Re: [FRIAM] Which States Are Givers and Which Are Takers? - The Atlantic

New Mexico has three Air Force bases, two national labs, nuclear waste storage, and a pretty low income population. Forty percent of the State is on Medicaid and a lot of people pay little or nothing in Federal income taxes. Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Jan 29, 2017 6:23 PM, "Marcus

Re: [FRIAM] Which States Are Givers and Which Are Takers? - The Atlantic

2014 gross state products. California: $2.31 Trillion (#1) [Giver] Texas: $1.65 Trillion (#2) [Taker] New York: $1.40 Trillion (#3) [Giver] Kansas gross state product: $147 billion (# 31) [Giver] http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-gross-state-product/?currentTimeframe=0 From:

[FRIAM] Which States Are Givers and Which Are Takers? - The Atlantic

This article has a lot of the data we are looking for. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers- and-which-are-takers/361668/ The correlation with "proportion votes for Hillary" is strong. Remarkably, KS is a donor state. Who would have thunk it.

Re: [FRIAM] Trump's wall is a wimp.

Gillian writes: "@Eric yeah see I was thinking that we have a wall of teleporters or those tubes from Ringworld. where you can go around the a planet. Have one that goes to Canada or Germanyy. (for example)" Up on stacks of cinder blocks or something, to form the walls. Lots of jobs

Re: [FRIAM] Trump's wall is a wimp.

@Eric yeah see I was thinking that we have a wall of teleporters or those tubes from Ringworld. where you can go around the a planet. Have one that goes to Canada or Germanyy. (for example) On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > We could make it like a kind

Re: [FRIAM] Trump's wall is a wimp.

We could make it like a kind of habitrail! Big above-ground people-pipelines to give people in the west-coast corridor access to Canada and Mexico, and to connect the various metropolises. > On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:54 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > Owen, > > First the

Re: [FRIAM] [SPAM] Re: [[Narcissism Again]again]

Yes, Eric, good points to modify the claim, It returns the discussion to the acts one does or does not want to commit, rather than to defense of an icon-group against an enemy-group that both, at this stage, have been bleached of much of the complexity of real people and are more cartoon than

[FRIAM] And now for something different

and gloriusly amusing: Politics today is a kind of like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8 1.

Re: [FRIAM] Trump's wall is a wimp.

Yes but the question is will it be a Fire Wall ore IceWall or BeerWall. And will it actually be a wall? Or are we thinking about going StarTrek on this and making it just a inivisible block? Also Dad didn't you say you're stressed? Speaking as arguably the worlds leading authority on General

Re: [FRIAM] Trump's wall is a wimp.

Owen, First the Mexico wall. Then a wall to guard the good Americans from Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada. Third a wall to isolate us from Canada. Fourth, a wall to isolate New England.So far that’s in the ballpark of 7K. Then add in walls to isolate Colorado, New Mexico,

[FRIAM] Trump's wall is a wimp.

Weighing in at around 2K miles, it is so wimpy .. compared to China's *13K mile* wall. And it's even pretty and a tourist attraction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China Maybe he could get Disney to pay for it, with Hollywood pitching in for movie rights! So many things about

[FRIAM] California Could Cut Off Feds In Response To Trump Threats!

Ah, CA, already planning on how to deal with trump: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/01/27/california-could-cut-off-feds-in-response-to-trump-threats/ Here's the idea: SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The state of California is studying ways to suspend financial transfers to Washington after the

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

Pamela: “But I don’t know if productivity of those 24/7 workers has been measured in a sound, qualitative way.” There is a certain euphoria in momentum even if it means long hours, especially if it is a task that is self-directed. Stopping hurts more than it helps. Days, weeks, months can

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

Hi, Steve, In the end, as always, we seem to agree. I don't think of it as hand-wringing. Hand wringing is what liberals do. (};-/) I think of it as nudging.. Uh, noodging? What IS that word? Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

I was thinking of people that, in other `real world’ settings are just checking on their smartphone what their friends or aspirational friends are up to on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, and commenting in trivial ways. Another thing I see a lot is lurker Schadenfreude type reading making fun

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

> On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:11 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > Pamela writes: > > “Turkle suggests all kinds of times out from technology—dinner time, before > bed, that sort of thing.” > > There’s conflict that is created between those people that use electronic >

Re: [FRIAM] [SPAM] Re: [[Narcissism Again]again]

Steve, I love these biographical bits. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is the value of a thousand word, word-picture!? A million words? Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

Is the FRIAM list social media? Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Jan 29, 2017 10:11 AM, "Marcus Daniels" wrote: > *Pamela writes:* > > > > *“*Turkle suggests all kinds of times out from technology—dinner time, > before bed, that sort of thing.” > > > > There’s

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

Pamela writes: “Turkle suggests all kinds of times out from technology—dinner time, before bed, that sort of thing.” There’s conflict that is created between those people that use electronic communication non-stop for their work vs. those that don’t want to. The former are essentially

Re: [FRIAM] [SPAM] Re: [[Narcissism Again]again]

Eric - I appreciate your point here. I think the problem in *all* of our "culture wars" is not that one side is evil and the other must fight and defeat them, but that there is a schism in "Ways of Knowing" which, while unresolved, will lead to a schism in "Knowing" itself. I was raised

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

> On Jan 29, 2017, at 12:14 AM, Nick Thompson > wrote: > > So we’re stuck, right, Pamela? There’s nothing we can do? Just sit and take > it? > > Nick Oh no. Partly it’s self-correcting. Sherry Turkle (Reclaiming Conversation, and also a new Kindle single

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

Nick- Steve, For me, there are only two questions I want you to ask yourself: Is the Trump administration /likely to do/ things that will irrevocably decrease the quality of life of people you care about? yes (How widely you cast that net is your business.) It is ultimately my

Re: [FRIAM] [[Narcissism Again]again]

I see you’re mostly agreeing with me, Steve, especially about the a-historic nature of much of the computer world, but as an early member of the WELL (and still there in good standing), I can tell you that it wouldn’t have existed without the ARPANet decades before it. Who would have stuck out