发帖数: 1 | 1 12月28日 仔细阅读以下文章
或许这些文章可以告诉你们孩子被伤害病毒的答案。
Astellas Pharma 应该和这些人体实验有莫大的关系!
Founded 2005; 11 years ago
Headquarters 2-5-1, Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chūō-ku, Tokyo 103-8411, Japan
Key people Yoshihiko Katakana
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Filariasis
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Filariasis
Life cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti, a parasite that causes filariasis
Classification and external resources
Specialty Infectious disease
ICD-10 B74
ICD-9-CM 125.0-125.9
Patient UK Filariasis
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b********n 发帖数: 38600 | 2 This is not a one-off issue of Republicans pampering to the wealthy. It's
systemic in the US where the wealthy have undue influence over government
decisions. And the problem is that the majority of people let it happen. It
comes after years of brainwashing about unfettered capitalism and rugged
individualism. The former creates winners and losers with the wealthiest
always winning and the latter enables the wealthy to divide and conquer
individuals.
People in other wealthy western democracies a... 阅读全帖 |
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m*******e 发帖数: 1598 | 4 BY TINA AMIRTHA8 MINUTE READ
This story contains interviews with Christian Kästner, assistant
professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Amy Hirotaka, state policy and
advocacy manager at Code.org; and Janet Siegmund, researcher at the
University of Passau.
In order to expose more students to computer science, 17 states have passed
legislation to create basic math and science requirements in the curriculum,
rather than count them as electives. But lawmakers in Texas have made
computer program... 阅读全帖 |
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k**********4 发帖数: 16092 | 5 China’s Long Arm Reaches Into American Campuses
Beijing is stepping up efforts to inject party ideology into student life.
Some Chinese students are crying foul.
By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Illustration by Eleftheria Alexandri for Foreign Policy
March 7, 2018
When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Washington on Sept. 24, 2015 on a
state visit, hundreds of Chinese students lined the streets for hours,
carrying banners and flags to welcome him. It was a remarkable display of
seemingly spontaneo... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n 发帖数: 38600 | 6 China is a serious country led by serious educated people who believe in
science and reason and planning. Serious long term planning. Heavily
investing in infrastructure which includes both physical (roads, bridges,
airports, high speed rail) and human (education, targeted poverty reduction,
rapidly rising wages for all, improved social safety net) and a government
that works. The Chinese society is not divided by racism and bigotry. The
average person sees progress ahead. China is the leading t... 阅读全帖 |
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f****l 发帖数: 8042 | 7 SSA 2017的数据:
The "raw" average wage, computed as net compensation divided by the number
of wage earners, is $7,982,655,109,292.13 divided by 165,438,239, or $48,251
.57. Based on data in the table below, about 67.4 percent of wage earners
had net compensation less than or equal to the $48,251.57 raw average wage.
By definition, 50 percent of wage earners had net compensation less than or
equal to the median wage, which is estimated to be $31,561.49 for 2017.
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.c... 阅读全帖 |
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w*********r 发帖数: 42116 | 9 看看人家美国将的回帖
jlmtik 8 min ago
That was the danger of moving factory to China. For long time Steve Jobs
refused to let Chinese produce Iphone because he knew the copy issue. Huawei
is the brainchild iof China’s intellectual infringement. Japan set up a
motorcycle plant in China as their trade deal with China and right next to
this new plant, China has its own built and guess what they are identical
motorcycle except in name. That’s why President Trump wants factory here at
home. China demands all t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 10 不懂,可以查查啊。你那个bloody就是西红柿跟白酒
Ingredients
1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon celery salt, divided
1-1/2 to 2 cups ice cubes, divided
2 ounces vodka
1 cup tomato juice, chilled
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1-1/2 teaspoons lime juice
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish, optional
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
OPTIONAL GARNISHES:
Celery rib, pickle spear, green and ripe olives, cucumber slice and/or
cocktail shrimp
美国一杯烂咖啡都五美元,十美元的西红柿汤能有多好吃?
