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Post by clucky on Aug 1, 2022 16:25:10 GMT -6
Dear LEG101 mentor, Would this need a simple majority or 60? LOL I that my title? that's a good title for me as it's the job I'm currently pursuing.This would need 60 votes. The other big legislative package flying around right now, the Inflation Reduction Act, is a budget reconciliation bill and only requires 50 votes bc budget reconciliation (among a couple of other things) are not subject to the filibuster. Yes it is arbitrary and confusing! Unless it should be prof, I waffled with my choice. Thank you, I have a hard time keeping it all straight. |
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Post by richard on Aug 1, 2022 16:26:16 GMT -6
Lol
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Post by richard on Aug 1, 2022 16:26:39 GMT -6
Omg, this man called it.
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Post by willow on Aug 1, 2022 16:28:12 GMT -6
I thought the polio vaccine, if you got all the series as a kid, was like 99% effective? Are we supposed to worry that this is no longer the case? I think they mean for people who never got the shots as children because their parents skipped them? I read too fast and didn’t see “if they haven’t been already” Lol at me. |
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Post by starbuck on Aug 1, 2022 16:28:28 GMT -6
I'm sitting here wondering if this will be, like, the first in a long line of Presidential speeches about domestic terrorism. I mean, IDK if it's domestic but that's where my mind goes nowadays |
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Post by richard on Aug 1, 2022 16:31:17 GMT -6
This is what it is:
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Post by clucky on Aug 1, 2022 16:31:35 GMT -6
I thought the polio vaccine, if you got all the series as a kid, was like 99% effective? Are we supposed to worry that this is no longer the case? I think they mean for people who never got the shots as children because their parents skipped them? This is how I read it too. Like a last call for antivax or those who may now be old enough to ask for it w/o their parent. Which I remember being a whole thing with teens and young adults looking into getting caught up. |
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Post by clucky on Aug 1, 2022 16:33:19 GMT -6
These replies were where my mind went too |
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 16:42:34 GMT -6
I thought the polio vaccine, if you got all the series as a kid, was like 99% effective? Are we supposed to worry that this is no longer the case? I think they mean for people who never got the shots as children because their parents skipped them? I imagine that's what they mean. The polio vaccine has been part of the standard AAP schedule for decades, IINM, but those who were born outside the US or whose parents declined childhood vaccines would definitely want to catch up if they aren't fully innoculayed, bc "herd immunity" isn't a safe assumption. But I am not a scientist or a doctor. |
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 16:44:09 GMT -6
I'm sitting here wondering if this will be, like, the first in a long line of Presidential speeches about domestic terrorism. I mean, IDK if it's domestic but that's where my mind goes nowadays No, NYT says a drone strike took out the head of AQ |
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Post by SweetPotato on Aug 1, 2022 16:44:56 GMT -6
I love every version of him. I’ve always had a crush 😻 I recently rewatched Big Daddy (yeah I know - my taste in movies is what it is) and I enjoyed seeing younger Jon Stewart. He reminds me of my most favorite boss I ever had. A grumpy old man in a younger mans body but also one that is smart and actually correct when he rants. Come to think of it…this would not be an inaccurate description of my H 🤣 |
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Post by starbuck on Aug 1, 2022 16:48:22 GMT -6
I'm sitting here wondering if this will be, like, the first in a long line of Presidential speeches about domestic terrorism. I mean, IDK if it's domestic but that's where my mind goes nowadays No, NYT says a drone strike took out the head of AQ Ah, gotcha |
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Post by elle on Aug 1, 2022 16:52:39 GMT -6
Ugh, I'm nervous about this one - especially since it's on a primary ballot and not a general election. Yes, and they intentionally worded the amendment to confuse voters Took a page out of CA's prop 8 (2008) book. Shady af. |
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Post by clucky on Aug 1, 2022 17:02:04 GMT -6
On the topic of difficult to read state amendments. I always look them up, but I’ve asked H not to switch his party affiliation so that we still get the list of what GOP are for. They send a nice little list of everyone and everything to avoid all on a postcard. Some judges are hard to find info for, and everything g else is non-partisan.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 17:09:36 GMT -6
LOL I that my title? that's a good title for me as it's the job I'm currently pursuing.This would need 60 votes. The other big legislative package flying around right now, the Inflation Reduction Act, is a budget reconciliation bill and only requires 50 votes bc budget reconciliation (among a couple of other things) are not subject to the filibuster. Yes it is arbitrary and confusing! Unless it should be prof, I waffled with my choice. Thank you, I have a hard time keeping it all straight. This stuff is my jam so I'm always very happy to help when I can |
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Post by enchanted on Aug 1, 2022 17:17:25 GMT -6
"Re.tr.uth"? What kind of bull is that?
