states.…

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    Comment #23873007

    >I know it's slightly off topic, but just be happy if you don't feel your heart beating... When I was a kid I used to complain of episodic pains I would get in my heart, and as a c…