: 你个穷逼没吃过,说你... 阅读全帖 |
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c****h 发帖数: 4968 | 11 这不是笑话。调查还发现女性“贫民”更爱iPhone;中产男性多爱华为……草,和老夫
的观察基本相符。
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2174310/research-highlights-class-divide-
between-poor-apple-iphone-and-rich-huawei
Research highlights class divide between ‘poor’ Apple iPhone and ‘rich’
Huawei users in China
Apple iPhone users in China are generally less educated, hard-up and with
few valuable assets, compared to users of other mobile phone brands such as
Huawei or Xiaomi, according to a report by research agency MobData.
The Shanghai-based ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 12 Hong Kong trouble has nothing to do with TG tactics of division, it's
protest thugs who divide the HKers themselves and divide all oversea and
mainland Chinese. |
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z****g 发帖数: 3509 | 13 看到一篇文章,说的虽然和土鳖国毫无关系,而是说的我帝的公司,但是如果知道土鳖
国情况的,对比一下,妈的太吓人了。这人有才。小黄人就没有人能写这样的文章,就
算是王沪宁你拿枪指着他,他也写不出来。哀叹买提为什么没有highlight功能。这里
面至少一半的句子值得highlight后再细细品味。
Fascism
The dual opposite of a republic would be a society where the governed must
compete, merely to survive. Meanwhile, the powerful are immune to challenge
from below. There is only one political party and it will always be that way
. Those with power have no responsibilities to those below them, because
power is subject to no appeal but itself.
T... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n 发帖数: 38600 | 14 I just got back a week ago from a tour that started in Chengdu and then
spent many days in Tibet. It was eye opening.
I did not see one Chinese flag in Chengdu, but flags and propaganda
billboards were everywhere in Tibet. Lhasa has been subsumed by a modern
Chinese city. There are hundreds of apartment blocks existent and under
construction. The infrastructure is impressive. Expressways and paved roads,
I had LTE in the remotest of places, the high speed rail line to Lhasa is
well on its way to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 15 Approval among American voters of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, an
inquiry to determine whether or not to bring impeachment charges against
President Trump, has reached its highest level, as 55 percent approve of the
inquiry, while 43 percent disapprove, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-
pea-ack) University national poll released today. Last week, 51 percent of
voters approved of the inquiry, while 45 percent disapproved.
In today's poll, Democrats approve of the inquiry 93 - 7 percent a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 16 [Role of ACE2-Ang (1-7)-Mas receptor axis in heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction with hypertension].
[Article in Chinese; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher]
Yu J1, Wu Y2, Zhang Y1, Zhang L1, Ma Q1, Luo X3.
Author information
Abstractin English, Chinese
To investigate changes in the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and
angiotensin (1-7) [Ang (1-7)] and to explore the role of ACE2-Ang (1-7)-Mas
receptor axis in hypertension with heart failure with preserved ejection... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B 发帖数: 4796 | 17 仔细一看这篇还是个华人写的
白人可能大部分还不知道这个情况
CORONAVIRUS
What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to
Beat Coronavirus
ProPublica’s health reporter Caroline Chen explains what the conversation
around asymptomatic coronavirus carriers is missing, and what we need to
understand if we’re going to beat this nefarious virus together.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign
up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
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v**e 发帖数: 8422 | 18 CIA 利比亚反叛者们是来自伊拉克的基地武装分子ZT- 到底是谁利用了谁还真难说
来源: 没底 于 2011-10-30
CIA Libya Rebels are Al-Qaeda Fighters From Iraq
Politics / Al-Qeeda Mar 29, 2011 - 07:54 AM
By: Global_Research
Politics
Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleDr. Webster G.
Tarpley writes: “Serpents, thirst, heat, and sand … Libya alone can
present a multitude of woes that it would beseem men to fly from.” Lucan,
Pharsalia
Washington DC, March 24, 2011 — The current military attack on Libya has
been motivated by UN S... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e 发帖数: 22013 | 19 http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/06/poll.gay.marriage/index.html?hpt=T1
Fewer than half of Americans oppose gay marriage, poll finds
By the CNN Wire Staff
October 7, 2010 6:31 a.m. EDT
For the first time since Pew started asking about it, fewer than half of
those polled said they oppose gay marriage.
