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Alex Tabarrok is exactly right: Getting tough on crime means hiring more detectives and catching more criminals, NOT imposing longer prison sentences.
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The problem with police openly doing crimes like this is the message it sends - if police donβt follow the law, why should you? Especially considering it buts bicycle and scooter riders in danger. https://t.co/tLPp8VfjNr
Mayor John J. Bauters @JohnBauters
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This is exactly what Chuck Schumer doesn't seem to get about his job.
Annie Karni @anniekarni
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Schumer is an extremely skilled politician who unfortunately has continued to prioritize his *personal* political needs having stepped into a leadership role that requires McConnell Energy where you're willing to be the bad guy on behalf of the caucus.
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As a popularist, I would advise American politicians to embrace our nation's love of hard work and French politicians to embrace their nation's love of being lazy.
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I strongly feel the NYT should ban all its personnel from tweeting.
It would strengthen the Times' brand and credibility, and also let me gain more mindshare on twitter.
Steven Perlberg @perlberg
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Please enjoy this ShotSpotter thread where an exec tries to use their burner account to argue with the OP and gets found out in the process
cc: @disnazzio
T. Greg Doucette @greg_doucette
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Bill Clinton is right. NATO expansion was good, and prescient. If we hadn't done it, Poland and the Baltics would now be experiencing what Ukraine is experiencing.
Bill Clinton @BillClinton
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Countries that have formal military alliances with the United States of America have a habit of not getting invaded.
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10/Critics often trot out pie charts showing that defense is a huge part of "discretionary" spending.
But that's only because we've chosen to label health, welfare, and retirement spending "mandatory" -- which reflects the fact that we prioritize those things highly!!
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OMG this is true. YA has now been standardized into a bunch of rigid genre conventions designed to make 35-year-olds feel like they're reading something that was written for 14-year-olds.
James Palmer @BeijingPalmer
