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Sen. Mark Kelly says vote on healthcare subsidies alone won't end shutdown
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 7 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“The Arizona Democrat said there must be an actual fix.”
The Schumer shutdown is NOT about the cost of healthcare. Democrats have shutdown government because the cost of Obamacare insurance is unaffordable. Democrats intentionally created a high-cost cliff when they rammed the ACA down the country's throat. (Or shoved it up the other end.)...
Boston Prosecutors Invoke Law Used Against Anarchists to Charge Protesters
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“The charges are an indication that Boston's mayor and Police Department are telegraphing to President Trump that they're going to come down hard on...”
Permissive tolerance of political violence is coming to an end. Protests intended to disrupt communities to coerce political action have gone too far. The activists did this to themselves. The fact that old laws are being employing shows that this has happened before in the United States. And...
Opinion | Democrats Are Increasing Inequality
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“When it comes to education policy, Republicans are now kicking Democrats in the butt.”
David Brooks has a point. Accountability really did improve educational outcomes. Establishing clear consequences for poor performance, by teachers and students, proved to be a powerful incentive to improve literacy and math competency. Improvements in education opened doors for equal...
EDITORIAL: To end the Schumer shutdown, Republicans should get out of D.C. and get in front of voters
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 4 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Republicans, this is our chance to put the screws on the Democrats. Get out of D.C., get real with America, and watch the political bill come due...”
House Republicans have already done their share. There's nothing the House can do about Schumer's shutdown in the Senate. Seems like spending more time speaking with constituents would be a good idea.
Michael Egnor: Atheism as a "Foreign Influence" on Science
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 38 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“Suggesting a trend, a new book which aims to dethrone materialism in science, has been selling well in Europe and coming out shortly in English.”
There is an increasing openness and acceptance of spirituality among scientists. It is unknown whether more scientists are embracing spiritualty or only that scientists with spiritual beliefs feel they can be more open. Either way the global phenomena marks a clear shift in the relationship...
Alleged Palisades firebug posted anti-Trump screeds, blamed wildfires on climate change
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • last year
“The Florida man accused of sparking the flames that burned swaths of Los Angeles to the ground in the Palisades Fire posted on social media about...”
Rotted brain.
Government Shutdown Exposes the Need to Privatize Air Traffic Control
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 7 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“The government shutdown is already beginning to impact air travel. Alarm bells are ringing about the air traffic controllers who are not being paid...”
Here come the Clinton neoliberals. Never let a crisis go to waste.
AI chatbots in religious apps offer spiritual guidance posing as Jesus and other figures
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 13 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Apps like Text With Jesus let people ostensibly ask questions of Jesus, Mary, Joseph and other religious icons via AI chatbots like ChatGPT.”
Artificial Intelligence is taking everyone's job.
