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    5-4-24, 11:45am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    Will Zuccotti Park go down in history along with Valley Forge?
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    5-4-24, 11:20am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Why NOT to vote Republican in Simple Public Policy
    One wag said that Gov Noem’s dog is still biting her from beyond the grave.
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    5-4-24, 9:50am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    Is it? A small minority of students at a small minority of schools (plus the usual non-student hangers-on) have managed to inconvenience everyone...
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    5-3-24, 10:40am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    It’s interesting to juxtapose a country confronting an exterminationist culture with privileged students demanding that Sabra hummus be banned on...
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    5-3-24, 10:26am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Why NOT to vote Republican in Simple Public Policy
    Years ago, I was the Controller for a county government about 50 miles north of Madison, WI. One of the stormiest board meetings I ever attended was...
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    5-1-24, 10:57am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    I see the cops have cleared that building at Columbia the Hamas sympathizers broke into. They issued demands for global Intifada and free food, but...
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    5-1-24, 10:42am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    These seem to be sentiments they’ve honored more with words than deeds in recent years.
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    4-30-24, 4:08pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    Does the First Amendment apply to pitching a tent on private property? If you camp on my lawn and present me with a list of demands, I’d be setting...
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    4-30-24, 2:49pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    I think you may be right. Some people who see another four years of Trump as “An existential threat to our democracy” and Biden as “Complicit in...
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    4-30-24, 12:20pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    I started at U of Illinois in 1976, and participated in the AFROTC program there. There was a certain amount of jeering and sneering and threats...
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    4-30-24, 10:46am
    LDAHL started a thread Keffiyeh Kids in Simple Public Policy
    So at a couple of dozen campuses we are seeing an outbreak of “occupation” campouts. Maybe in the belief that university administrations are...
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    4-23-24, 3:28pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread Homeless Supreme Court case in Simple Public Policy
    I knew a guy who returned from an overseas deployment to find squatters in his house. It took something like five months to get rid of them.
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    4-23-24, 10:39am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Test in Simple Public Policy
    I can hear you now.
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    4-23-24, 10:37am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Homeless Supreme Court case in Simple Public Policy
    I think there is a spectrum of homelessness ranging from the totally feckless to people whipsawed by the housing market to privileged kids getting...
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    4-23-24, 9:30am
    LDAHL replied to a thread A Widening War in Simple Public Policy
    https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinese-money-american-universities-244bab09 It seems the Chinese have been the largest source of foreign money...
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    4-19-24, 12:32pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread A Widening War in Simple Public Policy
    I was thinking more class disruptions and antisemitic romps, but you’re right. The People’s Republic of China has also been pouring cash into US...
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    4-19-24, 12:07pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread A Widening War in Simple Public Policy
    I see that Israel ignored Biden’s advice to “take the win” and do nothing. The Iranians referred to the attackers as “infiltrators” rather than...
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    4-16-24, 11:33am
    LDAHL replied to a thread What are you watching 2024? in Reviews
    I see Berliner has been suspended without pay for not getting prior approval for “working outside the network”, and warned he will be fired if he...
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    4-15-24, 11:06pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread A Widening War in Simple Public Policy
    Happened all over the country. Coming as they did so soon after that mostly peaceful Iranian attack, you have to wonder who’s handling their...
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    4-15-24, 6:51pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread A Widening War in Simple Public Policy
    I see that after this weekend’s flagrant act of self-defense, outraged protesters decided to block traffic all over the US.
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    4-15-24, 10:22am
    LDAHL started a thread A Widening War in Simple Public Policy
    So the Iranians and their proxies launched over 300 missiles and drones at Israel from Iran, Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon. The great majority of them were...
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    4-14-24, 9:37am
    LDAHL replied to a thread What are you watching 2024? in Reviews
    I listen to “Honestly” a lot. You can see why they hounded her out of the New York Times.
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    4-12-24, 11:09am
    LDAHL replied to a thread OJ Simpson dead at 76 in Open Forum
    Yeah. I always loved that story. I can just picture Cochran performing in the Infernal Court of Appeals.
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    4-12-24, 10:55am
    LDAHL replied to a thread OJ Simpson dead at 76 in Open Forum
    As on pundit put it, “Johnnie Cochran’s greatest challenge looms”.
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    4-11-24, 12:36pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread Trans Days… in Simple Public Policy
    Speaking of fun with calendars, I see the Democrats have scheduled their national convention after the filing deadlines for Ohio and Alabama. They...
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    4-11-24, 10:51am
    LDAHL replied to a thread Trans Days… in Simple Public Policy
    It falls on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon. The solar calendar date bobs around a bit.
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    4-10-24, 2:54pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread What are you watching 2024? in Reviews
    I liked Bari Weiss’ line about NPR not considering all things anymore.
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    4-9-24, 3:12pm
    LDAHL replied to a thread What are you watching 2024? in Reviews
    Recently watched “The Incomparable Mr Buckley”, the latest installment in the PBS “American Masters” series on the life and career of William F...
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    4-4-24, 11:40am
    LDAHL started a thread Guardrails vs Guiderails in Open Forum
    I just read this story, and was wondering if it was true: Does Pennsylvania really use the term “guide rail” because a lawyer once convinced a jury...
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