(CNN) -- Fewer than half of Americans oppose legalized same-sex marriage,
according to a new poll on the issue released Wednesday, with significant
shifts in public opinion on the issue just since last... 阅读全帖 |
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m******8 发帖数: 2153 | 20 Written by Tanner Efinger | Monday, 07 November 2011
Instinct Magazine Web Exclusives: http://instinctmagazine.com
Gay Republican?! The thought exasperates even the more moderate of liberal
thinkers. It’s like a screen door to a submarine or an ejector button on a
helicopter! Or is it? Our political experts have cracked open a few history
books and mapped the political landscape and we think something’s amiss.
Perchance we’re playing the devil’s advocate, but we’ve got a sore spot
for the plight... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1 发帖数: 19713 | 21 A new Quinnipiac poll reveals that a majority of New Jersey voters continue
to support same-sex marriage and want a referendum on the issue.
BY Julie Bolcer
May 17 2012 10:55 AM ET
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According to the poll, voters in the Garden State back same-sex marriage by
53% to 42%, which is on par with findings from the winter. However, voters
across all age groups also want a referendum on the issue, a finding also in
line with polls earlier this year.
Among those who support same-sex marriage, support is ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 22 Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a
significant margin for the first time in ABC News/Washington Post polls, and
African-Americans have moved more in favor, perhaps taking their lead from
Barack Obama on the issue.
Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay marriage should be legal, steady
the past year but up from 36 percent in just 2006. Thirty-nine percent "
strongly" support it, while 32 percent are strongly opposed - the first time
strong sentiment has t... 阅读全帖 |
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m******8 发帖数: 2153 | 23 Opposition to equal marriage has fallen to a record low, and this change
might be connected to President Obama’s endorsement of the measure, a new
poll by Washington Post and ABC News suggests.
Almost 53 percent of Americans say that marriage should be extended to gay
couples, which is a 17 percent increase from the poll just six years ago.
Just 39 percent, a record low, say that equal marriage should be illegal.
The most encouraging finding for gay rights activists is that 59% of African
Americ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****u 发帖数: 8729 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 NJU 讨论区 】
发信人: gobigred (我是tony), 信区: NJU
标 题: 智力题
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 18 19:17:02 2011, 美东)
================================================== ==
1. Look at the numbers below. What number should come next?
27 9 3 1 1/3 1/9 ?
2. Assume the first 2 statements are true. Is the third statement true
or false?
The boy plays for the Tigers. All the players on the Tigers wear white
sneakers. The boy wears white sneakers.
3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What w... 阅读全帖 |
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y*****7 发帖数: 58 | 25 到柏林看看共产主义是什么东西(组图)
肯尼迪《柏林墙下的演说》
作者: 劭奇
柏林墙
柏林墙倒塌
自去年底开始,一股民主的力量席卷了整个阿拉伯世界。从突尼斯的“茉莉花革命”開
始,继而到约旦、阿尔及利亚、也门等国家,乃至目前的埃及政变,都掀起一股反独裁
专政的抗议示威浪潮。民主与自由究竟有何魅力?回首看1963年美国总统约翰·肯尼迪
如何陈述两种政党统治下的不同与自由民主的特点便可窥知一二,
以下是肯尼迪在西德市政厅柏林墙前发表的演说:
二千年以前,最自豪的夸耀是Civitas Romanus sum(我是罗马公民),今天,自由世
界最自豪的夸耀是Ich bin ein Berliner(我是一个柏林人)。
世界上有许多人确实不懂,或者说他们不明白什么是自由世界和共产主义世界的根本分
歧。让他们来柏林吧。有些人说,共产主义是未来的潮流。让他们来柏林吧。有些人说
,我们能在欧洲或其他地方与共产党人合作。让他们来柏林吧。甚至有那么几个人说,
共产主义确是一种邪恶的制度,但它可以使我们取得经济发展。“Lasst sie nach
Berlin kommen.”(让他们到柏林看看)
自由有许多... 阅读全帖 |
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h*h 发帖数: 27852 | 26 【 以下文字转载自 ChinaNews 讨论区 】
发信人: hsh (三胡), 信区: ChinaNews
标 题: 这是利比亚的新的革命?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 21 16:34:32 2011, 美东)
这是利比亚的新的革命?
