Polls are excellent propaganda tools to de-motivate actual voting.
Interesting file name for the image ..... "transcend"
In reference to the Overton window of public discourse don't you think that Elon single handedly has shifted the window in the last week quite a bit in Trumps favor?
I think her bio says it all.
Sonam Sheth Sonam is a political correspondent who covers national security, foreign policy, and elections. She has interviewed former national security adviser John Bolton, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Rep. Adam Schiff, the special counsel Robert Mueller's top prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, Mueller's star witness Rick Gates, and former CIA director John Brennan.
Sonam's work has been cited in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, and others. She frequently appears on MSNBC and has also made appearances on NBC News, BBC World News, BBC News radio, WNYC, and more.
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Hmmm... Yes, McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Landmark SC decision
That the power to tax involves the power to destroy; that the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create; that there is a plain repugnance, in conferring on one government a power to control the constitutional measures of another, which other, with respect to those very measures, is declared to be supreme over that which exerts the control, are propositions not to be denied. But all inconsistencies are to be reconciled by the magic of the word CONFIDENCE. Taxation, it is said, does not necessarily and unavoidably destroy. To carry it to the excess of destruction would be an abuse, to presume which, would banish that confidence which is essential to all government.
1895 Kansas, everything is dollar denominated for public transactions. Lumber is generally in linear board feet so you would need a standard to metric conversion which is likely the true knowledge test of the question.
I would not feel too bad as you do not live in 19th century post Civil War Kansas which was entirely agrarian and lacked industrialization. The test implies conversions rates such as a "bushel" that any 8th grader in Kansas at the time would know. Terms that I learned such as "Dust Bowl", Panama Canal, Berlin Wall to name a few have no relevance to the student of that exam. Please excuse my dear aunt Sally is timeless but with smart phones today long division is a lost art. Fundamental Attribution Error is one of the most helpful heuristics anyone can learn to put the past into context. It is on full display with comments on this exam.
Too True... just spent an hour watching Oliver Anthony Rich Men North of Richmond review videos. The reactions of first time viewers is so encouraging to see. Folks are waking up. Here is an example if you care to watch. No idea who she is but she sums it up well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_QGrzK_T0
This is why the Oscars have lost all appeal.
"OUR Democracy" = those who get a vote......think about it.
Thalidomide 2.0
Could posts 2007 and 2008 be interpreted as current time given the context of Kash pic? Specifically this: "We should 'attack them 'head on'...in DC...using a 2nd sc...
Ok to not be the fastest just don't be the slowest wildebeest...
Hey Zuby: Don't forget this oldie but a goodie...... "Die Quickly"
Comment on the Tolkien Allegory It is my understanding that a bet existed between Tolkien and CS Lewis with one writing a biblical fiction past and the other a biblical fiction future. Lord of the Rings was the future which most profoundly is Revelations.
The hypothesis that Tolkien was authoring a whistle blower narrative is interesting. The thought that entered my mind was about the ring and the rings. Tolkien used physical rings in the story but could they not represent what we call rings of conspirators in a pyramid structure of secrecy? The one "ring" at the top would be the only group that sees all. Sound familiar? The three rings might represent City of London, Vatican City, and Washington D.C. Money, Religion, and Force. These in turn control the next layer of seven. In Tolkien's time I am not sure what the seven and the nine might be but it is a curious train of thought.
Anyway, just thought I would share if any were interested.
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