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I went to law school because when I was growing up in queens, I had the privilege of not being hounded by the police state like my classmates and peers of skin color, I had the privilege of having parents who appreciated education, I had the privilege of living in a city that values education and provided a high quality one, I had the privilege of having parents who knew how the college admission process worked and could help me (and a lot of my other class mates), I had the privilege of money and a neighborhood with good schools. I had the privilege of being eligible for government financial aid, grants, scholarships and other state sponsored programs that made it possible to afford a very expensive private college and law school. I had the privilege of attending schools that received government grants that allowed them to attract a high quality faculty. I had the privilege of attending schools that received government funding that helped them to diversify their student body and offer their students a rich multicultural, multiracial, multi-sociological experience. I had a lot of privileges, and I am appreciative of each one, and I know that I owe my success to everyone who provided that to me, and not just my parents but government financial aid that allowed me to go to school, the public school system that helped me grow academically, the government programs that allowed my peers from other backgrounds to go to college and law school with me to contribute to a diverse school experience. I appreciate all these privileges and am boundlessly grateful for them, and I find no value about being elitist about it.
So there are 100s, 1000s+ little things that make you who you are today. Most of it I'd argue is genetics. You're privileged enough to be a homosapien, and then it all just snowballed down from millions of years ago to where you are today. Everyone chooses their own path (there are exceptions of course -- slavery, etc.), who they reproduce with...it's what they choose to do with what they were dealt.
You know what is elitist? thinking your privilege is just they way things are, and then use that to deny others access to the same opportunity by ignoring institutional discrimination.That is life though, things are the way they are. Discriminating against people for anything other than character and ability is wrong, and most people believe it's wrong. Murder is wrong, but some people will still do it, and we will punish those who do.
I don't want the same outcome, but the same access to opportunity would be nice. Let people at least have the choice to do certain things, and to get that it's going to require some government intervention. That doesn't exist right now, and a big part of it was just good old fashioned discrimination baked right into our public and private institutions by our forefathers, but part of it is also blocking progress with this bullshit "self made" narrative because of some vague moral pretzel logic, tribalism, and some desire to feel special.So that's kinda what I mean. Where does opportunity end? In this country any child can get an education. School, transport, food will all be provided if they cannot afford it, right? If they are smart enough, athletic enough and work hard enough, they can go to college. What else do you need?
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I'd like to know where you draw the line at "handout" or "privilege".
If someone works his ass off to start a business, no matter how big or small it turns out, and then passes it and the money earned from it on to their children...you automatically think of those children as privileged assholes. So where does privilege start? Is it a parent making $30k a year? $60k? $100k?
It sounds to me like you want equal outcome for everyone.
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as they got older their views changed to a more conservative view, with moderate views and I have followed suit.
Most people seem to go this way, must be because you get wiser with age.
I don't understand the whole illegal thing. I'm 2-3 generations removed from family coming over from the old country wanting and succeeding in/to become US citizens. So yes ,if your an illegal either get legal the right way of get the F out.DO NOT give them anything including healthcare,welfare or even respect.
Yup, except you can become a legal resident/citizen without ever doing anything illegal. If someone is willing to break the law once, what other laws are they willing to break?
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Just a third of Americans can pass a multiple choice "U.S. Citizenship Test," fumbling over such simple questions as the cause of the Cold War or naming just one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
And of Americans 45 and younger, the passing rate is a tiny 19 percent, according to a survey done for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
2 percent said the Cold War was caused by climate change.
classic
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
Some more news showing that Trump is a crook and a big fat phony.
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Just FYI...so far in 2018 we’re up another trillion plus in deficit...
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/fy-2018-debt-1271158167127
This seems like a bigger issue to me than whether or not someone flashed their wiener in high school. Guess it just doesn't translate into a very interesting made for Lifetime movie.
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They might not know, since this hasn't been getting a lot of coverage on Fox, that Trump was literally laughed at at the UN yesterday.
No he wasn't. When someone told me about that I quickly went to YouTube because I couldn't wait to see it. Turns out, no one was laughing until he made the little joke at the end. Actually watch the video.
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Technically Kavanaugh has the greater motive for lying in this case because he actually has something at stake to win or lose. Dr. Ford personally only has a losing proposition based on the history of how accusers are treated and nothing to gain by Brett not getting the seat since the GOP will just pick a name off the list of 26 other qualified GOP potential nominees.
Weighing the motives - yeah it still doesn't look good for BK. But whatever - weighing the motives is just a subjective way to rationalize your support for BK.
Burden of proof is on her. He's not making accusations, she is. I don't support him, nor do I support people who use sexual assault as a political tool.
Reasonable Doubt isn't the standard here. That may be the standard in the criminal case if there is ever one brought, but the standard is actually change the old dude's mind that he has already made up because of political motives. It's kind of an impossible standard that no one is going to be happy with.If I wanted to change his mind, I'd try to put reasonable doubt in his mind. If I can't, then I either went about this whole thing the wrong way, Kavanaugh is innocent of this accusation, or Old Dude is the one that doesn't belong in the position he's in if he can't make a fair, unbiased choice. The last being a whole different conversation.
If Merrick Garland didn't put you off voting for republicans, then why should this put you off for voting democrats?I've never voted Republican.
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What you mean to say is simply that you don't find the evidence convincing. You don't find it convincing beyond a reasonable doubt (I don't either), but you don't find it convincing even at whatever standard you consider reasonable for a job interview. Is that about right?
Yes. Fair is fair, whether it's on trial or for a job application.
