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[Keith Wilson]

Oh, I have no doubt the Russians were nervous about NATO expansion, whatever anyone says. But again, only the Russians could have prevented the war.

[Keith Wilson]

No war is inevitable. It could have been prevented - but not the way you think. If Mr Putin had no dreams of reconstituting the Soviet Union or the Russian...

[Keith Wilson]

When someone argues for helping the Ukraine to defend themselves against a Russian invasion (which is every bit as justified as Germany's invasion of...

[Keith Wilson]

Actually, 100% of the population of Brazil would be considered a 'minority' in the US, since 'Hispanic' is one standard category - which has nothing...

[Keith Wilson]

I have no clue. The similar area in Utah is pretty urban, but the biggest towns in that section of Nevada are Elko and Winnemucca. It's along the I-90...

[Keith Wilson]

I'd say the fundamental thing was the shift of the ex-Confederacy (almost all white, generally rural southerners, mostly conservative evangelical Protestants)...

[Keith Wilson]

Nah. Pretty much everybody who would be influenced by this either way is already convinced....

[Keith Wilson]

The referenced statues (source):



and

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[Keith Wilson]

I actually knew about that. You exaggerate sometimes, but not in this case; not at all. I lived in Levittown when I was a kid, but in NJ, the only one...

[Keith Wilson]

Ok, I know that much too well. ...

[Keith Wilson]

You don't. You get one of these:

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[Keith Wilson]

True enough - but that's just better technology and organization applied to the same old thing. And then we have the anti-slavery movement, based on...

[Keith Wilson]

Not just Americans. Every scrap of land except Antarctica has been conquered and reconquered multiple times over the centuries. The European conquest...

[Keith Wilson]

Well, damn. Very sorry to hear it. He was a good guy.

[Keith Wilson]

2007 was a long time ago, and Wikipedia was fairly new then.

[Keith Wilson]

It is certainly possible to make taxes simpler and more rational without it being a covert way to cut taxes for the very rich. But EVERY tax proposal...

[Keith Wilson]

OK, another comparison: The Qualisports Volador (which I picked only because Bicycling magazine rates it the 'best lightweight' folding ebike). $1000...

[Keith Wilson]

AVERAGE. John's been talking about the tax rate for the very wealthy.

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[Keith Wilson]

True. Effective tax rate is never as high as the top marginal rate, because not all income is taxed at that rate. But the data shows pretty clearly that...

[Keith Wilson]

One more time:

To a real human being, rather than Homo economicus, all dollars do not have the same value. The first ones are vastly more...