#Country

The US has reached a terrible milestone of 100,000 lives lost to COVID19. It’s important to stop to think about how this disease has hurt the country, and to focus
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What do we early-warning cognoscenti now know about Covid-19 that others haven't currently figured out? What's the TOC of that blog post? @WilliamAEden @robinhanson My stab at a TOC:1: The
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I suspect Mr 5% was trying to argue that the top 5% of the *salaried* is not the same as the top 5% of people (some of whom will have
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Ok so I leave my job in a bit over a week working in the criminal justice system and have been dying for the day I get to talk mad
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1-On the way home today I witnessed some white on black interaction.A young black woman with 2 kids in the back seat was hysterically crying. Her brakes went out and
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It's weird seeing the entire world pat Jacinda on the back for her leadership and response during #covid19 when she has done absolutely nothing to cushion the blow for people
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i'm very very very sorry po for disturbing everyone with my stupid mistake, i honestly thought the email i copied was for the dlsu office and i carelessly sent a
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As a Kenyan, discussing police brutality in America and being up in arms about it feels disingenuous because the same thing, if not on an even more gruesome scale occurs
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Wednesday - the definitive #Coronavirus thread!Open up, read all the details, data and analysis, then retweet.#Germany #Italy #Spain #France and many others in danger of new records today. #Covid19 chaos
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We cannot reopen the country yet I have not ordered a track suit UPDATE: LIBERATE APPLEBEES I have finally got the perfect pair of shoes for my track
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Aloota continua.You've just been awarded a R150 mill tender which house are you moving into? Obviously you got a buy something to rock up to meetings in. What's your pick?
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What you need to understand is that there is no "Trump Administration."There's the illusion of a Trump Administration that's used by a cadre of anti-government criminals who only pretend to
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RE: Nancy Pelosi's hairdo.I have a fairly-well off acquaintance from the neighborhood. Before the lockdowns, she spent a lot of money on her hair. Straightening, blow-outs, color, the works. You
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I just feel like no one should be making less than $50k in 2020. Like it should be illegal. Minimum wage should be a $50k salary. And if you require
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In a media briefing this morning, Brian Hainline, NCAA's chief medical officer, says the hope was there would be a downward trajectory in COVID-19, adequate surveillance/testing, heading into the fall."That
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Let's stop romanticizing BS. I know why my grandmothers (both) stayed with abusive men. One of my grandfathers lived his final 30 years with his girlfriend while remaining married to
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