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发帖数: 29846 | 1 CIA climate-change unit closes its doors
By Ben Geman - 11/19/12 04:04 PM ET
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shuttered its Center on Climate
Change and National Security, an office created in 2009 to serve as the “
focal point” of the agency’s work on the topic.
CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz said the agency’s work on climate change has been
transferred to a new office.
“The CIA for several years has studied the national security implications
of climate change. As part of a broader realignme... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 by Jeff Graham
When you are a judge you don't have to maintain an office...or staff...or
hustle up customers. You work for a salary but you do get benefits
including medical and the state's generous pension plan.
Now some judges are complaining their recently raised pay is not enough.
Granted it was left unchanged for years, but that's politics.
I haven't heard our city judges complain about their new pay. In fact,
I think they approciate the opportunity to have such a good job.
Som... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 我就知道这个回出来的． 突破了底线后什么都会来了．
By Noel Sheppard | September 08, 2012 | 14:34
The following headline actually appeared at Gawker Friday: "Born This Way:
Sympathy and Science for Those Who Want to Have Sex with Children."
The article, written by Gawker West Coast editor Cord Jefferson, was even
worse (emphasis added throughout):
In an ABC News article from 2003, a corrections officer from Los Angeles
told reporter Michael S. James that imprisoned pedophiles "usually don't
make it" without protective cu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3299 | 4 The fact that is clear to many of us, is following,the top 0.1% increasingly
get more of the wealth created, when others get less. Under current system,
the rich are getting more not less. In the past
10 years, top 0.1% retained almost all the wealth, while others were
unchanged or decreased. But they still complain about to be the "victim" of
the system and advocate to want more of the share by a mechanism of cutting
their tax further.
The perpetrated lie is carried by the people they hired or ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3322 | 5 The Census Bureau's newly released population projections predict that non-
Hispanic, white Americans will cease to compose a majority of the population
in 2043, two years after the total population exceeds 400 million people.
This highly symbolic shift to a "majority-minority" nation is due in large
part to two factors: While the Hispanic population is expect to grow by 75
million people in the next 48 years, the white, non-Hispanic population will
decrease—not just as a percentage of the natio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3322 | 7 The Battle is Not Coming--It is Here! You Must Remain Engaged!
NRA initially withheld comment about the horrible crime that took place in
Newtown, Connecticut last week, out of respect for the families of the crime
's victims and other residents of that community, and while law enforcement
officials there conducted their investigation. However, President Obama and
a usual cast of characters, in keeping with their longstanding practice of
not letting any crisis go to waste, quickly used the trag... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 8 By SARAH PORTLOCK And ERIC MORATH
The number of new unemployment claims increased last week, but the amount of
workers drawing benefits on a continuing basis dropped to its lowest level
since before the financial crisis took hold.
Initial jobless claims rose by 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 371,000 in the
week ended Jan. 5, the Labor Department said Thursday.
The data showed the number of continuing unemployment benefit claims—those
drawn by workers for more than a week—dropped by 127,000 to 3,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20965 | 9 this is not a joke at all.
more likely is everything will be expensive while your paycheck is unchanged |
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发帖数: 48111 | 10 人口增加是必然。 美元滥印是必然。
投资房， 两个重点方向。
一个600K-1M, decent环境社区， 不要太贵， 主要面对目标是可能的bric新贵移民。
但是对于这批人， 加州的优势太大。 知道的几个国内有钱移民出来的， 基本全部选
加州了。
一个就是150-200K condo or ~500K multi-famlity, 准备收非法移民大军的房租吧。
unchanged |
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发帖数: 7340 | 11 托你们奥主席的福啊
不过你前几天可是说了，没通货膨胀，而且老百姓不怕通货膨胀。你也就不要担心了
unchanged |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion,
according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today.
Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), who requested the report, revealed the
findings this morning at a Senate Budget Committee hearing. The report, he
said, “confirms everything critics and Republicans were saying about the
faults of this bill,” and “dramatically proves that the promises made
assuring the nation that the largest new entitlement program... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 March 12, 2013
By The Associated Press
The price of oil rose for a fourth straight day Tuesday and topped $93 for
the first time this month.
