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  Why Does So Much Intellectual Innovation in the US Tend to Come from the East or West Coasts ???

  by RubaDub in

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  there are many good universities in the central part of the us but why do so many innovative things, i.e.

  silicon valley, seem to happen on one side of the country or the other (california, new york, massachusetts to name a few)?

  even what is considered the most high tech area in the center of the country, austin texas, is a huge liberal bastion.

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  San Fran and NYC to name a few are becoming the shitholes of the country.

  Jimmy ...

  For some odd reason, employers want to pay people who live in what you term as "shitholes" more in a year than others would earn in 3, 4, 5 or more years in "non-shithole" places.

  If things are so "shitty" there, why are median home prices in Manhattan around $1,000,000 dollars and San Francisco about $1,300,000.

  Jimmy, yes they are cheap shitholes.

  Tell us about the median price of homes in your neighborhood. Come on, tell us.

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  Why Does So Much Intellectual Innovation in the US Tend to Come from the East or West Coasts ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many good universities in the central part of the us but why do so many innovative things, i.e.

  silicon valley, seem to happen on one side of the country or the other (california, new york, massachusetts to name a few)?

  even what is considered the most high tech area in the center of the country, austin texas, is a huge liberal bastion.

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  All of the smart people leave where they grew up and end up in the cities.

  hoser ...

  I'm sorry but I can't resist. I am trying, trying, really trying but .... here goes .... don't quote me, but ....

  Append this to your comment: "and the ones who remain vote for Trump"

  I'm a bad, bad man. I know it.

  Rub a Dub
  
  
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  Why Does So Much Intellectual Innovation in the US Tend to Come from the East or West Coasts ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many good universities in the central part of the us but why do so many innovative things, i.e.

  silicon valley, seem to happen on one side of the country or the other (california, new york, massachusetts to name a few)?

  even what is considered the most high tech area in the center of the country, austin texas, is a huge liberal bastion.

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  It’s harder to do business in a small town as there are issues with talent and supply chains.

  hoser ...

  Point well taken.

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  They Are Already Talking About Impeaching Trump Again!

  by minimus in

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  because he voiced his opinion on roger stone’s recommended sentencing as being grossly unfair, the democrats are talking about impeachment.. do they really think that impeaching him will mean that a democrat will get into the white house??.

  it is crazy!!

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  sides, if the popular vote was all that was necessary we'd have Hillary Clinton in the White House. Certainly you wouldn't want that.....no matter how much you hate The Orange One.

  JW_Researcher ...

  That's a tough question to answer. But in the end, I would take Hillary.

  I never thought I would say that, but for me, Trump is an embarrassment as a person.

  That question you asked is like getting an enema. Your two choices are either hot sauce or gravel.

  Rub a Dub
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  Why Does So Much Intellectual Innovation in the US Tend to Come from the East or West Coasts ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many good universities in the central part of the us but why do so many innovative things, i.e.

  silicon valley, seem to happen on one side of the country or the other (california, new york, massachusetts to name a few)?

  even what is considered the most high tech area in the center of the country, austin texas, is a huge liberal bastion.

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  What does.Liberal or conservative have to do with it?

  recovering ...

  Look at the map. The "coasts" tend to be liberal, that all I was saying.

  If I was planning on doing a high tech company or pharmaceutical start-up, I would likely not pick a State in flyover country. There are of course many exceptions.

  That's all.

  Rub a Dub
  
  
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  Why Does So Much Intellectual Innovation in the US Tend to Come from the East or West Coasts ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are many good universities in the central part of the us but why do so many innovative things, i.e.

  silicon valley, seem to happen on one side of the country or the other (california, new york, massachusetts to name a few)?

  even what is considered the most high tech area in the center of the country, austin texas, is a huge liberal bastion.

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  There are many good Universities in the central part of the US but why do so many innovative things, i.e. Silicon Valley, seem to happen on one side of the country or the other (California, New York, Massachusetts to name a few)? Even what is considered the most high tech area in the center of the country, Austin Texas, is a huge liberal bastion. Minnesota, with all of its medical research and technology tends to be liberal.

  Think of all of the innovations, especially technical and informational, that were conceived or inspired on schools on the "coasts."

  Why does "thinking outside the box" seem to develop on the "coasts" ?

  Rub a Dub
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  They Are Already Talking About Impeaching Trump Again!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  because he voiced his opinion on roger stone’s recommended sentencing as being grossly unfair, the democrats are talking about impeachment.. do they really think that impeaching him will mean that a democrat will get into the white house??.

  it is crazy!!

  !.

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  We have this thing in the US called the Electoral College. It dates back to the time when only land-owners could vote and giving sparsely populated States more rights.

  Having land (flyover States) counts more than what the overall population votes for is just a throwback to a different time.

  One's house with 50 acres in a rural State and two people count more than a city block with 250 people in a populated State when it comes to the Presidential election.

  It's just the way it works.

  Rub a Dub
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  How Many Here Remember Hearing Details from the Platform on Why a Person was Reproved or DF'd ???

  by RubaDub in

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  i just had this flashback when commenting on another thread about how they used to announce reproof or dfing from the platform.

  at least in our congregation, it was a dramatic event (this is what i can remember from back in the mid-late 60's or early 70's when i was a kid).. at the end of the service meeting, just before singing the final song, the brother would announce, "we have a letter that must be read.

  the "congregation servant" (my grandfather or later my father) would then slowly walk from the back of the kh to the platform.

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  As the Public Talk and WT study was considered a public meeting, Df'ing and other private congregation announcements were normally reserved for the weeknight Service Meeting

  Incognito ...

  Yes, I never recall a DF or Probation/Reproof announcement on a Sunday, only the mid-week (Thursday night meeting). Mentioning that someone was doing, as Simon said, "sheep-shagging", at the Sunday public meeting would have brought reproach on the organization.

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  How Many Here Remember Hearing Details from the Platform on Why a Person was Reproved or DF'd ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just had this flashback when commenting on another thread about how they used to announce reproof or dfing from the platform.

  at least in our congregation, it was a dramatic event (this is what i can remember from back in the mid-late 60's or early 70's when i was a kid).. at the end of the service meeting, just before singing the final song, the brother would announce, "we have a letter that must be read.

  the "congregation servant" (my grandfather or later my father) would then slowly walk from the back of the kh to the platform.

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  Everyone in the congregation eventually found out what the details were ...

  Pete ...

  Most people already knew before the official letters were read what was going to happen. Elders wives or more often, family members of the people involved simply talked about it.

  Regarding the "giant book bags have locks on them," I guess I was a bad teenager. I knew where my father kept the "good" stuff in his book bag and generally knew more about what was going on than most others in the congregation.

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  Can You Name ANYTHING That Jehovah’s Witnesses Have Been Right About?

  by minimus in

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  regarding prophecies, i can’t name one thing jws have been correct about.

  as a matter of fact nothing stands out to me that shows the witnesses have the truth..

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  There is the One Towel Rule at assemblies.

  It cuts down on pollution and reduces waste in landfills.

  Rub a Dub