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Reason First: Discrimination Now!
COVID-19, for the most part is taking out the elderly. Why are our political leaders not discussing this? Children can contract the virus and give it to their grandparents one might say. So, isolation of the silver-haired citizens should be the next move. But this is to protect them, not to exclude and disrespect their freedom of movement. The housing could be made by force since we pay into Social Security. However, the private actions of generally rational adults will be more than happy to be away from their family for a few days, weeks, months until all are well again.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
The Coronavirus Crisis Is the Wake-up America Was Due For
America has been relying on imprudent economic, domestic, and foreign policy for decades. We’re facing the harsh consequences of those mistakes now. Most of the issues facing the country could have been prevented or mitigated. Instead, politicians have ignored and exasperated the problems by kicking them down the road for future leaders. Many of our leaders are more concerned about their political future than that of the country.
By Gregory Alan6 years ago in The Swamp
Media On Anarchists: They’re Like Donald Trump and ISIS Rolled Into One(?)
[Originally written on October 17, 2016, though I've added new statements here and there.] Part One Anarchism is in the news once again. As usual, it is being drastically misrepresented. A good example is an article by The American Conservative, which actually compares historical anarchists with ISIS. Predictably, it starts by claiming that, “Today, revolutionary anarchists seem archaic, almost quaint. But for around 50 years, from the 1880s to the 1930s, anarchists carried out terror …”
By Wade Wainio6 years ago in The Swamp
It Has Begun
...Of the end. What's a man to do? It is almost inconceivable for a military campaign to be successful without peace of mind. Also, it is infeasible for a fighting force to have peace of mind without a relatively firm confidence that the home front is secure and being carefully watched over.
By Nefarious Darrius6 years ago in The Swamp
America the Greatest: How this nation is the most virtuous country in human history
Take a walk down any street in America. See the weeds growing up from abandoned factories. The twisting green shoots that speckle the landscape of the country. Focus on the noose hanging from the tree. Look at the rats and roaches in the apartments. Notice the homeless people in tents and the camps at the border. Peer at the mass shootings and the drug deals gone bad. Smell the meth labs emitting noxious fumes. Hear the opioid capsules spill and bottles sprawled out on the floor next to a lifeless body. Taste the smoke from the car wreck from an alcoholic that claims the lives of everyone but the drunkard. Peep the cyber hackers preparing to unsettle the fabric of the Internet. Feast your mind’s eye on the politicians who sneer and snicker and bicker at each other.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Populism should not exploit Coronavirus crisis
In the financial crisis of 2008–09, stock markets, international trade and economic growth fell by more significant margins than in the similar period of the 1929–33 Great Depression. As in the 1930s, politicians placed aside differences, coordinating national policies to save the global economy.
By Anton Black6 years ago in The Swamp
Is Biden a Stand-In for His Vice- Presidential Nominee?
The Biden campaign experienced one of the greatest political comebacks in history. He lost the first three states in the Democratic primary contest and then won South Carolina and continued his momentum through Super Tuesday. Every Democrat except Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard dropped out and threw their support to Biden before the Super Tuesday vote. The timing couldn’t have been worse for Sanders and better for Biden.
By Gregory Alan6 years ago in The Swamp
Green Building adaptability will sink the demands of natural resources and ease in urban governance
The worldwide urban sustainability by residents has led to growing demands for green buildings, Property care and sustainable livelihood. In response, many developed countries on the globe took the leading role in green or sustainable building construction and practices by supportive policies and financial support, but country like India is in its starting stage in adapting market, educating citizens and policies to encourage more green building developments. Indian cities are scattering the crisis of civilians with escalating urban population, which is destroying the attraction of historical cities in the states of India. Hyderabad, which is served last 400 years under different regime, is clutching the citizens with its heat-island actions on cool zone of Deccan plateau. This paper is intentional to expose the necessity of green buildings to defeat high expenditure crisis with deprived natural resources for sustainable developments in India. Also, elaborates required actions to control the stress on natural resources like water, energy (energy efficiency), radiation (Temperatures)... under the limits of urban municipalities with proper mechanical attention. It also delivers the required road map for preparing potential government policies and institutional governance to save money of million pockets.
By Abdul Majeed Mohammed6 years ago in The Swamp