由Dirk Vandewalle,特向美国有线新闻网
(CNN)的 - 任何持续的反对,在利比亚的开放思想博格尔斯异议,即使是卡扎菲上校
的严密控制的国家最老资格的观察家的想法。
自从他1969年来到了不流血政变,更换了亲西方桑西君主政权,利比亚领导人统治一个
铁腕的手,几乎没有留下任何机会,反对合并。
出乎我们通常所说的,在西方,卡扎菲的方式,能够巩固这一高度集权体制到位不仅依
靠感知纯洁,蛮力 - 虽然这始终是最终决定因素 - 但也另外两个因素。
一个是一个分而治之复杂的系统,平衡的家庭,部落和对对方国家的省份。二是通过伪
装自己在反西方,尤其是反美地幔,至少最初,在灾难性的,其中包括后殖民时期的残
暴和一个完全腐败感知为君主制,在财政和国家遗产思想上他的同胞许多共鸣。
保护卡扎菲的利比亚这样的组合 - 一个国家,在他的理论... 阅读全帖 |
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t***o 发帖数: 462 | 27 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro
on Wednesday stood by her comment that Democrat Barack Obama is only where h
e is because he is black and said the reaction by his campaign was dividing
the party.
"My comments have been taken so out of context and have been spun by the Oba
ma campaign as racist that it's doing precisely what they don't want done --
it's going to the Democratic Party and dividing us even more," Ferraro said
in an interview with ABC's "Go |
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k*******3 发帖数: 918 | 28 Although you do not want, but our life is indeed closely related to
generalized beliefs. If you look at the subject from the faith, it can be
roughly divided into two aspects of the personal and social beliefs and
personal faith society into two categories; from faith to see content, can
be divided into religious and non-religious beliefs type two categories, non
-religious beliefs in class It can be separated from the political beliefs
in the believers propensity national beliefs, moral beliefs... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 29 揭露台湾国立彰化大学教授胡瀚平长期抄袭剽窃我的易学研究论著
刘 正
国立彰化大学校长郭艳光教授([email protected]/* */)
副校长李清和教授([email protected]/* */)
副校长陈明飞教授([email protected]/* */)
国文学系系主任、台湾文学研究所所长王年双教授([email protected]/* */)
您好!
本人是大陆前 武汉大学、中国人民大学、华东师范大学教授、日本国大阪市立大学文
学博士、日本国京都大学博士后研究员。现旅居美国,为美国汉纳国际作家协会副会长。
今日在网络上和刊物上惊讶地发现贵大学国文学系暨台湾文学研究所教授胡瀚平长期抄
袭我的论著,贵所胡瀚平的《易学在西方》一文不加任何说明地全文百分之七十以上全
文抄袭剽窃我的论著。在此,我将贵所胡瀚平的《易学在西方》一文(《国文学志》第
二卷,页89-103,1998年6月。)全文附上,并附上我的《中国易学预测学》(1991年
,大陆红旗出版社初版)中的中篇第四章《西方易学史》的145-160页部分照相版、该
书版... 阅读全帖 |
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c****n 发帖数: 21367 | 30 dude, did you see two clear suggestions in the post?
1. form union (united by common interests)
2. lobby for law (money)
either way, you need dedicated organization/plan/actions
to fight for dedicated benefits.
don't be childish on idealistic things such as "voice" or "vote"
mid-class voices and votes are divided and cancel each other
divided things do not count.
politicians offer nothing to mid-class, because nothing to buy
from mid-class.
you want a president for mid-class ? mid-class must hav |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 31 http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/american-narcissus_516686.html
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The vanity of Barack Obama
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 32 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/11/bipartisan_group_of_senators_c.html
Bipartisan group of senators calls for ethanol subsidies to expire
By Greg Sargent
In a clear sign of momentum against ethanol subsidies, a bipartisan group of
more than a dozen senators has signed onto a letter urging Senate leaders
to let the subsidies expire during this Congress, a move that could put many
officials in a tricky political spot and could even have ramifications for
the 2012 presidential race.... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 33 Published on TheHill.com on December 7, 2010
Republicans gnashed their teeth in frustration as the national tide of GOP
resurgence washed up against the massive Democratic fortresses in Nevada,
Washington state, Colorado and California. When they neither toppled nor
faltered, most conservatives resigned themselves to a divided Congress with
the Republican House and the Democratic Senate forever at war.
