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Re: “Huckabee advises evangelicals to double down”
"I plan to take my last ride in life on a white horse"
That's not in the Bible, Huck. Not even in Revelation!
Re: “The rise in poor in the suburbs; new interest in cities”
For details, see http://www.slideshare.net/amenning/geospat…
Re: “The rise in poor in the suburbs; new interest in cities”
The trend is not new but there's a huge caveat: There is no good definition of where the city ends and the suburb begins. Most definitions used on the literature are based on arbitrary administrative divisions. For example, by one widely used methodology, the whole of Washington County would count as "core county" of the NWA Metropolitan Area and Benton and Madison Counties as peripheral, and these distinctions are then used as proxies for city and urban. That obviously wouldn't make much sense. City limits are also a poor basis of distinction, given that they evolve through time. Some cities, especially Southern (which have grown heavily through annexation), contain some of their their own suburbs. In other cases, peripheral municipalities have functionally become part of the core city but have remained administratively distinct. As a result, quantitative breakdowns of city vs. suburb in America are almost always to be taken with a grain of salt. I do not doubt that the trend - increasing decay of inner-ring suburbs while parts of the inner cities improve - is real but questions remain until we have settled on a non-arbitrary methodology, which is surprisingly difficult.
For details, see http://www.slideshare.net/amenning/geospatial-analysis-of-us-census-data
Re: “Supreme Court says 1979 Cornish hen theft makes sheriff ineligible to serve”
I think the Supreme Court is saying that our Constitution is a piece of absurd literature completely defying Common Sense. Thanks for letting us know folks.
Re: “Democrats go after Cotton for trying to criminalize family relationship”
rc, changing the subject or what?
"In the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Cotton said, “there would be no investigation,” before inflicting harsh punishments of up to 20 year prison sentences upon "parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids" of those accused of violating sanctions against Iran."
How is this related to "trade sanctions on family members of foreign regime leaders"?
And where are our resident right-wing libertarians?
Re: “UPDATED: Shoffner charged with pie-box delivery of kickbacks from securities salesman; released after hearing”
Why oh why do Arkansas politicians have to be so cheap.
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Re: “Long-term health effects after the Mayflower oil spill”
Here's the relevant quote:
* Given that ATSDR finds 9 ppb over two weeks to be worrisome, ADH's [Arkansas Department of Health] assessment of 50 ppb over six months "doesn't make sense," said Bernstein, the Harvard public health expert. Compared to ATSDR's screening levels, the ADH allows for both a higher level of exposure and a longer exposure period, he said.
"It should definitely be a cause for concern," said Wilma Subra, an environmental consultant and a MacArthur "genius" grant recipient who regularly works with communities impacted by oil spills. "Benzene is a known carcinogen. To establish a level that high over a six-month period is unbelievable." *