“…Neuroscience tells us that the brains of kids regularly facing significant trauma or toxic stress are wired for survival and likely to erupt at the smallest provocation. A major study of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente found that the higher a young person’s ACEs score, the greater the risk in adulthood of chronic disease, mental illness, and premature death. These children also have a far greater future likelihood of either inflicting or being the victim of violence…”
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Yup. This gets to the crux of why I am a leftist.

Most middle-class folks dont recognize the full spectrum of A.C.E.’s that
are tied to poverty. I mean, everyone knows about the big dramatic traumatic events
that tend to go along with poverty. But its the silent, chronic low-level stresses
that dehumanize and limit and slowly destroy people trapped in poverty.

The vast majority of them…have no chance.

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Agamemnon wrote:

I stayed busy with contracts, salary cap, and roster models. But, I think those subjects are about exhausted. I could do cake recipes.

When making a Pound Cake, weight the eggs first, then match the other ingredients to the eggs.

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Do you have any potato salad tips?

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zn wrote:

First, this is basically supposed to be the era of the War of Roses, or around the 15th century.

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Nah, thats not how i see it. Its got nuthin to do with the 15th century cause
its a fantasy-world. Its rules aint got nuthin to do with Earth history.

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They talked about the question marks on Defense
and never mentioned Robert Quinn.
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this has been another robert quinn
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bnw wrote:

wv wrote:

bnw wrote:

What you say about republicans you could say about democrats too. So why don’t you?

No I don’t believe the official story of 9/11. Why would anyone? Look at the aftermath. Who gained power? The american people? NO. The US government, YES.

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bnw, all the leftists on here trash the Democrats non-stop.

Sorry but have to call BS on that. Case in point would be appointees to the US Supreme Court. Other issues as well. The liberal cheerleading if not bias is far from hidden. Democrats overwhelmingly get the soft serve here. Doesn’t matter to me since I get an opportunity to hear another view and perhaps learn something. Trump will be the first republican I’ve ever voted for president.

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Yeah, its true, that the leftists prefer Dems to pick judges as opposed to Reps.
That part is true. But I think you are missing part of the truth of that dynamic.

Its a lesser of two evils thing.

we dont like the Dems but they are slightly better
on social issues than the Reps. But they are both loathsome parties,
and a Leftist would not choose the same judge that a Democrat would,
or a Republican.

But yeah, if you forced me to choose between an Obama or a McCain
to pick a judge, I’d hold my nose and take Obama. Lesser of two evils though.
For me, anyway.

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bnw wrote:

What you say about republicans you could say about democrats too. So why don’t you?

No I don’t believe the official story of 9/11. Why would anyone? Look at the aftermath. Who gained power? The american people? NO. The US government, YES.

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bnw, all the leftists on here trash the Democrats non-stop. We are constantly posting about how we loathe the Duplicats and Replicants. I’m voting for Jill. Not Hillary.

I believe the official story about 9-11 even though there will always be some
questions that remain unanswered or unanswerable. You are not alone though. A lot of Americans dont believe the official version.
You are entitled to your view 🙂

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I paraphrased it below. Its tricky alright. But its tough to write good laws.

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Pass is complete, if player is inbounds and:

A. Secures ball in hands or arms before ball hits ground, and

B. Touches ground inbounds with two feet or any part of body other than hands, and

C. Maintains control of ball after a and b have been fulfilled, UNTIL he
has the ball long enough to clearly become a runner, — ie,
when his second foot is on ground,
he is capable of avoiding or warding off impending contact of opponent,
tucking ball away,
turning up field,
or taking additional steps

IF player has control of ball, a slight movement of ball will not be considered loss of possession

If player loses the ball while simultaneously touching both feet or body part to ground, it is not a catch

Fwiw, as a sidebar, some folks think dallas has a better-than-most
kinda police force:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/01/12/what-dallass-historically-low-murder-rate-can-teach-us-about-policing/

ps – i thot this was an inter esting paragraph:

“… The massive crime drop we’ve seen across the country since the mid-1990s occurred in places that both did and didn’t engage in mass incarceration, did and didn’t engage in “broken windows”-style policing, did and didn’t commit to real community-oriented policing, did and didn’t use a widespread stop-and-frisk policy, and so on. It’s quite possible that the drop had nothing to do policing strategy at all and instead was the product of rising standards of living, an aging population, or even environmental factors like a decrease in childhood exposure to lead.”
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Billy_T wrote:

Good questions, WV.

Personally, I don’t think our focus should be so much on trying to change the way people view race — though that’s important — but instead on preventing its effects. Preventing the application of racist beliefs in society…

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Yeah, i just wonder what ‘prevention’ would look like. Ya know.

It would require nurturing ‘critical thinking’. How does a society do that?

It would require meeting citizens basic needs so that have time/energy/safety in order to have the luxury of ‘thinking critically’. How does a society accomplish that?

…i suppose amerika has made a ton of progress with race/jingoism/superstition.
But with the pace of corporate-destruction increasing, and the pace of environmental degradation increasing….how much more time do we have to be so…ignorant?

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They’ll be back up soon, I’m sure.

The Herd Board is too big to fail 🙂

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bnw wrote:

Reminds me of the junk bonds equity stripping in the ’80s. This is what you get when politicians are easily bought.

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Q: Who’s buying the politicians?

A: Private Sector.

So the problem is both, right? My problem with mainstream Republicans
is they only see half the problem.

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