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    Governor Ron DeSantis Announces the “Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act” On September 21, 2020, in News Re

    Writing as a person looking in from the outside (not as a "liberal" or "conservative")- These laws seem to be quite reasonable, and should apply across the board; any less is stupid.
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    "Socialism", by any other name...

    Thanks for sharing. To be fair though, these are below Government guideline levels. In South Africa, entire communities near mines have levels hundereds of times above Government guidelines
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    "Socialism", by any other name...

    From what I've read, Canada seems to have got it right with the rehabilitation of the oil sands. But that requires effective AND efficient regulation. But hell, how dare they protect my children's children's children's future - Bloody commies!!! next they'll be after my guns and my way of life.
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    "Socialism", by any other name...

    Not to mention destruction of the water supply. In South Africa, we have a massive problem with acid mine water. Where water seeps into abandoned mines, mixes with chemicals left behind from the mining process and leeches into the environment. There are areas that are totally uninhabitable due...
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    SCOTUS replacement for RBG

    My 2c piece - from the outside. I would like to think that the point of a court is to resolve disputes in a fair and unbiased manner. Not leaning to the left or to the right. The laws as they are written. The laws may be faulty but that is no fault of the judiciary. Any person that allows their...
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    Climate Change Anyone?

    In the whole debate over CO2, people are forgetting one undeniable fact. Burning fossil fuel releases toxic gases. That's bad for people and bad for the environment.
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    Responding to crazy...

    A view from afar: I am from South Africa; we have had and still have a much more divided society than the US. First. Yes all lives matter, but institutional racism exists. As a non-white, I see it regularly everywhere. During my internship days (working at a multi-national), I was stripped of a...
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    Climate Change Anyone?

    Hello all. Firstly, I am new to NTT - found you from THR. Have to say this is the two best forums on the planet. How is looking after the environment and climate change mutually exclusive? If you focus on the environment, remove litter, stop pollution of all forms etc. you will automatically...
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