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DDD Dad

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  1. Seems to me we shouldn't be building or supporting a system that excels at the extreme margins rather provides better outcomes more efficiently to the vast majority of the public.
  2. Avatar checks out. Also,
  3. Sam Darnold's hitting that. (Or at least was)
  4. Went to Goodwin's for DDD's birthday earlier this year. Food was excellent albeit pricey and was a lot of fun. Ended up in the speakeasy bar in the back after dinner for cocktails and dessert.
  5. DDD Dad replied to C-Man's topic in Dallas
    Only been to HH once, for lunch. Was not impressed and thought the pricing was outrageous. But, it seems like it's always packed so what do I know?
  6. I lived in Palm Court back in the 80’s so…close to home.
  7. I know Brian Griese, so, you know, this hits close to home.
  8. As Anglophiles, @Ghost of LL and I prefer "Happy Christmas."
  9. Not true. We've all seen the nudes you post.
  10. Some of us socialize with those whose faiths differ from ours. I'm Episcopalian. However, half of my family is Jewish, as are several of my close friends and colleagues. Imposing "Merry Christmas" on someone who I know to be of another faith is not being evangelical. It is being rude and insensitive, and it reflects a view their faith is not worthy of recognition. But that's just me.
  11. CBD sublingual drops can help with focus too. However, I once made the mistake of playing after using some I'd bought on a trip to Bandon that had THC. By the fifth hole I had such an internal monologue going I couldn't stand over a putt without telling myself to shut up.
  12. Yeah, if you listen to the interview he goes over that as well as the SCOTUS decisions eroding separation of church and state.
  13. The interview is worth a listen. I don't suspect there's anything in it you didn't already know or suspect, but hearing confirmation from someone who's devoted decades to researching the whole thing was quite interesting. Also, he started out as a proponent for vouchers, but over time seeing the results (and then the subsequent bastardization of the process through expansion of programs to support more and more private schools) led him to become a vocal opponent. From a promotion for a recent talk he gave at Princeton:
  14. I happened to catch a little bit of Kris Boyd's "Think" last night on NPR: The politics of school vouchers Despite hard evidence that they [don't] work, school voucher programs are still gaining steam. Josh Cowen, professor of education policy at Michigan State University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why "school choice" is such a hot-button issue, the influential people behind its growth, and why this push is signaling distrust of public schools. His book is "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers." One of the takeaways from his research was that there is a direct correlation between spending and improvement of outcomes with public education (from test score performance to later life successes, health, and reduced crime); whereas while school voucher "competition" does have a history of marginal improvement, if the money diverted to vouchers was instead directly investedto the schools it would increase the improvement exponentially. Available to listen here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/478859728/think (December 2 episode)
  15. Indeed. I do think they've done a good job of adapting the original story to a more current timeline, but the story line with the MI6 agent's husband seems completely unnecessary. I'm only through episode 5 so far, but enjoying the ride.
  16. Because they have to tell you, right?
  17. Team Mrs. Jackal.
  18. Sleepy Joe just freed up Trumpco and Congress to MAGA. No need to waste the next 4 years prosecuting Hunter.
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