At midday in New York, benchmark oil for April delivery was up 74 cents to $
92.80 per barrel after earlier rising to $93.47.
Oil has now risen nearly 3 percent in the last four trading sessions.
Whether it maintains that momentum could depend on this week's reports on U.
S. oil supplies.
Many traders believe the large supply of oil in the U.S. has kept a l... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 Jobless Claims Rise 28,000 .
By JEFFREY SPARSHOTT And SARAH PORTLOCK
WASHINGTON—The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for
unemployment benefits rose for the third consecutive week, a possible sign
of slower growth heading into the spring.
Initial jobless claims, a measure of layoffs, increased by 28,000 to a
seasonally adjusted 385,000 in the week ended March 30, the Labor Department
said Thursday. That was the highest figure since the end of November.
"Whether this is a genuine cha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 15 Fox News poll: Obama ratings dip, voters say government 'out of control'
By Dana Blanton
Published May 21, 2013
FoxNews.com
Obama-immigration_art.jpg
AP
After a week of revelations about government spying on reporters and the
Internal Revenue Service targeting conservatives, most voters feel “like
the federal government has gotten out of control and is threatening the
basic civil liberties of Americans.”
At the same time, a new Fox News poll finds disapproval of President Obama’
s job p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 May 30, 2013 - American Voters 4-1 Want Special Prosecutor For IRS,
Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Fixing Economy Is More
Important, Voters Say 3-1
American voters say 76 - 17 percent, including 63 - 30 percent among
Democrats, that a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate
charges the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups, according
to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
President Barack Obama gets a negative 45 - 49 percent job ap... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 U.S. Says Economy's Pace of Gains Slowed Amid Revision in Consumer Spending,
Business Investment.
By SARAH PORTLOCK
And JONATHAN HOUSE
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace than previously
estimated in the first quarter as consumer spending and business investment
were revised sharply downward, indicating a weaker trajectory for the
economy even before growth downshifted in recent months.
The nation's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of all goods and
services produced... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 WASHINGTON Unemployment rates rose in nearly all large U.S. cities in June
as college graduates and many of those still in school began searching for
jobs.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that unemployment rates rose in 347 large
metro areas in June compared with the previous month. They fell in 12 and
were unchanged in 13. In May, rates fell in 109 cities and rose in 243.
Unlike the national figures, the metro unemployment data are not adjusted
for such seasonal changes. Many of the cities wi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who
have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a
record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The BLS counts a person as participating in the labor force if they are 16
years or older and either have a job or have actively sought a job in the
last four weeks. A person is not participating in the labor force if they
are 16 or older and have ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 哈哈, 无知少女的妇女们发现自己要付更多的钱买保险,于是纷纷反水.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/30/21252291-poll-maj
Poll: Majority think health law needs overhaul or elimination
By Domenico Montanaro Deputy Political Editor, NBC News
A majority of Americans – 52 percent – believe the health care law needs
either a major overhaul or to be completely eliminated, a new NBC News/Wall
Street Journal poll finds.
Forty-four percent think it either needs minor modifications or that it’s
working well as is.
The Obama admi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 Subpoenas issued to five Houston pastors demanding all sermons and
correspondence dealing with homosexuality, gender identity and the city's
Equal Rights ordinance have been withdrawn, the city’s first openly lesbian
mayor announced at a Wednesday press conference.
"After much contemplation and discussion, I am directing the city legal
department to withdraw the subpoenas issued to the five Houston pastors who
delivered the petitions, the anti-HERO petitions, to the city of Houston and
who indic... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 Democratic Party Favorable Rating Falls to Record Low
by Andrew Dugan
Story Highlights
Democrats' favorable rating at a record-low 36%
Democratic Party lost support among Democrats, independents
Republican Party's favorable rating remains steady at 42%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After the midterm elections that saw the Democratic
Party suffer significant losses in Congress, a record-low 36% of Americans
say they have a favorable opinion of the party, down six percentage points
from before... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 Huge Miss on Jobs: Establishment +126K Jobs; Household +34K Employment,
Labor Force -96K
Initial Reaction
For a huge change we see the existing pattern of a strong establishment
survey but a poor household survey has been replaced by weakness all around.
