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发帖数: 1998 | 1 In Hong Kong more than 43,700 individuals in the city had
invested in HK$15.7 billion of "guaranteed mini-bonds"
(迷你債券) from Lehman.[49][50][51] Many claim that banks
and brokers mis-sold them as low-risk. Conversely, bankers
note that minibonds are indeed low-risk instruments since
they were backed by Lehman Brothers, which until just months
before its collapse was a venerable member of Wall Street
with high credit and investment ratings. The default of Lehman
Brothers was a low probability eve... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1912 | 3 https://www.theepochtimes.com/scientific-puzzles-surrounding-the-wuhan-novel
-coronavirus_3225405.html
Scientific Puzzles Surrounding the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus
BY YUHONG DONG February 3, 2020 Updated: February 6, 2020FONT BFONT SText
size Print
Analysis
The sudden outbreak of the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has resulted
in all of China’s Hubei Province and three major cities in Zhejiang
Province being subjected to quarantine. Other nations are anxiously trying
to get their people out o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 4 2009 H1N1 Vaccination
The emergence and spread of the 2009 H1N1 virus resulted in extraordinary
influenza-like illness activity in the United States throughout the summer
and fall months of 2009. During this period, influenza activity reached its
highest level in the reporting week ending October 24, 2009, with 49 of 50
states reporting geographically widespread disease. A cornerstone of the U.S
. Government response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic was the launch of the
national influenza 2009 H1N1 va... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2135 | 5 When commuters spin the radio dial as they drive through Kansas City, Mo.,
these days, between the strains of classic rock and country hits they can
tune in to something unexpected: Russian agitprop.
In January, Radio Sputnik, a propaganda arm of the Russian government,
started broadcasting on three Kansas City-area radio stations during prime
drive times, even sharing one frequency with a station rooted in the city’s
historic jazz district. |
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发帖数: 4736 | 6 相比较而言，石正丽的《Bat origin of human coronaviruses/蝙蝠是人类冠状病毒的
来源》是扎扎实实的抓蝙蝠，解剖蝙蝠，分离病毒，对比DNA,RNA后得出得结论。
请lobbock读一读，说一说，走两步！
http://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-015-0422-1
Review
Open Access
Published: 22 December 2015
Bat origin of human coronaviruses
Ben Hu, Xingyi Ge, Lin-Fa Wang & Zhengli Shi
Virology Journal volume 12, Article number: 221 (2015) Cite this article
Abstract
Bats have been recognized as the natural reservoirs of a large variety of
viruses. Special attention has ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4736 | 7 病毒发生一来，西雅图的性产业受到严重打击。 由于嫖客们担心被传染病毒，找妓女
的兴趣大减。这使得很多妓女抱怨长期的老客人现在不来了，新客人几乎没有。 因此
收入枯竭而导致一些付不起房租，有些几乎沦落成为无家可归者。
home base 妓女说，现在打电话来的几乎都是cancelation；而street base 妓女说满
大街都找不到一个客户。日子实在是没法过下去了。
同时，为了防止传染，妓女和嫖客在开始干之前需要先进行体温测试，并建立有“不亲
嘴”制度/no-kissing policy，以保护双方的安全。
Coronavirus Fears Are Decimating The Sex Industry
Michael Hobbes
HuffPost March 12, 2020 2&
#8206;:45 AM
SEATTLE — In the epicenter of America’s coronavirus outbreak, sex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 8 http://news.mit.edu/2020/ventilator-covid-deployment-open-source-low-cost-0326
MIT-based team works on rapid deployment of open-source, low-cost ventilator
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to
support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
March 26, 2020
One of the most pressing shortages facing hospitals during the Covid-19
emergency is a lack of ventilators. These machines can keep patients
bre... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 9 居然没有得到一句谢谢，看到了吧，人家只是感到惊奇和意外，感谢是送了140个的俄
勒冈州长和市民。
"This is a big deal and it's going to make a significant difference for us.
