This is a long standing joke - what do you call someone who believes in Satan?
A Christian.
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The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants
Not going to lie, my first thought was to wonder whether and how they controlled for this.
But I took a step back and reminded myself that REDLINING HAPPENED. Well into the modern day. It was only outlawed in 1968, and there's evidence that banks continued to do it through the 70s.
It's absolutely no surprise that there are still disparities, and I would be further unsurprised to find out that the deciding factor was zip code.
If you're reading my comment and you didn't click expand on the one above...go back and do so. It gets better and better.
There was just a story about starlink slowing down as more customers joined the network.
Seems like a good call. The option is nice for rural areas, but it's a stopgap measure at best while those areas wait for the slow rollout of fiber.
These folks won't witness it either. Not with that eye anyway.
This was a large part of the discussion in Europe at the end of WW2.
Germany wasn't the only country trying to decide an answer to "the Jewish question." Some advocates may have had good intentions, but many just didn't want to open their borders to Jewish refugees, and the idea of Israel was a convenient way for them to wash their hands of it.
Many governmental entities will not contract with companies that "boycott Israel."
This, of course, is poorly defined. And is being litigated in Michigan, I believe.
But the argument from regressive AGs is that boycott is not speech - it's action, and therefore they are permitted to enforce a ban on that action.
Pretty shit tier argument, and one that will probably bite them in the ass if there's any chance of consistency from the supreme court (slim chance.)
The hypocrisy is the point.
It's not the best, nor is it the only. It's one aspect across the entirety of human enterprise, and unlike an individual person, countries and societies are able to implement multiple initiatives at once.
I went on a trip to a native American historical site, and the tour guide told us about a family that came and the parents watched and egged on the kids while they used rocks to mark up the walls.
The person who responded to you isn't saying that this gondola is historical, rather that the attitude doesn't stay only in that boat.
The same people standing in the boat to take a selfie are also doing stupid shit around irreplaceable history.
You can willfully ignore the connection between these things. All things, really. But if the world seems confusing to you, this is why.
Look at the actual list of "most dangerous jobs."
Police are nowhere near the top 10.
There's a great book on the subject of food fraud called Sorting the Beef from the Bull.
It's insane what people will sell as food.