Last month I stated "The household survey varies more widely, and the
tendency is for one to catch up to the other, over time. The question, as
always, is which way?"
It is still difficult to say if this is the start of a new trend, but it
could... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 Automobile 讨论区 】
发信人: StephenKing (金博士), 信区: Automobile
标 题: Approved death claims related to GM ignition switch recall rise to 121
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jul 8 17:37:44 2015, 美东)
on July 06, 2015
DETROIT, MI - The number of approved death compensation claims related to a
recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch has risen to 121, compared
to a total of 119 one week earlier.
The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to compensate victims of a
defective part in mid-to-l... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 Oil prices slide as worries about global supply glut mount
The slump in oil prices deepened Monday, pulling down the price of U.S.
crude to the lowest level in more than four months.
The move came as traders braced for softer demand amid an increase in the
number of active rigs and signs of weakness in U.S. construction spending
and manufacturing.
Benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.95, or 4.1 percent, to close at $45.17 a barrel
in New York. U.S. crude has been declining since reaching a high this yea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 26 Harvard Prof Excuses ISIS Sex Slavery and Terrorism Because USA Had Slavery
150 Years Ago
Warner Todd Huston August 24, 2015
I thought liberals were always congratulating themselves on how they are so
mentally superior that they see “nuances” everywhere? Now a halfwit
liberal is making the lie to that by equating U.S. slavery to ISIS rape
culture thereby proving he is an utter simpleton.
A pinheaded Harvard professor is now out there insisting that we shouldn’t
get too upset over the fact that ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1503 | 27 https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform
似乎砍得太狠了点，虽然比起4年前的已经好点了。看下来有点捏把汗，cut那么多，就
靠堵itemized deduction和海外资产抽税来补。
这个其实数据都有，cut之后会缺多少，itemized deduction能出来多少，剩下的全部
都要靠海外资产，可是海外资产到底多少这个就没底了，就算知道，怎么抽税也是个很
大问题，这个事情后面一定会被人攻击的。
trump自己也显得没信心，被问到的时候只说经济增长了税收就会多起来，但是这个就
显得很wishful thinking了，如果税收不够，就只能减福利了，这个估计也在他的计划
里面只是没提。
Too few Americans are working, too many jobs have been shipped overseas, and
too many middle class families cannot make ends meet. This tax plan
directly meets these challeng... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1034 | 28 搬公司也不是那么容易的吧。尤其是大公司，涉及数千人上万人的大公司。研发人员不
是说搬就搬的吧。市场销售人员也不是能够搬走的吧。
Prevent American companies from avoiding U.S. taxes by corporate inversions.
Another way American companies avoid U.S. taxes is through corporate
inversions. Under this practice, an American company acquires or merges with
a much smaller foreign business and then claims that the newly merged
company is a foreign one for tax purposes — even though the majority of the
ownership is unchanged and little or no personnel or operations hav... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1034 | 29 https://berniesanders.com/issues/real-tax-reform-policies-that-sen-sanders-
has-proposed/
Prevent American companies from avoiding U.S. taxes by corporate inversions.
Another way American companies avoid U.S. taxes is through corporate
inversions. Under this practice, an American company acquires or merges with
a much smaller foreign business and then claims that the newly merged
company is a foreign one for tax purposes — even though the majority of the
ownership is unchanged and little or no p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1034 | 30 THE CORPORATE TAX DODGING PREVENTION ACT OF 2015
The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act would prevent corporations from
sheltering profits in tax havens like Bermuda and the Cayman Islands and
would stop rewarding companies that ship jobs and factories overseas with
tax breaks. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has estimated in the past
that similar provisions would raise more than $590 billion in revenue over a
decade. The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act will reform the tax code
by:
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发帖数: 27852 | 31 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: hsh (三胡), 信区: Military
标 题: ARGUMENT Islam Is a Religion of Violence
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Mar 23 22:39:28 2016, 美东)
ARGUMENT
Islam Is a Religion of Violence
Can the wave of violence sweeping the Islamic world be traced back to the
religion's core teachings? An FP debate about the roots of extremism.
