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Participant“A society is ultimately judged by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members.”
“‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'” Jesus in Matthew 25:40
The morality of universal healthcare sadly fell to the wayside early in the debate. To me, it is clearly the right and just thing to do. The United States lags behind the developed world in many ways, and hopefully we will close the gap further.
Participant“A society is ultimately judged by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members.”
“‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'” Jesus in Matthew 25:40
The morality of universal healthcare sadly fell to the wayside early in the debate. To me, it is clearly the right and just thing to do. The United States lags behind the developed world in many ways, and hopefully we will close the gap further.
ParticipantWhat 2010 depression?
The 2009 RECESSION has ended/is coming to a close. It was a pretty bad one as far as recessions go, but did not qualify as a depression.
ParticipantWhat 2010 depression?
The 2009 RECESSION has ended/is coming to a close. It was a pretty bad one as far as recessions go, but did not qualify as a depression.
ParticipantWhat 2010 depression?
The 2009 RECESSION has ended/is coming to a close. It was a pretty bad one as far as recessions go, but did not qualify as a depression.
ParticipantWhat 2010 depression?
The 2009 RECESSION has ended/is coming to a close. It was a pretty bad one as far as recessions go, but did not qualify as a depression.
ParticipantWhat 2010 depression?
The 2009 RECESSION has ended/is coming to a close. It was a pretty bad one as far as recessions go, but did not qualify as a depression.
ParticipantI don’t have time or drive to look up all the statistics right now, but I know that in general when men and women both work full time, women typically still bear more than half the housework and childrearing duties.
Anecdotally, part of this is just that women have a lower filth tolerance than men, and also feel a stronger sense of shame when people come over and the home isn’t spotless. As a child I would laugh as my mother would throw piles of unsorted mail and unread newspapers into various bedrooms in anticipation of company. Now when my girlfriend freaks out that the floors aren’t freshly swept when one of her best friends comes over, it sort of concerns me, especially when things get lost in panicked cleaning. Obviously there shouldn’t be 3-day old coffee cups sitting on the end table and slightly moldy bread crusts on old plates, but does anyone really judge you for having two days of unsorted mail and a book or two on the coffee table?
Women also have a better sense of smell than men. My girlfriend routinely will complain “it smells in here” about the kitchen. I’ll take a good, long whiff… and smell nothing. If it’s the garbage disposal or trash I often have to stick my nose deep inside to get the same experience she gets from the front door.
Of course, I’ve learned to focus my chores on things that *do* matter to me so that she can do the more nitpicky stuff. She probably still does more than I do, but we’re pretty close to equality.
ParticipantI don’t have time or drive to look up all the statistics right now, but I know that in general when men and women both work full time, women typically still bear more than half the housework and childrearing duties.
Anecdotally, part of this is just that women have a lower filth tolerance than men, and also feel a stronger sense of shame when people come over and the home isn’t spotless. As a child I would laugh as my mother would throw piles of unsorted mail and unread newspapers into various bedrooms in anticipation of company. Now when my girlfriend freaks out that the floors aren’t freshly swept when one of her best friends comes over, it sort of concerns me, especially when things get lost in panicked cleaning. Obviously there shouldn’t be 3-day old coffee cups sitting on the end table and slightly moldy bread crusts on old plates, but does anyone really judge you for having two days of unsorted mail and a book or two on the coffee table?
Women also have a better sense of smell than men. My girlfriend routinely will complain “it smells in here” about the kitchen. I’ll take a good, long whiff… and smell nothing. If it’s the garbage disposal or trash I often have to stick my nose deep inside to get the same experience she gets from the front door.
Of course, I’ve learned to focus my chores on things that *do* matter to me so that she can do the more nitpicky stuff. She probably still does more than I do, but we’re pretty close to equality.
ParticipantI don’t have time or drive to look up all the statistics right now, but I know that in general when men and women both work full time, women typically still bear more than half the housework and childrearing duties.
Anecdotally, part of this is just that women have a lower filth tolerance than men, and also feel a stronger sense of shame when people come over and the home isn’t spotless. As a child I would laugh as my mother would throw piles of unsorted mail and unread newspapers into various bedrooms in anticipation of company. Now when my girlfriend freaks out that the floors aren’t freshly swept when one of her best friends comes over, it sort of concerns me, especially when things get lost in panicked cleaning. Obviously there shouldn’t be 3-day old coffee cups sitting on the end table and slightly moldy bread crusts on old plates, but does anyone really judge you for having two days of unsorted mail and a book or two on the coffee table?