Not so. The vote on the extension of the Bush tax cuts reveals that the
Republican Party has, ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 34 华盛顿邮报调查发现,52%美国人反对奥巴马医疗法案,创出新高,但是华盛顿邮报没
有报道自己的民调结果
A new ABC-Washington Post poll found ObamaCare sunk to its lowest popularity
yet: 52 percent opposed, and only 43 percent in favor. ABC mentioned the
poll without fanfare at the end of a Jake Tapper report on Monday’s World
News, and Tapper added this was the health law's "lowest level of popularity
ever." But Tuesday’s Washington Post reported not one sentence on the poll
in the paper – even as they reported in the paper that the same survey
fo... 阅读全帖 |
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T*********I 发帖数: 10729 | 35 Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go
something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
ar... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 36 Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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Voters think less government red tape and more competition are the best ways
to bring down health care costs.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Likely U.S. Voters believe greater free market
competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care
costs than more government regulation. A new Rasmussen Reports national
telephone survey finds that just 23% feel the more effective course would be
more government regulati... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 37 Friday, September 30, 2011
Federal bailout funding may have prevented General Motors from going through
a normal bankruptcy process, but it has come at a significant price in
terms of reputation and potential buyers.
Fifty percent (50%) of American adults are less likely to buy a GM car
because of the bailout. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey
finds just four percent (4%) are more likely to buy from the company that
critics refer to as Government Motors. Forty-two percent (42%) s... 阅读全帖 |
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l******x 发帖数: 1697 | 38 Bachman 前几场下来就已经没戏了。这场连主持人都欺负她,可见她的地位。
Cain 的真正职业是motivational speaker. 所以他也就是在这里搞PR,为自己将来出
书,上电视,搞专场讲演积累资本。他自己也知道没戏。不过他最近的SEXUAL
HARRASSMENT 把民主党的攻击点吸引到自己身上,让ROMNEY可以安心搞TOWN HA
LL,算是为GOP牺牲一把,做出了一点真正的贡献吧。
HUNTSMAN的强项就是外交。他说的确实靠谱,不过他也知道赢不了初选,也算是赔站为
党效力吧。
RONPAUL是职业陪选员,说的比唱得都好听。谁要真押宝在他身上就输面可就大了。
PERRY横空出世,爆了一个大大的德州风格的烟花,在空中画出了一宏伟的S和一个B。
然后,就没有然后了。腹黑一下,虽然我知道政客的口音都是故意做出来的,但我真的
不太喜欢他的 口音。
Speaker G 是最聪明最有辩才的 政客,听他debate是一种享受。可惜他老兄也是能说
不能做的人,以至于几十年的政治生涯下来baggage多于成绩。到大选的时候随便挑一
个出来都够GOP喝一壶的。(比如 GOP说OBA... 阅读全帖 |
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C*******r 发帖数: 10345 | 39 In fact many in the area are even considering Zuccotti and the entire OWS
movement already part of the history books. A group of 7th graders from the
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, a public school in Queens, was
visiting Zuccotti on a field trip.
"Do you think this would be considered a revolution?" one student asked a
passer-by.
Their teacher, Abbie Sewall, was wrangling the youngsters who had been
interviewing people in the park all morning.
"Our school is an expeditionary learnin... 阅读全帖 |
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B**W 发帖数: 2273 | 40 Washington (CNN) -- Congress showed little sign Tuesday of resolving its
partisan standoff over the payroll tax-cut extension as the Republican-
controlled House of Representatives refused to hold a vote on a Senate
proposal, and leaders in the Democratic-controlled Senate insisted they won'
t go along with a new House plan.
As the clock ticked down, nobody appeared willing to bend and neither side
seemed to know how to break the logjam.
The Senate voted 89-10 in favor of a two-month tax-cut ext... 阅读全帖 |
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B**W 发帖数: 2273 | 41 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Congress couldn't agree how to pay for a year-long
extension of the payroll tax cut, federal unemployment benefits and an
adjustment in Medicare physician pay.