Relying on eyewitnesses alone is fine, but like I sort of mentioned in an earlier post, people have different motives as to why they might be making up a bullshit story. Weigh the motives, and see what makes more sense. In this case, the bullshit is heavier on my scale. Whether I was part of a jury, or the guy making the decision whether or not Kavanaugh should be accepted on the SC, this is the process I would go through.
I don't understand that you can say that you don't find it convincing beyond a reasonable doubt, yet think the accuser is right and he shouldn't be SC justice. I'm not too thrilled about his views on Roe v Wade and abortions, but the conservatives were voted in power, it's their turn to nominate.
And if democrats want to ever have their turn again, they need to stop this behavior that has put me, and I'm sure many others off of wanting to vote for them again.
They used to say they support free expression on college campuses. Now, they do everything possible to silence students and speakers who disagree with their views. -
https://i.imgur.com/bUX6uU9.gifv
Not really LOL, I thought it was interesting but didn't want to start a whole thread about it.
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I didn't mean burden of proof in the law (trial) sense, but the "philosophical" sense, I guess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)
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What if they're not doing it to get their way, but because rape and racism exist and are bad?
Right, well it's very coincidental that things are only now coming out, 30+ years later, things that happened in high school, now that he's been nominated by Trumpy.
I understand that yeah, rape and racism is bad and you certainly don't want anyone on the SCOTUS that can be accused of those things. But if it's truly in the name of justice, than where were you 35 years ago? (I understand it's a hard thing to come out and speak about -- still very coincidental timing).
Good thing there's burden of proof. Prove it and then everyone will know he's a scumbag.
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The only reoccurring theme I see here is democrats screaming rape and racism to get their way every chance they get.
Al Franken should not have stepped down, and Kavanaugh isn't going anywhere until he's been proven guilty of wrongdoing. The witnesses can't even remember this party happening...so it's her word against 3 people now?
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Think Republicans would ever stoop that low?Both parties do it.
What he said.
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you can assume everyone on a "dating" site is 18 like you can assume everyone in a bar is over 21. Also, the site sounded a lot more like prostitution than "Dating", which isn't exactly legal in every jurisdiction.
Plus there is this from the press conference:
There are many points where this dude had a chance to say "maybe paying a 16 year old girl for sex isn't such a wise idea" and walk away but he didn't.
To me it kinda sounds like he got fucked over with the whole age thing. If you ask me, prostitution should be legal to begin with, and this bitch lied about her age not only when she signed up to the site, but never mentioned to him that she's underage.
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yeah and?
Ok, so if I'm assuming everyone on there is and adult, you're assuming that everyone on there is an adult...why wouldn't he?
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Hmmm...
I'm going to assume that sugardaddymeet.com is for 18+
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Alex Jones got banned for "targeted harassment".
Is this the video?
https://www.infowars.com/best-of-alex-jones-riffs-on-cnn-reporter-oliver-darcy/
"Targeted harassment" sure seems similar to criticism. I don't think I've ever heard people criticizing Fox News reporters on Twitter, because if they did, I'm sure they would get permabanned too, right?
I agree that it is pretty aggressive and not how a normal person should behave.
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We replaced our home laptop with a Chromebook and have never looked back.
If I had to do some of the things in spreadsheets I do at work with a Chromebook, it would take about 2 hours before I found an open hatch to the roof, found the highest point in our building above pavement, and chucked the thing as high and far as I could.
I guess it would be OK for basic spreadsheet work.
So, it really depends on what you are using it for.
You mean stuff that requires lots of processing power? There are chromebooks that have decent CPUs. The Pixelbook has an i5, but I'll admit, for the price you are better off getting a Windows PC.
If CPU power isn't the issue, then I don't know what else you need other than a keyboard and Excel.
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The problem I have with Chromebooks is that they don't store data on the machine - it's all cloud based stuff. If you are using it for just internet surfing and no heavy data or financial information it's probably fine, but if you have stuff you kinda want to control the security on like personally copyrighted material, company proprietary information, etc...you just don't have a lot of control over your own security.
That is the point of a Chromebook, but I do have an SD card in mine that I used to store things locally...can be done.
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Honestly sounds like a Chromebook would work perfectly for her if all she works with are word documents and spreadsheets. I used one for a while as my main work computer (our development environment was in the cloud so it was perfect).
It's not a full blown PC, and you have to realize that, but it comes with the Google Store so if there's an Android app for what you need, you can install it on there. It also doesn't have the "ooooh look at me, I paid too much money for an Apple product" feature, so that could be a check in the cons column for some. Which to be honest, sounds like your wife wants one because it's trendy or her friends/coworkers have them...so you might be screwed
I have an HP Chromebook G5, it's an older one that I think I paid $250 for new at Best Buy 2 years ago. It was one of the better built ones at the time, similarly priced ones felt very plasticy, but the new ones are much nicer.
My current work provided laptop is a Dell Latitude and it's been reliable over the last year...it just doesn't have a cool factor though.
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A revealing excerpt...
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The statement of interest filed Thursday by the Justice Department supported the claims made by the plaintiffs, who have sued Harvard for allegedly limiting the number of Asian-American students it admits and holding them to a higher standard than students of other races.
The lawsuit against Harvard was filed in Boston federal court in 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit whose members include Asian-American students who were denied admission to Harvard. It has become a closely watched battle over how one of the nation’s most selective colleges chooses who gets admitted, and whether the process illegally discriminates on the basis of race.
This is something we discussed a few pages back. I'm glad to see that something is being done about actual racism for once.
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I think it would be good, just because of all the tech jobs and opportunities it would bring to Columbus.
Other than that, I don't buy from Amazon. Their website is kinda shit, Alexa, firestick and prime is overrated. AWS is pretty slick though.