BY AYAAN HIRSI ALINOVEMBER 9, 2015facebooktwittergoogle-plusredditemail
Islam Is a Religion of Violence
In the past few weeks, both Russia and the United States have esc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 957 | 32 So keep unchanged means not to use. |
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发帖数: 61690 | 33 Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Monday said he has no interest in becoming
Donald Trump’s running mate.
“While Republican voters have chosen Donald Trump as the presumptive GOP
nominee, my previously stated reservations and concerns with many of his
policies remain unchanged,” he said in a Facebook post.
“He will be best served by a running mate and by surrogates who fully
embrace his campaign,” Rubio added. "As such, I have never sought, will not
seek and do not want to be considered for vice pres... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5443 | 34 O编辑总结：真正中产的愤怒—论川普的崛起和DNC上三德子支持者的嘘声
首先声明一点，此文不是川普的粉丝文。虽然看起来会有这个效果，作为俄亥俄选民的
O 初选坚决支持俺们州长Kasich，但是我对他不参加RNC的小肚鸡肠行为表示遗憾，个
人认为缺乏气量了些。此外，我个人朋友圈里研究生留学生及后续H1b还有做生意的等
居多。此文有可能会让一些人不爽，提前通知一下。因为这文章是基于美国本土公民的
角度来写和分析的。:-)
RNC刚刚结束，DNC正在召开，在两个推举未来美国总统大会上发生了截然相反的两件事
情 – RNC上大佬四分五裂，互不买账，甚至还有烫伤住院不来参加的（如果只是为了
不参加个党代会就故意烫伤自己，堪称今年最拼的共和党党代表。。。）但是川普靠着
美国历史上最长的党代会结束演讲，一夜翻盘，首次在普遍民调上全面超过希拉里。
而相应的数日后的DNC，大佬们一如既往的团结，但是任何人上来说希拉里好话的，都
被场下近一半的三德子支持者大放嘘声，以至于极为尴尬。 很多三德子支持者更是放
话，宁选川普，也不要希拉里。这连三德子亲自出马都搞不定。他的支持者甚至在他建
议选希拉里的时候也嘘他。... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 36 A Hard Rain is Going to Fall
Victor Davis Hanson
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Posted: Sep 22, 2016 12:01 AM
This summer, President Obama was often golfing. Hillary Clinton and Donald
Trump were promising to let the world be. The end of summer seemed sleepy,
the world relatively calm.
The summer of 1914 in Europe also seemed quiet. But on July 28, Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip
with help from his accomplices, fellow Serbian separatists. That isolated
act sparked World Wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5600 | 37 铁杆支持者都是不变的，T的支持者可能遗憾失去了一战全胜的机会，C的支持者可能也
遗憾没能把T打得身败名裂。刚参加的一个POLL， 80% vote unchanged, 13% changed
opinion after debate, 7% still undecided。这里唯一重要的是这13%向哪边倾斜（
个人以为13%被大大夸大了） |
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发帖数: 457 | 38 你有沒有讀你自己linked的？
"Eight committees investigated the allegations and published reports,
finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct.[15] However, the
reports called on the scientists to avoid any such allegations in the future
by taking steps to regain public confidence in their work, for example by
opening up access to their supporting data, processing methods and software,
and by promptly honouring freedom of information requests.[16] The
scientific consensus that global warming is oc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5274 | 39 Friday, October 14, 2016
At the close of a week that began with him trailing by seven points, Donald
Trump still holds a slight lead over Hillary Clinton in today’s White House
Watch survey despite a flurry of news reports alleging a history of sexual
harassment on his part.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey of Likely
U.S. Voters shows Trump with 43% support to Clinton’s 41%. That’s
unchanged from yesterday. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson picks up six
percent ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 15032 | 40 BREAKING: Clinton lead over Trump virtually unchanged despite FBI news, new
NBC/SurveyMonkey poll says
http://cnb.cx/2f6gnYT
看看TWITTER上对这个的评论， 99%的老美一边倒支持川普。 |
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发帖数: 16092 | 41 Shouldn’t we question those who are putting their money behind Hilary
Clinton, the first person to run for the presidency while subject of a
criminal investigation? Whose natural instincts are to lie, about matters
serious and inconsequential? Whose greed outweighs incandescent ambition?
