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发帖数: 6361 | 1 More than 100,000 sign petition calling for The Queen to pay for 369million
repairs of Buckingham Palace
修缮白金汉宫将花费3.69亿英镑 民众请愿让王室自掏腰包
近日，英国民众发起了一项请愿活动，强烈要求由英国王室自行承担修缮白金汉宫的费
用。截至目前，已有超过10万人在请愿书上签字。英国财政部18日宣布，为支付白金汉
宫3.69亿英镑（约合31.7亿元人民币）的修缮费用，英国政府每年为王室提供的“君主
拨款”将提高66%，为期10年。
More than 100,000 sign petition calling for The Queen to pay for 369million
repairs of Buckingham Palace.
10万多英国民众在请愿书上签名，要求女王为白金汉宫支付3.69亿英镑的修缮费。
The petition was started after it was announced on Friday that the taxpayer
woul... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 2 12 月 1 日 又看了一则新闻， 呵呵
刚看了一则新闻关于麦当劳转卖的新闻，对于中国的食品安全，我总是千百个担忧，有
必要好好看一看接手人的背景及相关信息。接手麦当劳不容易啊。我不评论啊，只是观
看。你们撒的毒气越多，电磁波攻击的越强，我阅读的效果就越好。呵呵。
A consortium led by private-equity firm Carlyle Group (CG.O) and Chinese
conglomerate Citic Group Corp has neared a deal to buy McDonald's Corp's (
MCD.N) stores in China and Hong Kong for up to $3 billion, a source with
direct knowledge of the matter said.
The deal is likely to be signed before Christmas, the source said.
Reuters had reported in October that U.S... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 345 | 3 Atherton has a population at just under seven thousand people, with a
household median income over $250,000
Atherton is a city filled with the wealth of new money techies, and mansions
hidden away in hills and masked by massive trees. Homes in this part of
California regularly sell at high-end prices in excess of $5 million, and
commonly in the $10 million range. Despite the cost, these homes sell
quickly, as it doesn’t seem like the line to get into one of these palatial
estates is growing shor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 4 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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发帖数: 4825 | 5 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-70-million-bail-tiffany-li-20170405-story.html
A Bay Area woman accused of killing the father of her two children is
planning to offer nearly $70 million in property to get out of custody.
Tiffany Li, 31, is charged with murder and accused of conspiring with two
other defendants to kill her ex-boyfriend, Keith Green, said San Mateo
County Dist. Atty. Steve Wagstaffe. Li has been held on $35 million bail for
nearly a year.
On Thursday, however, Li is ex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5601 | 6 路透社报道，卡塔尔外交部长表示决不“投降”，决不允许本国主权受到损害。卡塔尔
官员还表示，元首埃米尔不会在国家遭到封锁时离开卡塔尔去美国参加调停会议。
Qatar vows no surrender in Gulf crisis as USA and Kuwait seek solution
World News | Thu Jun 8, 2017 | By Tom Finn | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-idUSKBN18Z1C9
DOHA -- Qatar vowed on Thursday to ride out the isolation imposed on it by
fellow Arab states over its alleged support for terrorism and said it would
not compromise its sovereignty over foreign policy to resolve the region's
biggest diplom... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3770 | 7 Amazon.com founder and The Washington Post owner Jeffrey P. Bezos on
Thursday briefly became the richest person in the world, displacing
Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Bezos’s rise to No. 1 followed a surge in Amazon.com shares Thursday ahead
of the online retailer’s earnings report due out later in the day. The
company’s shares have been on a tear over the past year, passing the $1,000
mark and hitting $1,082 around noon on Thursday, propelling Bezos, 53, to $
90.6 billion compared with Gates’s ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3199 | 8 mandarin其实是满大人的意思，是个反派人物。在英语中，满大人确实有蒙古的血统。
from wiki：
The Mandarin first appeared in Tales of Suspense #50 , written by Stan Lee
and illustrated by Don Heck.
The Mandarin's late father was one of the wealthiest men in mainland China (
and a descendant of Genghis Khan), while his late mother was an English
noblewoman. Their son was born in an unnamed village in mainland China |
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发帖数: 38600 | 9 既然你要较真，那叔也没办法
These Are The 10 Richest Neighborhoods In Dallas
https://www.homesnacks.net/richest-neighborhoods-in-dallas-128978/
These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that Dallas has to offer. Where
houses go for over 4.84x the national median and household incomes are 4.0x
the national median.
