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  If you are vaccinated you don’t have to wear a mask

  by minimus in

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  so president biden says..

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  @Wing: according to NIH studies, masking during the flu pandemic in 1914 had no effect. Correctly wearing N95 masks, perhaps helps, but surgical masks are not intended to stop particles from getting in your mouth and the majority of people does not have or knows how to wear N95.

  I agree with you on the majority of the vaccination points. However there are some that have reactions. I’ve been involved both as a subject and part of the team in mRNA vaccine studies for HIV. As a subject, I had 1 reaction out of the 10 shots I got during the 2 year study. There are various permanent issues though that may stem from vaccines, especially for females, given they are still experimental, perhaps waiting is a good idea.

  For me personally, relatively young and healthy, my risk at catching COVID and dying is nearly zero, by the time I get to be susceptible, the disease will be long gone. I have the same chance of serious illness and dying of COVID than getting the blood clots from the vaccine, so perhaps I shouldn’t take the chance. I probably also have natural immunity, I’ve had the flu in the last 2 years and working in a hospital and having kids that were exposed, I haven’t caught it by now, I will never catch it. If I do get symptoms I’d rather quarantine for 2 weeks and get natural immunity, I work from home anyway.

  If you are at risk, certainly get the Trump vaccines, they are great, they are a scientific miracle. But if you’re young and healthy and you can afford to wait, the Biden admin hasn’t shown much confidence in them either, I don’t blame you, everyone is responsible for their own decisions.
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  Ah, Jonah. 3 day air supply explained ?Whale sharks gulp down air to float vertically while feeding

  by waton in

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  here from new scientist magazine: .

  whale sharks gulp down air to float vertically while feeding.

  life 12 may 2021by christa lesté-lasserre.

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  At least according to the yellow my book of Bible stories I grew up with, they do take the Jonah thing quite literally. Even Jesus, who supposedly helped create all the animals according to JW lore, did reference the Jonah story as a fact.
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  400 Rockets Hit Israel

  by minimus in

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  israel retaliated and some are accusing israel of an “act of terrorism”.

  evidently these rockets are trying to get to tel aviv but the dome is getting overwhelmed.. i wonder if the usa and other nations will come to israel’s defense..

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  @joey: the latest evictions were the result of a 50 year lawsuit. During the 1960s, Arab settlers occupied the area, Israel kicked them out but the Arab settlers didn’t move out. A law was created where they could stay if they paid rent to the original owners, they haven’t paid rent so the court evicted them after 50 years of lawsuits and the Israeli government backpedaling and slow-walking decision to try and get peace.

  These evictions are just a pretext for violence. What really happened is that Mahmoud Abbas, terrorist and religious leader of Gaza and the PLO, who currently is 14 years into a 4 year term, was about to lose the election (which they haven’t had in a decade) to Hamas. Abbas cancelled the elections and blamed some random event and called for protests and the cutting off the heads of Jews in the street, which is when the riots started. Hamas, not about to be outdone by the PLO (says something when your political platforms revolve about who hates the Jews more) started firing rockets to garner political support.

  These are just 2 evil organizations, about 200 rockets fell in Gaza, they don’t care. More Muslims and foreigners died from the attacks than Jews, they don’t care. There is no moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas/PLO and to deny they have the right to defend their sovereign nation, is simply anti-semitism. If Mexico or Canada started firing rockets into the US, we’d be occupying Mexico City and Quebec in 5 minutes flat and nobody would blink an eye. But somehow, Israel has no right to do the same?

  They won legitimate wars over Jordan and Egypt and gave it all back and then some, if they were truly expansionist occupiers they’d still own land up until the Nile. the Gaza Strip is legitimately Israel’s since its founding, yet they allow a terrorist regime to exist in their own back yard. The stated goal of a Palestine State (an Islam state like ISIS which would be ruled by Iran), if it were to exist, is to eradicate all Jews (its in their founding documents).
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  Ah, Jonah. 3 day air supply explained ?Whale sharks gulp down air to float vertically while feeding

  by waton in

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  here from new scientist magazine: .

  whale sharks gulp down air to float vertically while feeding.

  life 12 may 2021by christa lesté-lasserre.

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  Whales can have huge mouths, but their throat is the size of a quarter. Their mouth/teeth filter out anything wider than a blade of grass.