Why aren’t Hillary’s backers made to explain how they can vote for a
candidate who promised not to trade access for money while she served as
Secretary of State, but then did it anyway?
Who vowed to reveal all m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16594 | 42 In Florida, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio leads U.S. Rep.
Patrick Murphy, the Democratic challenger, 50 – 43 percent. The North
Carolina U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Richard Burr and
Democratic challenger Deborah Ross is a 47 – 47 percent dead heat, the
independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds.
Clinton gets 46 percent to Trump’s 45 percent, with 3 percent for
Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and 1 percent for Green party
candidat... 阅读全帖 |
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a*******e
发帖数: 428 | 43 That is why this election is very important, maybe the last election before
the population composition becomes unchangeable. |
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发帖数: 1503 | 44 Goldman Sachs Says Trump Win Doesn’t Mean Too Much for S&P 500
As markets digest Donald Trump’s victory, one prominent Wall Street
prognosticator is keeping his year-end S&P 500 Index target unchanged.
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David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., sees
the benchmark gauge ending 2016 at 2,100, just 1.8 percent below Tuesday’s
close and less than half a percent from wher... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 45 床铺在PA的多数从原先68k降低到48k，现在看联邦法院是否强制重数。
MI已经被联邦法官强制重数。WI正在数。
MI和PA的重数有可能无法在12/13日法定数票截止期前完成，如果无法在12/19选举人投
票日完成，这些州面临无法正式certify选票，选举人无法投票的局面。
WISCONSIN
The recount began Thursday and continued over the weekend, with little
change so far in the unofficial results as reported on election night. Six
counties had completed their work by Monday morning, with the margin between
Trump and Clinton unchanged. Both candidates lost 20 votes.
A federal lawsuit was filed late last week by a Trump voter and two ... 阅读全帖 |
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T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 46 床铺在PA的多数从原先68k降低到48k，现在看联邦法院是否强制重数。
MI已经被联邦法官强制重数。WI正在数。
MI和PA的重数有可能无法在12/13日法定数票截止期前完成，如果无法在12/19选举人投
票日完成，这些州面临无法正式certify选票，选举人无法投票的局面。
WISCONSIN
The recount began Thursday and continued over the weekend, with little
change so far in the unofficial results as reported on election night. Six
counties had completed their work by Monday morning, with the margin between
Trump and Clinton unchanged. Both candidates lost 20 votes.
A federal lawsuit was filed late last week by a Trump voter and two ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 47 Donald Trump’s first major action as president-elect — the deal he and
Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck last week with Carrier Corp. — is
earning high marks from American voters, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll
shows.
Voters surveyed overwhelmingly view Trump’s negotiations with Carrier —
which resulted in about 1,000 manufacturing jobs at the heating, ventilation
and air conditioning company remaining in Indiana rather than moving to
Mexico — as an appropriate use of presidential prer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 48 Largest-ever survey of transgender community shows 40% have attempted
suicide, 59% avoid using public restrooms
The largest-ever survey of transgender Americans paints a grim picture of
pervasive discrimination and harassment, to the point that many of them
attempt suicide at some point.
Released on Thursday by the National Center for Transgender Equality, the
survey assesses input received in 2015 from 27,715 respondents from all 50
states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4736 | 49 California's nonpartisan legislative analyst said Wednesday he's forecasting
a $2.8 billion budget surplus next year and says California should be able
to weather a mild recession without major budget cuts or tax increases over
the next four years.
Legislative analyst Mac Taylor's annual budget outlook sets the stage for
negotiations that begin in January when Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown releases
his proposed spending plan.
Taylor's office said the forecast is subject to significant uncertainty,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 898 | 50 再过11年， 2028年， Social Security 中的 hospital insurance 彻底破产。 生
病住院 只能 住 大马路了。
Meanwhile, the annual Social Security Trustees Report Opens a New Window.
shows that by 2034, under current funding levels, Social Security will only
be able to pay about 79% of promised benefits to recipients. After 2035, if
left unchanged, the program will be able to deliver just 77% of benefits.
The Trustees Report estimates Medicare “Part A,” or hospital insurance,
will be officially bankrupt by 2028. |
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