But where exactly in Dallas do the richest of the rich people live? That
would be Highland Park where the median income is a cool $130,959. Here’s a
look at the top 10 richest neighborhoods in Dallas ou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 252 | 10 winnetka/kenilworth probably the wealthiest suburbs in chicago area, perfect
for rich white people, but too boring for asians
downtown chicago is more urban also with plenty of wealthy/young people, in
river north, streeterville.
winnetka and downtown chicago are similar to hampton and upper east of
manhattan.
lincoln park is more like a blend of the two, not too far away from downtown
with a single family house style. |
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发帖数: 4796 | 11 有
Ed Lee, San Francisco Mayor, Dies at 65
Edwin M. Lee, an affordable housing advocate and technocrat who became the
first Asian-American to be elected as mayor of San Francisco, died early on
Tuesday of undisclosed causes, his office said. He was 65.
“It is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that Mayor
Edwin M. Lee passed away on Tuesday, December 12 at 1:11 a.m. at Zuckerberg
San Francisco General Hospital. F... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 12 Family of billionaire couple found dead in mansion basement refute murder-
suicide claim
The family of a Canadian billionaire and his wife who were found dead in the
basement of their Toronto mansion have refuted reports which suggest their
parents' deaths could have been a murder-suicide.
Police have said they are treating the deaths of Barry Sherman, 75, the
founder of Canadian drug company Apotex, and his wife Honey as "
suspicious".
"Our parents shared an enthusiasm for life and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 13 The King of Debt and Moral bankruptcy has spoken.
More weapons for foreign wars; less healthcare for America's senior citizens.
More tax cuts for the wealthiest; more national debt for everybody else.
Less money for the EPA; more arsenic and coal ash in your drinking water.
Less science and technology; more Republican religion and cultured stupidity.
Hey America, enjoy the swirling flush down America's Trump Toilet of fiscal,
intellectual and moral bankruptcy.
63 million Americans couldn't resis... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 14 最近借着黑豹的东风涌现出很多新词儿，让人迎接不暇，什么是Afrofuturism？
How the Afrofuturism behind Black Panther and Get Out combines social
justice and sci-fi
Afrofuturist ideas are at the core of both films.
In the fictional African nation of Wakanda, beads made of “vibranium” heal
bullet wounds, and a bulletproof suit absorbs and stores the energy of
hostile blows. Levitating trains cruise past vaulting skyscrapers with
thatched roofs, as saucer-shaped aircraft carve arcs in the sky.
Wakanda, a fantasy nation that serves... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 15 U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday dismissed a
poverty report by the United Nations, saying it’s “ridiculous” for the
intergovernmental body to analyze American poverty.
“It is patently ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in
America,” Haley said in a letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
“The Special Rapporteur wasted the UN’s time and resources, deflecting
attention from the world’s worst human rights abusers and focusing instead
on the wealthiest an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 16 华盛顿邮报援引国务院高层人士，疮破政府对联合国的美国贫困人口调查报告非常不满
是导致退出联合国人权委员会的原因，而不是之前声称的因为对以色列的不公。 该报
告严厉批评了美国政府对4千万贫困人口不闻不问的政策。该报告不符合疮破政府粉饰
的MAGA国家形象，联合国因此遭到美国政府官员警告说如若发布此报告，美国将退出人
权委会。Alson交给日内瓦委员会的报告5月发布，紧接着美国便宣布退出。
Philip G. Alston arrived in Washington last fall on a mission from the U.N.
Human Rights Council to document poverty in America. At his first meeting,
Alston said he was told by a senior State Department official that his
findings may influence the United States' membership in the human rights
body.
“A s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 17 U.S. "most dangerous" place to give birth in developed world, USA Today
investigation finds
A USA Today investigation finds the United States is the "most dangerous
place to give birth in the developed world." Every year in the U.S., more
than 50,000 mothers are severely injured during or after childbirth and 700
die. USA Today's investigation, "Deadly Deliveries," claims women are dying
and suffering life-altering injuries during childbirth because hospitals are
not following long-known safety ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 18 和民主党龙虾的区别是，民主党承认自己接受福利而且感到内疚。狗屁党把福利视为理
所当然。
One reason we might love this myth as much as we do: It allows us to avoid
hard discussions about the reality of class in the United States. All too
many Americans, the beneficiaries of what I like to call the upper-middle-
class welfare state, can convince themselves that they are uniquely
deserving. When Jessica Wiederspan, now a researcher studying basic income
with Y Combinator, interviewed working- and middle-class families in Rust
Belt states, sh... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 19 Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has died from complications of non-Hodgkin’
s lymphoma, Vulcan Inc. said Monday on behalf of his family.