Women also have a better sense of smell than men. My girlfriend routinely will complain “it smells in here” about the kitchen. I’ll take a good, long whiff… and smell nothing. If it’s the garbage disposal or trash I often have to stick my nose deep inside to get the same experience she gets from the front door.
Of course, I’ve learned to focus my chores on things that *do* matter to me so that she can do the more nitpicky stuff. She probably still does more than I do, but we’re pretty close to equality.
ParticipantI don’t have time or drive to look up all the statistics right now, but I know that in general when men and women both work full time, women typically still bear more than half the housework and childrearing duties.
Anecdotally, part of this is just that women have a lower filth tolerance than men, and also feel a stronger sense of shame when people come over and the home isn’t spotless. As a child I would laugh as my mother would throw piles of unsorted mail and unread newspapers into various bedrooms in anticipation of company. Now when my girlfriend freaks out that the floors aren’t freshly swept when one of her best friends comes over, it sort of concerns me, especially when things get lost in panicked cleaning. Obviously there shouldn’t be 3-day old coffee cups sitting on the end table and slightly moldy bread crusts on old plates, but does anyone really judge you for having two days of unsorted mail and a book or two on the coffee table?
Women also have a better sense of smell than men. My girlfriend routinely will complain “it smells in here” about the kitchen. I’ll take a good, long whiff… and smell nothing. If it’s the garbage disposal or trash I often have to stick my nose deep inside to get the same experience she gets from the front door.
Of course, I’ve learned to focus my chores on things that *do* matter to me so that she can do the more nitpicky stuff. She probably still does more than I do, but we’re pretty close to equality.
ParticipantI don’t have time or drive to look up all the statistics right now, but I know that in general when men and women both work full time, women typically still bear more than half the housework and childrearing duties.
Anecdotally, part of this is just that women have a lower filth tolerance than men, and also feel a stronger sense of shame when people come over and the home isn’t spotless. As a child I would laugh as my mother would throw piles of unsorted mail and unread newspapers into various bedrooms in anticipation of company. Now when my girlfriend freaks out that the floors aren’t freshly swept when one of her best friends comes over, it sort of concerns me, especially when things get lost in panicked cleaning. Obviously there shouldn’t be 3-day old coffee cups sitting on the end table and slightly moldy bread crusts on old plates, but does anyone really judge you for having two days of unsorted mail and a book or two on the coffee table?
Women also have a better sense of smell than men. My girlfriend routinely will complain “it smells in here” about the kitchen. I’ll take a good, long whiff… and smell nothing. If it’s the garbage disposal or trash I often have to stick my nose deep inside to get the same experience she gets from the front door.
Of course, I’ve learned to focus my chores on things that *do* matter to me so that she can do the more nitpicky stuff. She probably still does more than I do, but we’re pretty close to equality.
ParticipantLooking at Rich’s Finance and Investing articles on the right, at the end of October 2008 he argued the market was priced for good returns.
He was probably right on valuations, but there was still a lot of anxiety, especially as terrible holiday retail numbers came in. Still, if you bought then and held through the huge February dip (or doubled down!) you made a pretty nice 15% or so annual profit.
Rich’s article on the right suggests stocks are overvalued right now. That doesn’t necessarily mean sell, sell, sell right this minute, but I’d be hesitant to buy into the general market: as always there probably are specific bargains to be had for those more savvy and in touch with the economy than myself.
ParticipantLooking at Rich’s Finance and Investing articles on the right, at the end of October 2008 he argued the market was priced for good returns.
He was probably right on valuations, but there was still a lot of anxiety, especially as terrible holiday retail numbers came in. Still, if you bought then and held through the huge February dip (or doubled down!) you made a pretty nice 15% or so annual profit.
Rich’s article on the right suggests stocks are overvalued right now. That doesn’t necessarily mean sell, sell, sell right this minute, but I’d be hesitant to buy into the general market: as always there probably are specific bargains to be had for those more savvy and in touch with the economy than myself.
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