Also, the state of Oregon contacted us and is going to send 140 ventilators,
" Cuomo added. "Which is I can tell you just astonishing and unexpected. And
I want to thank Gov. Brown, I want to thank all of the people in the state
of Oregon for their thoughtfulness." |
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发帖数: 8422 | 10 航空周报（Aviation Week):土鳖Su-27跟土鸡F-16对练过招
Aviation, Week, 周报, 航空, 土鸡
Chinese Su-27s Fly Mock Combat in Turkey
Posted by David A. Fulghum at 9/30/2010 10:29 AM CDT
An unexpected military cooperative exercise between China and Turkey has
caught the eye of Washington-based analysts.
The two air forces were involved in a joint air exercise in the central
Anatolian province of Konya, the first such exercise involving the air
forces of China (People’s Liberation Army Air Force – PLAAF) and NATO
member Tu |
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发帖数: 3446 | 11 "然后榴弹手摸过去，到很近的距离才有机会放榴弹"...
You have no idea what you are talking about.
This XM25 thingy is just another useless junk government officials put out
so their company friends can waste more of our tax money. I am sure soldiers
on the field will complain loudly about it. Let me explain...
The effective distance of M203 is 400m. This X25 thingy is not much better,
at 700m, but the shell is smaller, so less powerful. The worst thing is that
you need to "program" it before firing (?!!!), who got that ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 807 | 12 read between the lines,you can figure out what it means.
Assertion: F-22 production uses a shim line and national spreading of
suppliers has cut quality, thus the F-22 lacks interchangeable parts.
Fact: The F-22 does not have a shim line. During the earliest stages of
production while tooling was undergoing development, there were a few
aircraft with slight differences which were subsequently modified. The F-22
supplier base is the best in the industry, as demonstrated by the aircraft’
s high qu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 646 | 13 你们要学会区分"expected造假" vs. unexpected 造假
电影就是意料之中的假的东西
现场表演歌唱玩双簧则不然,
除了你们这拨人, 估计多数人期望的是听到歌手自己的声音 |
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发帖数: 646 | 14 2000奥运会那次? 当然是unexpected, 那次干得也很恶心
俺在这个问题上没有双重标准 |
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发帖数: 1186 | 15 http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/media/books/Keyes-hamilton-the-secret-race.html
Outside Online
Friday, August 31, 2012
Lance Armstrong’s Secret Is Out
The news leaks about The Secret Race have vastly undersold its importance.
Tyler Hamilton’s book is a historic, definitive indictment of cycling’s
culture of doping during the Armstrong era.
By: Christopher Keyes
Hamilton in the 2009 Amgen Tour of California Prologue. Photographer:
Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious / Flickr
Yesterda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 16 Dutch Lesbian Wins Gold in Speed Skating
By Michelle Garcia
Ireen Wüst X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Lesbian speed skater Ireen Wüst will bring the gold home to the Netherlands
after winning the gold medal in the women's 1,500-meter race on Sunday.
Wüst, 23, was the unexpected winner, clocking 1:56.89, beating out Canadian
Kristina Groves, who crossed the finish line at 1:57.14. Wüst broke down
on the podium in an emotional moment as the Dutch national anthem played.
Martina Sablikova won the bron |
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发帖数: 53 | 17 These comments are so monstrously unintelligent and ubiquitously mistaken
that it is in fact quite daunting a challenge to initiate any sensible
criticisms. I am amazed that, on the top of such a porous and fragile
foundation, you still find enough courage to "categorize" your arguments
into "four" points, apparently hoping to deliver a mirage of consistency and
rationality. Not totally unexpectedly, the hallucination here, as it is
anywhere, is only valid when self-serving.
There are clearly my |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Posted on Advocate.com January 16, 2011
Kids Wins Best Picture
By Advocate.com Editors
The widely acclaimed dramedy The Kids Are All Right won the Golden Globe for
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The Lisa Cholodenko-helmed hit
about a lesbian-headed family forced to deal with the unexpected arrival of
their sperm donor was nominated for three awards and won the best actress in
a musical or comedy honor for Annette Bening. |
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发帖数: 24887 | 19 Guys can be allergic to semen, which is long known. What seems quite
unexpected that a guy can develop allergy to his very own semen, which then
sounds kinda hilarious. What is the biological ground for this sort of
things? |
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发帖数: 3339 | 20 这个纪录片里面两个人的故事非常让我感动：
"Silverlake Life: The View from Here"
"A testament to an extraordinary relationship, a love story in extremis."
