Crystal Huang
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BreakingNews!!!!
After the long 21 hours of filibuster of the rep. freshman Senator Cruz, the Senate voted 54-44 to amend the House's spending bill by stripping out language defunding Obamacare. The bill now funds the government at a $986 billion annual level through Nov. 15. The Senate will now vote on final passage of the bill.
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Crystal Huang Some get mad, while some are happy... Where do I stand - cannot tell at this moment!
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Crystal Huang 98 voted, 2 abstained. What about the 60?
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William Jennings Not a filibuster a rant, a loooooooooooong rant.
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Crystal Huang A follow-up: the two absentees are : Republican senators, Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and Orrin G. Hatch (Utah) - Interesting!!
After the long 21 hours of filibuster of the rep. freshman Senator Cruz, the Senate voted 54-44 to amend the House's spending bill by stripping out language defunding Obamacare. The bill now funds the government at a $986 billion annual level through Nov. 15. The Senate will now vote on final passage of the bill.
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Crystal Huang Some get mad, while some are happy... Where do I stand - cannot tell at this moment!
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Crystal Huang 98 voted, 2 abstained. What about the 60?
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William Jennings Not a filibuster a rant, a loooooooooooong rant.
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Crystal Huang A follow-up: the two absentees are : Republican senators, Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and Orrin G. Hatch (Utah) - Interesting!!
A short while ago, Senators began holding a series of votes starting after midday to move the bill forward. The first was when they voted 79 to 19 to invoke cloture on the House-passed bill, formally ending debate on it. The cloture motion required 60 votes for passage.
The Senate later, voted 54 to 44, as it just happened, to restore funding for the health-care law. Minutes later, the body approved the overall bill by the same numbers.
Do you support Parties, Government, or We, the People (Apparently, they are becoming 3 Estates ?) The strikingly obvious straight party-line votes that again show the opposite "philosophy" among them (3 Estates) regarding how to handle the taxpayers' hard earned money.
All members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted to restore the funding and to pass the bill, while all Republicans present voted no. Can you believe it - so CLEAR-CUT!!!
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Crystal Huang Some are mad, and some are happy...In fact, be honest- where do I stand? - cannot tell at this moment!
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An anecdote to embellish the above episode: 5 years after I left my native Country for US to study social-psychology (via a national scholarship), Taiwan passed and instituted the National Health Insurance (a type of Universal Health Care Law) in 1995. That was the MOOOOOST shocking and wonderful event which I could imagine in my life time. Why, when I was young, the most horrible nightmare to me a a child was to see my parents getting ill. There was no way to save their lives without joining Military (Political Warfare Academy - a branch of military) to obtain limited health care available to my parents. That's one of the main reasons I spent 7 years in the Military and retired as a captain with physically being intact (no lost limbs) and physiologically quite sound (no PTSDs - lucky me :)! ).
Hope most of us don't have to make a life choice based on some people's enjoying the best and most medical resources and living happy forever, while others need to pray for gods' Mercy to be strong and tough without the access to the medical help. There is a will, there always is a way !
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Crystal Huang Aren't education and health care the 2 basic human rights/bases for building a healthy and strong nation? Or they have to be SOLD as the high priced commodities to feed the so-called free-market capitalism?
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A couple weeks ago in my Contemporary American Society class I redneckingly joked about " I love football soooo much..... so it has to be ---- banned/refrained" ! One of the main reasons is that -
Within a month, 2 deaths in a row of the prep football players - Damon Janes, who was 16, died 3 days later after a helmet-to-helmet hit on September 13, 2013.
The other player - Creekside High star DeAntre "Tre Tre" Turman died after suffering a broken neck during a scrimmage in August. Since these two events have not associated with bigmoney as NFL's, I decided to post.
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Crystal Huang I truly express my condolence to these 2 families... Don't tell me they are "independent events"! A son is a son of a family, and a tragedy is a real and sad tragedy - to the individuals and most importantly - to the society as a whole!!!
Wasn't the gladiatorial entertaining a tip of the iceberg associating with the declining of the Roman Empire? If I had a son, the first of the 10 sport commandments (you know I play many kinds of sport!) will be - Thou shall not touch/fumble with football, no matter which social class you are born into !- yep, sport just like, military recruitment, is highly social-classed!!!) Go to your study room to kiss the beloved bookworms ! Football dads and moms, please don't feel offended ! I know where you come from ! and the whole NFL enterprise, please don't hate my innocence.