Allen passed away Monday afternoon in Seattle at 65 years old, Vulcan said.
His sister, Jody, said he was “a remarkable individual on every level.”
“While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he
was a much-loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend. Paul’s
family and friends were blessed to experience his wit, warmth, his
ge... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 21 蝗疮主要是收入少，受教育少
不适合在米国生存
建议为了船爷MAGA大任，自行self deport |
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发帖数: 2504 | 23 有没有50 Poorest Districts这次选举的数据？ 说不定也是民主党当选的多。
这个最富的VA10th, 以前是GOP当选的，这次翻盘了。 |
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发帖数: 10087 | 27 民主党本来就是两头的，一边是巨富，一边是票蛆
共和党都是中产 |
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发帖数: 8613 | 30
巨富连人口的万分之一都不到
共和党的主体是落后州的白人，大多教育程度偏低
民主党的主体之一是城市和郊区的中产 |
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发帖数: 6504 | 31 活在全美第三富裕的选区。感谢党的关怀。上个月竟然收到几张龙虾票。还说以后还会
接着寄。
感情俺们收入才几十万的太穷了，在贫困线上下挣扎，妥妥的票蛆。 |
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发帖数: 1 | 32 更新
由于 民主党在加州 CA45 CA39 成功翻盘
这样 加州富裕地区已经没有共和党的获胜区了
前 50 富裕 地区， 共和党只剩 7 个了 |
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发帖数: 42116 | 33 靠，前20竟然一个共和党都没有。
而且这7个还挺集中，以NY，TX为主，VA，NJ各一个。
没想到，MN竟然有两个区在前50。 |
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发帖数: 902 | 34 这些最富的区里面，男主人投共和党；无忧无虑的家庭主妇投民主党，下一代中青年时
期投民主党。
赚钱养家的就一票，妇女等偏左的好几票。 |
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发帖数: 6504 | 35 在二富、三富选区里，女人养家的多了，男人投猪党的也多了。 |
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发帖数: 2199 | 36 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: wsbioguy2 (postdog), 信区: USANews
标 题: 叔反驳一下坨泥畜的最富区和猪党因果性
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 9 23:31:16 2018, 美东)
发信人: wsbioguy2 (postdog), 信区: USANews
标 题: Re: 共和党太惨了: 50 Wealthiest Districts
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 9 23:29:40 2018, 美东)
叔随便很轻松的查了第一个， 就扇了坨泥畜的碧莲
VA 10th区今年之前还是和党红区
这再次说明了精妓好收入高，是龙虾涌入的原因
而不是结果。
另外这个区大量人口是联邦雇员， 说白了都是龙虾党。
18th $112,702 Anna Eshoo Democrat |
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发帖数: 8694 | 37 Bill Gates Buys $1.25 Million Home Near University Of Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – A home near the University of Chicago may soon have a
notable resident.
With the net worth of over $90 billion, Forbes named Bill Gates the second
wealthiest man in the world. He just bought a home across the street from
the Hyde Park campus.
It has been widely speculated that Bill and Melinda Gates’ son, Rory, will
enroll at the University of Chicago. It is not clear who the house will be
used for, but if the Gates’ s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 38 WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is proposing a so-called ultra-
millionaire tax as she vies for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
According to two economists advising her presidential campaign on the plan,
the tax would hit an estimated 75,000 of the wealthiest American households.
The new tax plan released Thursday by the Massachusetts Democrat would
impose a new 2 percent fee annually on American households’ net worth
greater than $50 million.
The overall new tax bill on wea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 39 It's time to complete the revolution we started
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/25/its-time-to-complete-
the-revolution-we-started
This task will not be easy. Today, we have more income and wealth inequality
than at any time since the 1920s, and the three wealthiest Americans own
more wealth than the bottom half of our country.
