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In response to https://captainstack.medium.com/washington-legislature-kills-universal-healthcare-bill-2ae7b804da34 “SJM.8006 is not a long bill. It is not complicated. It costs no money. It has no risk of legal challenge.” In other words, it was not a universal health care bill. So whether it passed or failed, everything would stay the same. They need to try again with a bill …
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Relationships There are several major players in this convoluted mess, and each of them has a complex relationship with the other: ISIS Hamas Palestinian Authority Russia Israel Ukraine United States the rest of NATO ISIS Russia Israel Ukraine United States NATO Hamas Palestinian Authority Syria (Assad) ISIS hostile hostile hostile hostile hostile complicated At …
It’s exhausting. On a per-vehicle basis, buses are cheaper to run than trains. On a passenger km basis, if both vehicles are full, the train is cheaper to run than the bus, keeping capacity constant. Buses are great for low-demand routes. Great transit systems use buses extensively for local routes, solving that last mile problem …
It is obvious to anyone with a passive interest in foreign relations at this point that the Gaza war is a massive humanitarian crisis given how Israel is killing civilians and denying food to enter the region. That by itself should be enough for every democracy to stop providing aid to that rogue nation. But …
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I-93 will now start in Woburn. The I-93 tunnel will be turned into a rail tunnel connecting the North and South stations. The rest of I-93 south of Woburn will be reclaimed urban space. Problem solved.
Ukraine is right to attack Russian oil refineries. Very few civilian deaths. Handicaps the ability of Russia to provide oil to their military. This saves many civilian lives. Doesn’t harm Ukraine, the EU, or the US at all. Russia is not allowed to export oil to Europe anyways because that money flows right to Putin’s …
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https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c Biden is asking Ukraine to stop attacking Russian military targets inside Russia. This guy totally sucks, he should not have run for reelection. He is currently swinging 0 for 3 in terms of foreign policy crises. He is a mere accelerationist, exactly the thing his ilk thinks all progressives are, where really its only …
My grandmother is a retired 1st grade teacher, and my grandfather is a veteran. She was able to save up money with those salaries to save enough money in my 541 plan that if it was not for the slashing of education funding in 2008 that the money she saved with the interest it had …
The military-industrial complex relishes a potential war with China. It could be long and drawn out, at least from a cursory overview, and their profits would soar. They don’t want to eliminate the Russian plutocracy because if Russia stops invading their neighbors, they will lose money in the near term. Russia is a long-term investment …
You can find current polling results and projections at https://europeelects.eu/ep2024/, which I am using for this post. Party 2019 seats 2024 projected seats 2024 projected % Three party coalition Three party percent% LEFT 41 45 6.25% EFA 74 49 6.81% S&D 154 140 19.44% 234 32.50% RE 108 82 11.39% 271 37.64% EPP 182 181 …
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