Re: Friday Five March 1
*1. Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador?* Overcome the dark forces? Does not sound like new advice. Admittedly I did not research this one in depth and so likely missed
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five March 1
] ? ? ? ? 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador? No knowledge about this. The president of El Salvador said criminals should? be in prison 2.? Should the UN
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five March 1
] ? ? ? ? 1.? Should the US take the advice of the president of El Salvador? 2.? Should the UN disestablish the nation of Israel? 3.? Is the US or Argentina running a more balanced budget? 4.?
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five February 23
How interesting. We call them "no-show" jobs or "ghost" jobs, and the practice is "featherbedding." It's more likely in the USA to be a mafia-controlled labor union practice than a government job. Ed
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Ed Lomas
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Re: Friday Five February 23
Money buys votes. In the US, the Democratic Party is famous for that, but I'm certain that the other party does it, too. Give the voters money; the voters give you votes. The free market. ?oqui(el)
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five February 23
We'll see. Macri also tried, but not so willingly. The main issue is the political related expenses: not only congress' diets are way too expensive, but there are hundred of advisors per seat, at
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Anabel Perez
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Re: Friday Five February 23
Balancing the national budget ? Hahaham and what would that be? ? Slds Anabel
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five February 23
Hahaham and what would that be? Slds Anabel? El viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024, 15:06:18 ART, mrvnchpmn <chapman@...> escribi¨®: ? No problem.? On another note - what do you think of your
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Anabel Perez
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Re: Friday Five February 23
No problem.? On another note - what do you think of your new president - apparently he has done what no American president has done in thirty years. Marvin ? My appologies, it was Marvin, not David,
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five February 23
My appologies, it was Marvin, not David, who's answer I was quoting and sharing. Slds Anabel
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Anabel Perez
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Re: Friday Five February 23
No, I seldom answer these, Marvin, and I haven't this time. Perhaps my best excuse is that I see them as questions, and my ignorance on everything is profound. Darrell has said, as I recall, that he
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David Smith
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Re: Friday Five February 23
Actually I think I gave the answer to #2 - rhough David may have also. Butr I think it s the big one. Marvin ? I'm going with some of the answers other gave before me: ? By Darrel: 1.? Are you
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five February 23
I'm going with some of the answers other gave before me: By Darrel: 1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination
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Anabel Perez
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Re: Friday Five February 23
*1. Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before.* "Concerned" means "worried" to me. I am not
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five February 23
This is part of Putin's playbook. He's an autocrat, so the rule of law doesn't apply to him. He can order anything to be carried out. And woe to anyone doesn't like it or tries to stop it. I don't
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a1thighmaster
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Re: Friday Five February 23
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before. No more or less than the weaponization of
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five February 23
1.? Are you concerned about the death of Alexy Navaly in a Russian prison camp at the age of 47 - he survived an assassination attempt with poison before. 2.? Wgat was the greatest chimera of the
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: What happened to climate change?
Mi2, alas.
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David Smith
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Re: What happened to climate change?
Interesting nonprofessional overview of where current metrics on Atlantic sea level changes leave us: https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-maps-east-coast-sinking-flooding-1871578 Again, not about whether it
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Darrell King
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Re: What happened to climate change?
And suffering is caused by wanting the moment to be other than it is. :) D
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Darrell King
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