(On that generic brand Twitter platform)
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Post by richard on Aug 1, 2022 17:26:51 GMT -6
"Re.tr.uth"? What kind of bull is that? (On that generic brand Twitter platform) The platform is "Truth Social" and instead of a tweet, it's a truth and instead of a retweet, it's a retruth. It's truly idiotic. |
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Post by mathlete on Aug 1, 2022 17:27:46 GMT -6
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Post by fatpony on Aug 1, 2022 17:48:51 GMT -6
Ugh, I'm nervous about this one - especially since it's on a primary ballot and not a general election. Yes, and they intentionally worded the amendment to confuse voters |
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Post by sifl on Aug 1, 2022 17:51:36 GMT -6
This is the worst timeline I thought the polio vaccine, if you got all the series as a kid, was like 99% effective? Are we supposed to worry that this is no longer the case? No, it’s just for the poor kids whose parents didn’t vaccinate them. Eta I see that’s been covered |
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 17:54:04 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 18:07:12 GMT -6
Yes, and they intentionally worded the amendment to confuse voters This makes me so angry. Remember in November 2016 when there was a campaign telling folks they could vote online if they were voting for Hilary? Assholes. |
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 18:15:59 GMT -6
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Post by oreobitsy on Aug 1, 2022 18:22:14 GMT -6
Hanging out on a balcony when you're a highly sought criminal seems like a bold move.
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Post by iruntodrink on Aug 1, 2022 19:04:11 GMT -6
My DH is a die hard Harbaugh fan from his days of coaching the Niners...he is just putting his head in the sand on this one MH loves Harbaugh but not anymore. Honestly I will be relieved if he watches less UMich football this year because it just makes him grumpy lol. And he didn't even go there! I did! what did I miss about Harbaugh? MH is diehard 😳 |
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 19:30:25 GMT -6
This is cool! Sorry for the wall of text but it's worth it 'Elizabeth Johnson Jr. is — officially — not a witch. Until last week, the Andover, Mass., woman, who confessed to practicing witchcraft during the Salem witch trials, was the only remaining person convicted during the trials whose name had not been cleared. Though she was sentenced to death in 1693, after she and more than 20 members of her extended family faced similar allegations, she was granted a reprieve and avoided the death sentence. The exoneration came on Thursday, 329 years after her conviction, tucked inside a $53 billion state budget signed by Gov. Charlie Baker. It was the product of a three-year lobbying effort by a civics teacher and her eighth-grade class, along with a state senator who helped champion the cause. “I’m excited and relieved,” Carrie LaPierre, the teacher at North Andover Middle School, said in an interview on Saturday, “but also disappointed I didn’t get to talk to the kids about it,” as they are on summer vacation. “It’s been such a huge project,” Ms. LaPierre added. “We called her E.J.J., all the kids and I. She just became one of our world, in a sense.” Only the broad contours of Ms. Johnson’s life are known. She was 22 years old when accused, may have had a mental disability and never married or had children, which were factors that could make a woman a target in the trials, Ms. LaPierre said. The governor of Massachusetts at the time granted Ms. Johnson a reprieve from death, and she died in 1747 at the age of 77. But unlike others convicted at the trials, Ms. Johnson did not have any known descendants who could fight to clear her name. Previous efforts to exonerate people convicted of witchcraft overlooked Ms. Johnson, perhaps because of administrative confusion, historians said: Her mother, who had the same name, was also convicted but was exonerated earlier. The effort to clear Ms. Johnson’s name was a dream project for the eighth-grade civics class, Ms. LaPierre said. It allowed her to teach students about research methods, including the use of primary sources; the process by which a bill becomes a law; and ways to contact state lawmakers. The project also taught students the value of persistence: After an intensive letter-writing campaign, the bill to exonerate Ms. Johnson was essentially dead. As the students turned their efforts to lobbying the governor for a pardon, their state senator, Diana DiZoglio, added an amendment to the budget bill, reviving the exoneration effort. “These students have set an incredible example of the power of advocacy and speaking up for others who don’t have a voice,” Ms. DiZoglio, a Democrat whose district includes North Andover, said in an interview.' Last Conviction in Salem Witch Trials Is Cleared 329 Years Later nyti.ms/3BvDFE6 |
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Post by dc2london on Aug 1, 2022 19:34:46 GMT -6
Hanging out on a balcony when you're a highly sought criminal seems like a bold move. US and allies intelligence have done some truly incredible work in recent years |
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Post by Lakes on Aug 1, 2022 19:54:38 GMT -6
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Post by richard on Aug 1, 2022 20:30:45 GMT -6
MH loves Harbaugh but not anymore. Honestly I will be relieved if he watches less UMich football this year because it just makes him grumpy lol. And he didn't even go there! I did! what did I miss about Harbaugh? MH is diehard 😳 There may be more but I know he's a "we'll adopt your baby." |
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Post by blurnette989 on Aug 2, 2022 3:47:05 GMT -6
What's the deal with Pelosi, Taiwan and Biden? I've been underwater with work so not following.
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