In fact, it could barely agree on whether to extend them for two months.
And all three are relatively minor measures in the context of all the budget
issues Congress has to address.
So imagine how much fun this Congress will have this time next year when two
legitimately big issues will be at hand: The nearly $4 tri... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 42 By Jamie Glazov
My guest today is George Aaron, an alumnus and graduate of the 1976 class of
the UCLA School of Law. He practices Social Security disability law in
Tarzana, California. He is starting a public campaign for alumni to
withhold donating money to the UCLA School of Law.
Glazov: George Aaron, thank you for taking the time out to talk about your
public campaign.
Tell us about this effort you are starting to convince alumni to withhold
donating money to the UCLA School of Law. It is ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 43 By Christopher Chantrill
I've been worrying for months about Romney and the Bain Capital problem.
How was Romney, if nominated for President of the United States, going to
deal with Democrats trying to hang Bain Capital layoffs round his neck?
Paul Kengor goes into great detail on this.
This week Mitt Romey, in an "informal" campaign plane interview, showed us
how it is going to be done. Said he:
Well, I'd like to look at Barack Obama's record, and so as we talk about
my experience in the... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 44 Multiculturalism, far from creating harmony between cultures, creates
unnecessary tensions within nations. Most men have an allegiance to some
group beyond their family-- a tribe, region, nation, ethnic, race,
linguistic, or religious group.
The multicultural state removes national identity as a basis of commonality
because there is no cohesive view of what that means. If any language,
religion, or law are accepted, what defines the nation?
Canada had trouble enough with two competing nations, a... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 45
By DOUGLAS BELKIN
SHEBOYGAN, Wis.—One night last week, Kay Robbins sat at the bar at Al & Al'
s with about 40 other teachers celebrating a colleague's retirement. Talk
turned to what talk often turns to in Wisconsin these days: Gov. Scott
Walker.
"He's a weasel," Ms. Robbins said to a lot of nodding heads. "A lying weasel
."
Across town at the 8th Street Ale Haus, Kip Ertel, a 50-year-old social
worker, sat drinking with friends and talked about Mr. Walker in wholly
different terms. "He's the ... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****s 发帖数: 59 | 46 Maybe too old, but here it goes:
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten
comes to $100…
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like
this…
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7..
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do..
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P*O 发帖数: 4324 | 47 Villanova political science professor, Lara Brown, has been telling me for
over a year that the race would be a dead heat, 47% to 47% on November 1st–
with victory going to the party that gets out the greatest numbers of its
base, and persuades the tiny number of people who are unaffiliated with
either party to vote for them. All the rest, polls, debates, headline issues
, acts of nature, have very little actual impact on voting decisions, Brown
insists. Tell that to the cable tv news programs.
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 48 Health Costs on His Mind
Small Factory Owner Looks for Ways to Cope With New Law
By EMILY MALTBY And SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
Sales at Automation Systems LLC, a parts-assembly factory in the Chicago
suburbs, dropped 60% following the 2008 financial collapse. Owner Carl
Schanstra was able to get the firm back on its feet by breaking into new
markets, such as the auto industry. Sales are up 12% this year, and are
likely to rise again next year, too.
But for the 34-year-old, the expected growth in sale... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 49 At Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the bipartisan “Gang of
Eight” immigration bill, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned Department of
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on whether she actually read
the bill she was testifying about before her appearance at the hearing.
With Napolitano having to focus most of her attention on the terrorist
attacks in Boston, Cruz wondered where she found the time to read the
legislation. She said she did read the bill, but Cruz joked that mu... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z 发帖数: 29846 | 50 An al-Qaida breakaway group, apparently backed by other Sunni groups and
fighters, has seized a large section of northern Iraq after previously
taking much of northeastern Syria with an eye toward establishing an Islamic
state straddling the two countries. The situation on the ground is changing
rapidly, but some patterns and explanations are now emerging:
Q: WHY IS THIS HAPPENING NOW?
A: The group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is taking advantage
of two trends: growing discontent a... 阅读全帖 |
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