— David Ansen, Newsweek
"Extraordinarily moving... no one who sees it through to its unexpectedly
buoyant final scene will regret the time spent or be unchanged by the
experience."
— Kenneth Turan, LA Times
intro, trailer & more:
http://truelives.org/pg_silverlakelife.html
提醒下：影片中有许多表现临终病人的镜头，可能不适合在情绪特别高涨或者特别低落
的时候看。 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 21 Posted on Advocate.com March 09, 2011
Md. House to Debate Marriage Bill
By Julie Bolcer
MARYLAND SENATE X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Maryland house of delegates is expected to begin debate Wednesday
morning on the marriage equality bill, marking the final phase in the bill’
s difficult journey in the chamber.
According to the Washington Post, debate was postponed from Tuesday morning,
when the bill arrived on the house floor.
“House rules allow members to lay over bills for a day under certai... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 Seven or more Senate Republicans have signaled Gov. Cuomo that they're ready
to legalize same-sex marriage, more than enough to put the controversial
and historic measure over the top this week, The Post has learned.
A highly knowledgeable Senate insider said yesterday that "far more of the [
GOP] members are in play than anyone realizes, including some surprising
names from conservative upstate areas."
Among the unexpected potential Senate Republican "yes" votes, insiders say,
are Kemp Hannon o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 23 When someone relinquishes his/her capability of independent thinking,
ANYTHING can happen and he/she CAN say ANYTHING even if it sounds totally
outlandish or downright stupid. There is nothing unexpected about this. |
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发帖数: 4174 | 24 WASHINGTON -- In his jobs speech before Congress Thursday night, President
Barack Obama appeared to call on congressional Democrats to cut Medicare, a
politically toxic proposal that undercuts a previous Democratic campaign
strategy.
Obama pushed to cut Medicare during the debate over raising the federal debt
ceiling, urging lawmakers from both parties to accept a "grand bargain"
that involved cutting both Social Security and Medicare. Obama's move upset
congressional Democrats, who saw a propos... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 25 http://www.gay.net/positive-proud/2011/11/07/did-i-abandon-fami
DID I ABANDON FAMILY FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY?
BY: MARK S. KING
11.7.2011
Panama City, Florida, with its sugar sand beaches and busy tourist
trade, is affectionately considered the Redneck Riviera. Folks from Alabama
and its neighbor states make the trip down Highway 231 and straight into
the Florida panhandle, breezing through a stretch known as Watermelon Alley,
where locals sell fruit and souvenirs along the asphalt in hop... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 26 here is another one: The weirdest and most unexpected LGBT stories of 2011
Enjoy the new year!
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/23/the-weirdest-and-most-unex
10 – Woman attacks “lesbian” Gauguin painting
Gauguin might not be for everyone, but one museum visitor in Washington DC
reacted particularly badly to the “evil homosexual” element she perceived
in his 1899 work Two Tahitian Women.
9 – George Michael says the gays on Eastenders are scaring children
George Michael employed some pretty colou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 27 网上放出了Romney 2002年为gay pride做的宣传画
不过Romney矢口否认，说不知道这画从哪来的。
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/08/republican-debate-mitt
CONCORD, NH -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Sunday disavowed a
flyer that claimed he supported "equal rights" for gay citizens and has long
been reported to have been distributed by the Massachusetts Republican
during his 2002 campaign for governor.
Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's chief spokesman, told The Huffington Post that the
flyers were not official literature from ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 28 Frankly, this is quite unexpected. |
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发帖数: 4174 | 29 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/obama-biden-gay-marria
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama conceded Thursday that Vice President
Joe Biden forced his hand in endorsing same-sex marriage sooner than he
would have preferred.
Obama told ABC's "Good Morning America" that he was planning to announce his
support for gay marriage sometime before the Democratic convention in
September, but that things changed when Biden unexpectedly said Sunday that
he is "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 30 Hospital, Daughter of Gay Man Arrested in Missouri Dispute What Really
Happened
The story of a gay man in Missouri who was arrested Tuesday after he refused
to leave his husband's hospital bedside has drawn national attention, and
parties on both sides of the incident are elaborating on what they believe
took place on Tuesday.
