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Well, there IS one mysterious guy who delivers every kid's Christmas presents while employing a vast army of underpaid servitors in freezing conditions.
But I think kids shouldn't learn about this til they're teenagers. Let them keep their innocence.
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Aella @Aella_Girl
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Putinโs explanation of the origins of the war in his Victory Day speech doesnโt really seem accurate to me โ maybe a good sign since if the causes are made up he can decide to pretend to have fixed the fake problem and then stop the war?
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Free PR advice: If a photographer asks you to do a photoshoot in all white while meditating, do not agree.
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One small change we'll be making to our Congressional forecasts this year is to weigh in-state fundraising more than out-of-state fundraising. Raising money from donors out of state isn't very predictive of electoral outcomes, whereas in-state money *is* fairly predictive.
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Although it's not my job to tell people what to do with their money, it's probably the case that a lot of donor money is VERY badly spent on high-profile races where it makes little difference at the margin.
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Induced demand is a useful concept but I think urbanists lean on it too heavily. If you double the width of a road and it stays equally congested it's not true that you haven't accomplished anything. The road is now helping twice as many people get where they want to go.
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Sean O'Kane @sokane1
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As an city dweller I'm sympathetic to the idea that a lot of car use is bad and should be subsidized less by taxpayers. But we need make the case on the merits. We're not going to win the argument with a too-cute-by-half futility thesis.
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Q: Are you comfortable with the protests that we saw outside the homes of Supreme Court justices?
Schumer: Yes. my house, there's protests 3, 4 times a week outside.. That's the American way to peacefully protest.. [his phone rings].. that's my wife. Maybe there's a protest."
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I get the feeling that the politics of a bad wave in the fall/winter would help them in the midterms? ๐ https://t.co/IPAXJHVyBa
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Chad Pergram @ChadPergram