Despite relatively low unemployment, millions of people work multiple jobs
because they earn starvation wages, 34 million Americans have no health
insu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6655 | 42 想当然是不行的
Only 11 percent of enlisted recruits in 2007 came from the poorest one-fifth
(quintile) of neighborhoods, while 25 percent came from the wealthiest
quintile
Individuals from the bottom household income quintile make up 20.0 percent
of the population of those who are 18-24 years old but only 10.6 percent of
the 2006 recruits and 10.7 percent of the 2007 recruits. Individuals in the
top two quintiles make up 40.0 percent of the population, but 49.3 percent
of the recruits in both years.
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发帖数: 4174 | 43 President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching
debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to
Social Security and Medicare in exchange for Republican support for fresh
tax revenue.
At a meeting with top House and Senate leaders set for Thursday morning,
Obama plans to argue that a rare consensus has emerged about the size and
scope of the nation’s budget problems and that policymakers should seize
the moment to take dramatic action.
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发帖数: 22013 | 44 先看到wiki上面说
在2009年6月份舉行的中國政协十一届常委会會議上，蔡继明委员说：“中国权威
部门的一份报告显示，0.4%的人掌握了70%的财富，财富集中度高于美国。”
中文的信息全部都是引自蔡继明的这句话。
蔡继明出来辟谣，说不是“中国权威部分”，而是“国外某机构”
但是并没有否认说过“0.4%的人掌握了70%的财富”这句话。
这国外某机构，原来就是波士顿咨询公司。Boston Consulting Group.
如果你没听说过BCG，自己google.
这个报告是2006年的数据。
终于查到了原发出处：
http://www.bcg.com.cn/cn/files/publications/reports_pdf/Banking
第八页左边栏第六段
the wealthiest 0.4 percent of households in China own more than 60 percent
of the country's total personal wealth.
真相大白，不是70%，而是more than 60%.... 原来如此。
如果要质疑这个结论，至少应该... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1846 | 45 http://www.economist.com/node/21543178
MITT ROMNEY is not the first multi-millionaire to seek the presidency, nor
the richest. Ross Perot, the record-holder, spent some of his billions
earned from computer data on losing bids in 1992 and 1996. Since then men
who owe their or their family’s fortunes to oil, sport, publishing, trial
law, ketchup, beer and bestselling autobiographies have followed.
But Mr Romney, who earned his $200m or so as a private-equity executive
buying and selling companies,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 大部分美国最富裕的选区投票给民主党。有钱高学历白人向左...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-10-13-House-wealth-gap-Democrats-richest-districts_N.htm
In major flip, House Dems now represent richest regions
Updated 1d 16h ago | Comments 1,543 | Recommend 61 E-mail | Save
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY
Democratic members of the House of Representatives now represent most of the
nation's wealthiest people, a sharp turnaround from the long-standing
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发帖数: 2885 | 47 ....
authorities obtained wiretaps of conversations between the defendants.
Billionaire among 6 arrested in inside trade case
AP
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer Larry Neumeister, Associated
Press Writer – 12 mins ago
NEW YORK – One of the wealthiest men in America was among six financially
influential people arrested by federal authorities Friday in a hedge fund
insider trading case that prosecutors say reaped $20 million in illegal
profits.
Raj Rajaratnam, a partner in Galleon Mana |
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发帖数: 1085 | 48 Correct me if I am wrong.
I am reading your chart:
The middle class of the middle 35% of the population pays 25% of the tax.
The 10% rich pays 60%.
It proves my points:
1. Middle class is the major beneficiaries of the current system.
2. Squeezing more taxes off the rich gives you 1000% more taxes while
pissing off the same number of people. Let alone wealthiest actually want to
pay more and can afford to pay more. (Only a few rich wannabes hate tax
increases for the rich).
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 戈尔在弗罗里达演讲，继续散布全球暖化的谎言。遭遇抗议者高呼：全球暖化是骗局；
你是骗子！
Al Gore failed to mention President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in
Florida as Democrats extended their new tactic for next month's elections -
ignoring the man who so inspired them in 2008.
Representative Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for the United States
Senate in the November 2nd mid-terms, also neglected to let Mr Obama's name
pass his lips during an appearance with the former vice-president in a union
hall.
Instead, the black congr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 南非被黑鬼搞的很烂, 很烂.
More than one in three South African men questioned in a survey admitted to
rape, the latest evidence in the country of a violent culture of patriarchy.
Researchers found that more than three in four men said they had perpetrated
violence against women.
Nearly nine in 10 men believe that a woman should obey her husband – and
almost six in 10 women also agreed with the statement.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of rape in the world. Last year a
survey by the Medical Resea... 阅读全帖 |
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