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May. 13, 2015 9:02 am

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mathboy 11 years 14 weeks ago

#1

It drives me nuts when a Republican says the reason someone got into college was Affirmative Action. AA just gives a bonus in a rating system. At worst, a prospective student has to be close to qualifying without it.

It's a common human failing to think qualitatively rather than quantitatively. We all need to guard against that instinct. In this case, Ann Coulter believes that everyone that benefits from AA to get into college is nowhere near qualifying without it (you're either good enough or not good enough--period--in her mind).

mathboy 11 years 14 weeks ago

#2

The federal government owns so much of Nevada because it owned that land (in consequence of the Mexican cession of 1848) before NV was made a state and so little of the land has been sold since, mainly because so little of it is livable. Additionally, the pastures like that used by Cliven Bundy are shared areas, so privatizing them is not workable.

DFMM 11 years 14 weeks ago

#3

Sheriff Mack;

I wonder if prior to needing financial help himself; whether Sheriff Mack would have considered gofundme to be panhandling and not exercising personal responsibility?

Dan, San Diego

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