  Whales do exist in the Mediterranean so the stories are based on folklore but not possible given their biology.
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  New African Statue in New York

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  a new african statue has been unveiled in new york.. .

  i'm sorry, but there must be africans looking at this and going 'what the hell is that?

  it looks like a f**king alien!

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  I’ve seen similar faces as a mask to keep evil away, the exaggerated features resemble central/East (deep) Africa.

  But the way this is used seems very inaccurate as if the artist had some idea about African culture but then completely missed the point and added a very western twist to it.

  Basically the artist saw “African art” in a local museum and thought that was how all African art was done, notwithstanding that the art he is attempting to imitate has nothing to do with slavery to the new world (West African and Arab slave traders wouldn’t cross half a continent through jungle and disease, they sold their own and nearby coastal population), he is imitating art from the wrong area of Africa.
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  7/16 OSB is selling for 60 bucks a sheet

  by mickbobcat in

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  so in my area osb is up to 60 a sheet.

  this is bsc insane.

  from 10 to 12 bucks a year ago.

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  Welcome to hyper inflation. Most people thought it would take Joe at least 2-3 years, he did it in 2-3 months. The best thing to do right now is spend your savings and borrow big.
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  If you are vaccinated you don’t have to wear a mask

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  so president biden says..

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  The CDC finally updates its guidance, but Biden is still double masking. Quite a message.
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  Chipotle says employees can make $100,000 after just 3 years on the job

  by Iamallcool in

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  https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/business/chipotle-wage-increase/index.html .

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  @GrreatTeacher: I have a 2-family ~3000 sq ft house with 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and an acre of land. I pay $1200 in mortgage + taxes.

  $2000/month? Minimum wage does not entitle you to a mansion or live in a penthouse apartment somewhere. Neither do you need to live downtown SF or NYC, move out to somewhere cheaper, there are currently 8M job openings in the US.

  The "sweet spot" where you make too much for help and not enough to live on is ~$44000. I've lived through the range of incomes, even then, my girlfriend got pregnant and we got $1200/month in food checks - for 2 people with a then-combined income of ~$100k - yeah, that was a LOT of food given out to family and friends.
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  400 Rockets Hit Israel

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  israel retaliated and some are accusing israel of an “act of terrorism”.

  evidently these rockets are trying to get to tel aviv but the dome is getting overwhelmed.. i wonder if the usa and other nations will come to israel’s defense..

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  @joey jojo: That is not at all true. The Temple Mount is controlled by the Palestinians, the most holy site for Jews and the third most holy site for Muslims. If this were a religious conflict, don't you think the Israeli government would've just occupied all the holy places which Hamas is currently using as a platform to attack Israel?

  Israel is a very moderated relatively non-religious state, Arabs are in the high courts, in the government in Israel, how many Jews are in positions of government in Iran or Gaza?

  Israel did not displace Arabs, the other way around happened in the early 20th century and later wars, Iran and Jordan tried to populate the area after Israel changed desert into fertile ground. Israel won all those wars, they have the right to the land, but gave it up to Arab immigrants anyway, who in turn burned the greenhouses and farms to the ground and continue to complain. You are free to live in Israel as an Arab, there is no religious suppression there, but the Iranians want to turn it into a Muslim state.

  Off course Amnesty International, the UN and a left-wing US government have always supported anti-semitism, but you have to realize, if the Muslims got their way, the Jews would be no more. Giving them a finger doesn't work, they're a lot like JW's in that way.
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  Chipotle says employees can make $100,000 after just 3 years on the job

  by Iamallcool in

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  https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/business/chipotle-wage-increase/index.html .

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  @GreatTeacher:

  What are you buying to not have $15/h be enough? $15 at a regular 9-5 full-time job is $30,000/y in straight cash (as those wages enjoy negative tax rates) and with government subsidies roughly a $3000/month net income.

  Rent: $500-700 (~1/2 of that paid for by government)

  Car payment: $200-300 (I've paid that amount for a luxury sedan and a mid-size suv)

  Insurance: $0 (paid for by government)

  Health care: $0 (paid for by government)

  Cell phone plan: $0 (paid for by government)

  Public transportation: $0 (paid for by government)

  Food: $500/month ($500 paid for by government)