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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #10800 on: January 09, 2020, 05:53:58 PM »
https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/4612412/jewish/Cambodian-Royal-Family-Celebrates-Its-First-Bat-Mitzvah.htm
Lol, wut? They did a bat mitzvah at home when she was 12, and then this... party thing in Cambodia was a year later on her 13th birthday? Alrighty then.

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« Reply #10802 on: January 10, 2020, 01:41:34 AM »
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-biological-scientists-pathways-lifespan.html
The question is, would you and everyone want to live for 500 years? (PC Friday question worthy?)
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« Reply #10803 on: January 10, 2020, 01:43:03 AM »
Not so much an article but a (untested by me) tip.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/ownership/this-simple-solution-will-defrost-your-car-in-less-than-a-minute/ar-BBYKBaL

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We found a solution that will defrost your car windows in less than a minute.

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #10805 on: January 10, 2020, 01:32:43 PM »
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/nyregion/faith-hope-consolo.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Was just going to post that one after reading it. And in the spirit of @aygart's signature line, the last paragraph of that article raises an interesting question. While obviously not condoned, is this indeed problematic given that it's ashes?
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« Reply #10807 on: January 13, 2020, 12:44:11 PM »
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« Reply #10809 on: January 13, 2020, 03:16:29 PM »
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/01/13/jeff-bezos-slammed-690-k-donation-australian-wildfire-recovery/4452329002/
Well for a Californian wildfire this would be too little, but for the other end of the world be happy with any offer. Unless Amazon is doing heavy in the Australian market.

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« Reply #10815 on: January 15, 2020, 08:54:24 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-01-14/how-nissan-s-carlos-ghosn-was-smuggled-out-of-japan

This article seems to justify a lot of Ghosn's claims.  The Japanese Judicial Systems justification of their 99%+ conviction rate, that short staffing requires prosecutors to prosecute only the most obviously guilty, rings exceedingly hollow.

https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/01/article/in-japan-and-korea-presumed-guilty-until-proven-guilty/

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« Reply #10816 on: January 15, 2020, 09:04:03 AM »
This article seems to justify a lot of Ghosn's claims.  The Japanese Judicial Systems justification of their 99%+ conviction rate, that short staffing requires prosecutors to prosecute only the most obviously guilty, rings exceedingly hollow.

https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/01/article/in-japan-and-korea-presumed-guilty-until-proven-guilty/

Which is why I think Gohsn is getting a lot of global sympathy. This is in addition to the harsh conditions placed on him, which I don't think would have been matched in a western justice system.
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« Reply #10817 on: January 15, 2020, 12:58:43 PM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-15/trump-s-salt-cap-fuels-a-wealth-exodus-from-high-tax-states?srnd=premium


I wonder if an unintended consequence of this could be tipping FL & TX to the D side with all the NY, NJ, CT, and CA liberals migrating there...
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« Reply #10818 on: January 15, 2020, 07:50:18 PM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-15/trump-s-salt-cap-fuels-a-wealth-exodus-from-high-tax-states?srnd=premium


I wonder if an unintended consequence of this could be tipping FL & TX to the D side with all the NY, NJ, CT, and CA liberals migrating there...

In Texas a poll showed that people who moved to the state from CA are more conservative than natives.

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