Polls: Society & Politics

it doesn't have to be the case 100% of the time and it doesn't have to be based on what is considered tall globally. a 5'8 guy is tall in Guatemala. so I'm not asking your opinion on whether or not guys under 6' are illogical. I'm asking if there is a higher degree of logic in tall men in your experience. I do know women rate tall men are more intelligent than average even though IQ is the same. which is another thing to clarify, someone who is relatively stupid can actually be more logically oriented than someone who is highly emotional and smart. Einstein famously believed playing violin cultivated a healthy balance of emotionality and logic

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This option would only be available for trial convictions, not plea bargains or bench trials.

As it's "public justice" should it be monetized by the government as PPV or free to all so it's PSA deterent?

Should the convicted person be allowed reduced corporal punishment if they agree to be physically punished by their victim or victim's family?

So what do I mean by this. I mean any law in your country or society being passed will never be broken or even any cultural norm. So it doesn't' even have to be a law. Like lets say for example a cultural norm is to not date your cousin, but even if you have one person break that rule then you don't have that microform of utopia anymore.

Private insurers often require a cumbersome review process that frequently results in the denial or delay of essential treatments that are readily covered by traditional Medicare. The new model relies on an additional set of private companies for traditional Medicare that have a very clear incentive to deny care.

Private plans under Medicare Advantage have become increasingly popular, with a little more than half of older Americans and people with disabilities eligible for the program and some 34 million enrolled. But many are willing to forgo some of the additional benefits the private plans offer, like dental checkups and gym memberships, to avoid having to jump through numerous administrative hoops to get care.

How insurers make their decisions remains opaque. A spokesman for Health and Human Services, which oversees the Medicare agency, declined to identify which companies had submitted applications for the contract.

People enrolled in traditional Medicare who live in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington State will be included in the pilot experiment, which is expected to start in January and last for six years.

The fair-minded, tolerant, and inclusive staff at Vanity Fair has threatened to walk off the job if the editor puts Melania Trump on the cover of the magazine. I'm sure this has nothing to do with politics. They may just think that Melania isn't as pretty as Michelle Obama. What will you do if this happens?

Today I met my sister at the beach. She's 51, and I'm 45. We had a fun day walking the trails, swimming, and at one point we got on some public swings and acted like we were kids again. It was fun. Some people looked at us funny and laughed. What would you think if you saw some adults on the swings?

Yes? No? Maybe?

"Intel has been on the ropes after it missed several waves of innovation, including the smartphone and artificial intelligence revolutions"

No, they didn't "give us"... we bought it for $9 billion.

The Department of Homeland Security is now barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis of updated guidelines and interviews with Federal Emergency Management Agency employees.

Some members of the national volunteer disaster group network also questioned whether the new requirements are constitutional and point out that they seem to violate some local and state laws that prevent asking about a person’s immigration status.

By accepting the federal grants and awards, the new documents state, volunteer organizations that help after disasters must agree to not “operate any program that benefits illegal immigrants or incentivizes illegal immigration.”

That could put groups that provide food, housing, mental health support and other assistance in disaster-stricken states in the position of having to verify aid recipients legal status before providing assistance, experts said.

They are also barred from “harboring, concealing, or shielding from detection illegal aliens;” have to agree to “provide access to detainees, such as when an immigration officer seeks to interview a person who might be a removable alien;” and not leak or publicize an enforcement operation.

Several members raised concerns that federal contracts cannot make nonprofits violate local laws that protect people’s privacy. The bulk of disaster-volunteer groups that work with the federal government are also faith-based organizations, which some groups said could create constitutional concerns.

"First, the federal government has never attempted to tell the nonprofit sector who we can and cannot serve. Further, as a faith-based organization we have the right to determine who we serve.”

WWJD?

Pros of a monarchy.

● No social and political division.

● Government works much more efficiently and is more stable.

● Conditions of the country will be more secure and far less crime.

● Government will have the best available public officials holding important positions throughout the country.

Cons:

● Unfair treatment of others and political power can be abused (but totally depends on the king in authority.)

● Some freedoms most likely will be gone i. e. no publically criticizing the royal family or disrespecting social officials like police officers among others freedoms like gay parades, porn abortions etc.

Pros of a democracy.

● The general public gets to elect politicians that represent their own interests whether good or bad.

● Every few years the populous can ask for change of their representatives.

● Far more freedoms whether good or bad.

Cons:

● Causes social and political division.

● Giving the people the power to vote who don't understand how government nor how the economy, energy, security etc works in depth causes voting in the wrong people into positions of power.

● Government operates and government agendas are slow and work far less efficient.

Stunningly, math teachers have technically been banned from using them when teaching probability in many districts. Yes there is the potential for gambling but JFC life IS risk analysis and card games of all stripes are VERY useful for that purpose. I just don't understand USA American "education" sometimes.