Here's what is not in dispute:
Roger Gorley and his husband, Allen Mansell, have been in a civil union for
five years and have legal power of attorney to make medical deci... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6165 | 31 他是根据上面cite的那个blog来的：
”The twin decisions in United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry
share an unexpected unifying theme – state sovereignty.“
没有去读法官的ruling全文，根据这篇blog，我的理解是，判词里是依据 state
sovereignty来argue的 -- 因为有些州允许，有些州不允许，所以作为联邦应该包容各
种可能性。而DOMA的存在迫使联邦做出separate的决定，所以DOMA违宪。 |
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发帖数: 25644 | 32 【 以下文字转载自 Boston 讨论区 】
发信人: smilhaNew (ha), 信区: Boston
标 题: zt 一封申请哈佛大学的推荐信
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jan 20 04:46:08 2015, 美东)
一封申请哈佛大学的推荐信
(2015-01-04 18:56:29)
三年前很多报刊都刊登了美华裔女孩李丹面对噩运自强不息被哈佛等名校录取的消息。
李丹被哈佛等名校录取主要是靠自己的努力。哈佛的录取率只有6%，竞争是非常激烈的
，只凭自己的努力是很难进哈佛。《俄勒冈人》网的记者史蒂夫在当地报纸发表文章为
读者揭开一个华人学生在美国自强不息、善良为人的奋斗故事，还帮助李丹写了报读哈
佛大学的推荐信 对李丹的录取起了很大的作用。下面就是记者史蒂夫的推荐信。
院长菲茨西蒙斯：
在成千上万的哈佛新生中，你将会发现一个来自克拉克马斯高三的李丹。
李丹的成绩达到了你对学生的期望：数学SAT800分，她的化学，中文，数学II也是800
分。 她在两周内，考了七门大学课程，其中化学和中文得5分。李丹的成绩使她有足够
的资格进入哈佛校园。
李丹的优秀成绩并不是哈... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 33 Andrew Jacobs, Taiwan's Leader Faces Anger Over Storm Response. New York
Times, Aug. 24, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/world/asia/24taiwan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=taiwan%20ma&st=cse
My comment: Until early this month, I thought the year-end local elections
in Taiwan would be President Ma Ying-jeou’s waterloo. Unexpectedly (to me
and many an expert in Taiwan and abroad) the Aug. 8, 2009 typhoon exposed a
fault line that looks like breaking Ma’s presidency for good. This is my
take: Taiwanese |
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发帖数: 6973 | 34 Anne Kates Smith, Investment strategist forecasts events that could affect
the economic recovery. Washington Post, Feb. 7, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020504748.html
My comment: The reporter asks Mr. Ed Yardeni to "spot 2010's 'black swans' -
- those rare and unexpected events that can change the course of history, or
at least have an outsize effect on your portfolio." At web page 2, to the
question "What else worries you?" Mr. Yardini aasnwered, " |
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发帖数: 3150 | 36 http://www.toxicology.org/ms/GM_Food.asp
The Safety of Genetically Modified Foods Produced through Biotechnology
Adopted by SOT September 25th, 2002
Executive Summary
The Society of Toxicology (SOT) is committed to protecting and enhancing
human, animal and environmental health through the sound application of the
fundamental principles of the science of toxicology. It is with this goal in
mind that the SOT defines here its current consensus position on the safety
of foods produced through biote... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 37 Falun Gong was Frustrated in its Attack to Wikipedia
Author: GregoryDrogba
“Everyone can be an editor” is one of the slogans of Wikipedia. But, some
anonymous editor should watch out.
In the article named Pressure and Lobbying – Falun Gong’s Tricks against
Media Criticism, it writes that the emerging Falun Gong used to bribe web
management staff of Wikipedia. Out of our expectations, after the article
was published, the story had an unexpected sequel.
