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I completely oppose US war in Syria

Adumbrator — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 02:05:00 +0000

It could not be any more clear that this.

why I don't join AARP

Adumbrator — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 01:06:00 +0000

Every so often I get another mailing from the AARP, enclosing a cheap cardboard card they want to entice my signing up, but this outcome is exceedingly unlikely.

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two takes on housing

Adumbrator — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 17:24:00 +0000

Heidi Groover at The Stranger lays in to what looks like increasingly expensive real estate in Seattle ("To afford a one-bedroom apartment in Seattle ..."), sourced largely from a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, making the…

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I oppose a Seattle soda tax, also

Adumbrator — Tue, 09 May 2017 03:27:00 +0000

If the unions who oppose this tax want some arguments in opposition, I suggest they refer to coverage of exeprience with such taxes in other communities (Philidelphia, for example)

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I oppose a Seattle income tax

Adumbrator — Mon, 08 May 2017 02:50:00 +0000

Sure, I oppose an income tax for Seattle, and hope it goes down in flames (Seattle Times reporting: "... A Rotten Tax System ...", "... mayor proposes income tax...", "... how did we get here ..."). Hell, I oppose one for the United States, generally,…

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housing supply and demand

Adumbrator — Sat, 06 May 2017 17:24:00 +0000

Dan Savage may have a angry way of saying it, but the implication is correct - zoning limits decrease the availability of housing to levels lower than the community would choose if left to their own devices.

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service to society

Adumbrator — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 01:50:00 +0000

Among his many accomplishments, Hood invented, commercialized, and developed multiple chemical tools that address biological complexity, including the automated DNA sequencer which spearheaded the Human Genome Project.

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Legal Tender and ISIS

Adumbrator — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 04:15:00 +0000

... the ISIS currency is coinage made from Gold, Silver and Copper; the trick of the matter is that ISIS now compels jewelers to purchase these coins, which must then be purchased by other people for them to pay the ISIS taxes ...

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