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The Right-Wing Internet Is Full Of Wild Theories About A Text Message From FEMA
Do these people have the memory of an earthworm?
We've had regular testing of alerts over the radio and TV, as well as regular testing of sirens for decades.
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The Right-Wing Internet Is Full Of Wild Theories About A Text Message From FEMA
Do these people have the memory of an earthworm?
We've had regular testing of alerts over the radio and TV, as well as regular testing of sirens for decades.
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Senate Democrats introduce bill to implement term limits and biannual appointments to Supreme Court
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There's nothing that says it can't be done. But I'm sure SCOTUS will have something to say should a case make it to them.
Constitutional amendment would be the best way. Not sure if it would be easier via Congress or State Legislatures given the implosion on Capitol Hill.
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What are some alternatives to bars that stay open late for folks that don't drink alcohol?
Whataburger, Winco Foods, insomnia cookies, Denny's, and other diners come to mind. Since covid, hardly anything is open late anymore.
You might be able to find some other places local to you that we won't know aboht, if you satay up late and use the "open now" option on Google maps.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event
Even with his mental health declining, he's probably still against mental health care for US citizens.
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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
I wonder that the standard used for 6th-grade reading level is. I know that the 6th grade reading level at the beginning of the century is higher than the 6th grade reading level now.
I remember being extremely disappointed when I was in 6th grade and they had arbitrarily moved a lot of books up a reading level. There were a few in particular that I was looking forward to reading while in 5th grade that were at a 6th grade level. Then in 6th grade, I grabbed one of those books to check out but was told that I could t read it because it was now considered 7th grade and that I had to choose from the 6th grade level (which was largely the previous year's 5th grade level).
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Nearly 80% of Texas' floating border barrier is technically in Mexico, survey finds
I thought that the treaty from the Spanish-American War made the Rio Grande neutral territory. Any land that appears in the middle of the river doesn't belong to either country.
Unless there have been other treaties that I didn't learn about in my history classes, the buoys technically are infringement on neutral territory.
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What was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?
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Not only does the love triangle not make sense, but it really only serves to erode the significance of friendship of Legolas and Gimli. They were supposed to be first friendship between an Elf and dwarf in a long time
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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
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It wasn't age locked per se. If you were in Honors English, they assumed you were reading at a higher level and could check out books one grade level higher than you and if you were in on-level English you were not allowed to read above "grade level".
I can understand keeping a 6th grader from checking out a bunch of 1st grade level books, but discouraging kids from pushing themselves was weird
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Shop owner shot, killed over rainbow flag outside clothing store near Lake Arrowhead
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There were even people waving the battle flag of the Confederate army/navy when the neoconfederates invaded Congress on January 6, 2021.
I still can't believe that these people are getting such light sentences for taking up arms and invading the Capitol.
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When the pizza party is too expensive, you go with the EncourageMint
Did you roll the Mint into the manager's office with a note "looks like I'm rolling out of here!"
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Vehicle Ownership by US City
The title could be cities with good vs bad city planning. All the green cities are designed to force people to use cars, because they made everything so spread out with little to no public transportation. The red cities are built properly with public transportation to help people get around.
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There has been talk banning pronouns, which would cause chaos in schools. That would mean that these words couldn't be said in schools: I, me, you, him, her, his, hers, mine, yours, it, its, they, them, theirs, he, she, one, this, these, that, who, and which among many others.
Speaking in a classroom would become very difficult avoiding the list of banned words.
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Rainbow
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Yes, biblically it serves as a reminder to god and humanity that god promised he wouldn't use a flood to destroy all life on earth again. I guess he was worried that he'd forget or something. Like oops. I can't kill all humanity by flood, I need to use a different method, good thing that rainbow reminded me.
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The most Texan of all expressions - Y'All - is ungendered and therefore woke
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Really? I've never heard that and I'm in Texas
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Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.
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Is there a brand that's better for LED? I get migraines and the stroking effect of LED bulbs can be a trigger.
LED christmas bulbs particularly bad. It felt like walking into a rave at the Christmas store.
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Why don't schools simulate a typical 9 to 5 work week for students and remove homework entirely?
Some districts have high school start early, so that they can work in the afternoon. They also have to stagger school start times for the bus schedule to work. Without enough drivers, the bus has to pick up and drop off HS students and then go pick up other students.
I can understand the homework, as there has been some research suggesting that it isn't as beneficial as we believe.
There would need to be a different schedule for students in many school activities, like sports, music, and theater among others that need some before or after school practice.
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CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic as it revisits 'Argo' rescue
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How do you give a shit about minority lives? You're defending Pinochet who led the coup in Chile and built concentration camps for political opponents. He followed in the footsteps of the nazis.
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If you ask for "tea" at a restaurant, what happens and where do you live?
In Texas, they would ask whether you want sweet or unsweet and you'd get a glass of iced tea. The closer you are to Louisiana, the sweeter the tea.
You have to specify hot tea, if that's what you want.
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Fewer Californians are moving to Texas, but more are going to Florida and Arizona
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Many of those that move out are conservative and want to be with their kind.
In 2018, native Texans voted for Beto 51-40 and people who moved here voted for Cruz 57-42.
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Capitalism indoctrination in progress.
It'd such a bad feedback loop. Employees don't always feel safe being honest at exit interviews, so they say what they think HR wants to hear and HR just takes it as fact. Then they build training like this based off what Former employees felt safe telling HR and the cycle continues.
The ping ping table at least lasts longer than a pizza party, but it's no more significant. When retiring, nobody wishes they ate more pizza or played more ping pong at work. They wish they had been able to grow and make more money so they'd be better taken care of.