According to the edit record of Wikipedia, f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 918 | 38 Since the beginning of 2007, Falun Gong began is planning to hold a so-
called "global Chinese series, mainly for the cult of cultural activities in
the quest for talent. Currently known so-called series: "the world Chinese
martial arts competition", "World Chinese Violin Competition", "
international Chinese Vocal Competition", "the Chinese people all over the
world piano competition", "global Hanfu regression design Grand Prix", "
writing Chinese characters all over the world real painting com... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 918 | 39 It is to protect marriage ". Society is a complex of various contradictions,
people always live in all kinds of interwoven contradictions, it is
inevitable to make a variety of choices. When the disciple discipline and
marital conflict need to make a choice, Li Hongzhi is more than a hint
disciple should be "Falun Dafa" sacrifice marriage. "Students of the heart
is good: I give my marriage event called you wisely. I see this heart is
very good." (the western United States law parlance "rumors of... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 40 Li Hongzhi claimed to be "the Lord Buddha", "the Lord of the world," he
boasted, "I have to treat people, I do not need
Hands-on. I look at you...... Basically is Shoudaobingchu, no matter what. I
can cure any disease, but also can cure, so do not let his disciples after
his illness to take medicine or see a doctor. The son has the skill, mother
will get sick, even if ill, let Li Hongzhi "look", also will do. But this
mother was really sick, and sick and emergency stroke in August 18, 2016. In
t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 50 | 42 【 以下文字转载自 WorldNews 讨论区 】
发信人: allantopoles (ss), 信区: WorldNews
标 题: Rove: Voters Want Economic Leadership
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 17 01:54:48 2008)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121625104564560159.html?mod=todays_columnists
Voters Want Economic Leadership
By KARL ROVE
July 17, 2008
Elections are often reshaped by unexpected and fast-moving events, and when
this happens a candidate who quickly takes the lead on the new issue can
bolster his chances to win. There is such an opportunity now for |
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发帖数: 261 | 43 Washington Post和WSJ竞相出击，吹响了媒体反O反极左的号角！
Editorials: Mr. Obama's Show
Monday, August 25, 2008; Page A16
FOUR YEARS ago, an unknown state senator with an unlikely name made an
unexpected splash at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. He
summoned the better angels of the country's nature, expressing the audacious
hope of uniting red and blue America. He stole the show -- but hardly
anyone imagined that he could end up, four scant years later, seizing his
party's presidential nomination. As |
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发帖数: 5682 | 44 Today on This Week (ABC) Conservative Pundit George Will declared that
McCain was decidedly un-presidential is his unexpected call for the firing
of SEC Chairman Chris Cox, Sam Donaldson. He questions if McCain in the last
week has lost his only hope for the presidency, that he is the one who
would best handle a crisis.
This is what Will said. "I suppose the McCain campaign's hope is that when
there's a big crisis, people will go for age and experience. The question is
, who in this crisis looke |
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发帖数: 462 | 45 By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and John McCain may have turned him into
the most famous small-business owner in America, but Joe the Plumber isn't
about to return the favor with an endorsement.
The morning after he emerged as the unexpected star of Wednesday night's
presidential debate, Joe Wurzelbacher of Holland, Ohio, declined to say who
he will vote for in the November 4 election.
"It's a personal decision, and myself and the button I push will know the
answer," the 34- |
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发帖数: 10345 | 46 China Weighs Tariffs on Some U.S. Exports as Tensions Rise
By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: September 13, 2009
HONG KONG — China unexpectedly ratcheted up pressure on the United States
in a widening trade dispute on Sunday evening, taking steps toward imposing
tariffs on American exports of automotive products and chicken meat in
retaliation for President Obama’s decision late Friday to levy tariffs on
tires.
The action by China’s commerce ministry came as both governments are facing
domestic pressu |
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发帖数: 6655 | 47 If they lose jobs due to unexpected reasons such as war and disaster,
illness and injury, they are entitled to welfare.
Otherwise, they should be covered by their own insurance. |
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b*******r
发帖数: 6655 | 48 absolutely not.
Welfare is the public insurance. It should only provide coverage for
emergency and unexpected inescapable events. Nothing else. |
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发帖数: 2757 | 50 why i heard the opposite
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly fell in
September as the end of a tax credit for first-time homebuyers approached,
highlighting the importance of government aid to the emerging economic
recovery.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqNlTvgoZ6iA |
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