Like, yes, $14 trillion is a lot of money. At least, I think it'd be better to do a big reparations shebang-cut checks and call it a day-than the strange sort of slow-drip reparations plans we see in liberal institutions. Cori Bush, who said: "The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people." I'm on board with reparations. Nellie Bowles commenting on a story from NPR: $14 trillion reparations bill: A group of prominent Democrats are calling for $14 trillion to be paid as reparations to the descendants of slaves. “We have to put white people on notice that we want our reparations.” /PFc37vohss- Ian Miles Cheong May 19, 2023 Which may have given a resident of Florida the idea that it was appropriate to demand reparations from his city. San Francisco set up an independent task force (Advisory Committee). Just a year ago, Newsom was publicly celebrating a claimed budget surplus of $97 billion and said it was “simply without precedent.” - Jonathan Turley May 14, 2023 This is a bit awkward for Newsom: Recently, a witness at one of California's reparations hearings demanded "where's the money?" I think that the most hopeful proposal by a citizen was for $200,000,000 per individual, plus incidental benefits. There has been A LOT of talk about reparations since Gavin Newsom and the California Assembly established the nation's first Reparations Task Force (whose recommendations Newsom rejected). NYC Mayor Eric Adams just unveiled his new plan to combat skyrocketing retail theft in the city. Imagine being the last guy to run El Salvador & your country has all these devilish irreducible social problems & everybody's like "hey man you did your best, what are you gonna do, it's El Salvador" & then this guy shows up - Bennett's Phylactery May 20, 2023ĬAREFUL He's a commie so I'm probably giving him too much credit There have been other strange pieces declaring with inapplicable (usually animal, plant or microbial) evidence that human sexuality is not binary. This is the Editor-in-Chief for Truth hurts! /a9AHTlRhVg- Colin Wright May 17, 2023 The article refers to them as male and female.Ī story in 4 images. High school trans activists are using the magazine to "prove" that human sexuality is not binary.ĭatepsych: Unclear to me why the editor of Scientific American posted an article about sparrows to claim they have four sexes. Wesley Yang: What's the inside story of how Scientific American became a vector of mindless social justice copypasta? More than billion dollars per km for subway track in NYC (vs. Who said - "Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneĪ problem plaguing infrastructure projects in general is environmental regulations:Īnd there are other factors driving up costs in the USA. Poetry corner: I met a traveller from an antique land, The photo shows a section of construction in Fresno that stayed above the floods in March. A construction site, along with big vehicles and other equipment, flooded in March.īut as noted in the piece linked above, that is only the beginning of the problems with this project. Last week, in this space, we talked about the California High Speed Rail people deciding to go ahead and build the rail line through a flood plain even though parts of it had sunk up to 24 feet. The section of construction shown has looked pretty much like that for months. But some wonks are definitely involved in these kinds of wonky projects. I do not intend to insult all wonks, as a class, with the definitions above. Well, okay, also this one: Mentally unbalanced crazy. I have been thinking lately about some things that are wonky according to this definition: liable to break down or develop a fault 15 yrs, $BILLIONS, not a mile of track & running out of money - what am I?
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