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William Jennings I have a hard time putting into words my absolute disdain for football and for my own sake I'll refrain from writing what I feel towards the fans.
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Crystal Huang @ William, In fact, I guiltily indulge in watching football a lot ! I love many types of sport, and had been athletic when young. As long as they are not too much inundated by the Capitalistic invasions, or impose suffering onto other beings (such as Bull Fighting, Can Hunting, Dog-fighting... what sorts of sport are they??), sport is nice to have.
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William Jennings @ Ms Huang, respectfully, I have seen too many older adults that suffer greatly from old football injuries knees elbows neck and back etc.,. These injuries often don't show back up until later in life, those old injuries are a foothold for inflammation leading to arthritis and other illness. Physical activity is a good thing no doubt and friendly competition is always fun to engage in, but to strive to play a "sport" that the goal is to stop physically at all cost your opponent with so many adverse injuries...teach that to our young... well, I am not a fan. Those that do achieve success in the professional field where praise,money and adulation is heaped by a group that collectively show more compassion to their team than they do to those suffering from all sorts of maladies, hunger, thirst, disease, war, to name a few, nope not for me. Maybe if all the energy and cost, including the collateral injuries to young people, were given to the betterment of humanity instead of which wealthy Individual or groups could put together a winning Super Bowl team...nope, still wouldn't be a fan.
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Crystal Huang Dear William, powerfully - well-said ! Which president said something like - every business here is -Business?? Pursuing profits has been the die-hard Categorical Imperative! Good for the top 1 to 5% (both genetically endowed and cultural-capitally given) at the cost of the rest of 95 to 99 %!
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William Jennings "The business of America is business." John Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)?
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Crystal Huang Thank, yes, President Coolidge.
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September 25
Sometimes I discuss the disease of “Execusitus” with students at the beginning of the semester.
Tonight I made one for myself to communicate with my committee why the dissertation progress has been so meandering – teaching 18 to 21 credits per semester (36 to 42 per academic year) with community services, plus other family things can be cumbersome to a no-life person when her school is not the online type and is located in another state…
Decide to simplify my life – get job done, since almost the accumulated $48,000 tuition (investment?) needs to be paid off, plus $1326 per credit dissertation ( 24 credits are required).
Luckily enough I have a job to release some debt. Truly sympathize people who are in the worst conditions… (Steve spent 10 years via teaching Math to pay off his 3 student loans).
I read a short article asking a smart question-"How, you people, who are not stupid, can be so poor ? !" !
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Flint Thompson Education has become so expensive! It pays off for most - I feel very fortunate to have received a graduate school assistantship - my tuition was waived and they paid me $500 a month to get my Masters degree! Thanks citizens of North Dakota - forever grateful!
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Renee Smith A good investment, yet one must be very committed ! Only a handful of people can overcome the obstacles !
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Crystal Huang Good morning my dear colleague Econ professor Flint: It is nice to have ships. Most schools do not provide part-time students who take 2 or 3 credits (and have to pay the Very Expensive Per Credit rate and all other school facility cost and fees you never use them!!!) at a time with a TA or RA ship. My school is located in another state and I teach in Wisconsin (only commuting to take a course is like plunging into a war zone- sounds, exaggerated !???? and this degree is about "Learning Technologies - the previous Instructional system and Technologies" !!!!!!!!!!) - How wonderful if I could split into pieces to teach 18-21 credits a semester and to be a full time student, and take care many house chores...and so on simultaneously to enjoy a TA or RA... In fact, one of my Master degrees (Art) was supported by a TAship, when I was a full time student and I did not have a "real" job at that time, and one (Sociology-social psychology) was via a national scholarship from Taiwan, otherwise, I had no way to study in US, and one (sociol-political science) was completed from my saving account when serving in the military. My experience in Minnesota has been a long story...
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Flint Thompson I honestly don't know how you do it all Crystal!! You are putting a ton of pressure on yourself. I was a full time student when I had my grad assistantship - my wife worked as an RN in Fargo and I had no children at the time. To try it with all your obligations is incredible and I admire you!!!
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