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Parties sure have changed in last 150 years but does it matter what they were before our grandfathers were born? What matters is what one supports in their life time. [URL]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/18/fact-check-democrats-republicans-and-complicated-history-race ...

Happy Diwali to all the forum members.
Unlike prev.years, this year most of us are constrained to celebrate within confines of our homes. Stay safe and enjoy the festival.

r2somewhere, Many of us are dying heart liberals like you but it is possible to express one's ideologies without resorting to foul language. So please show restrain. Lot of women members participate/read these posts too. As far as Kumm, he used to use foul language against forum members here like ...

Deepika and Ranveer get married.
But why Italy is becoming the destination for Bolly celebrity weddings? First Anushka and now Deepika. If reception can be held in India, why not wedding too?

[QUOTE=greyfri;684429] The flip side of this was that even in those days young SoCal women (20s or so) were almost the reverse -- very thoughtful and decent. Maybe they grew up and are swing voters now :)[/QUOTE] Young ones are optimistic. Older they grow, pessimism and cynicism overtakes that?s ...

Happy DeepavaLi to everyone. For the first time in years, I am planning to prepare big feasts all 3 days of the festival as spouse enjoys big meal and kids are not planning to be with us this year. So calories be damned : )

Red Sox wins the 2018 WS. They were the best team in the regular season but they proved again in the playoffs.

History says they were the dominant team between 1900-1918. By winning 4 times , they seem to be the dominant team between 2000-2018 as well : )

Like the $5 per hour myth, another myth is illegal immigrants don’t pay any taxes. Majority of them do even though they can’t get SS and Medicare. Sometimes they end up paying higher due to lack of earned income credit. [URL]https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17229018/undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes[/UR ...

[QUOTE=sophisticuss;683150]:)...So , the truth is somewhere between hundreds of thousands and millions...[/QUOTE] So there is no difference between thousands and millions : ) Go through this. Very comprehensive numbers on immigrants till end of 2016. [URL]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/09 ...

[URL="http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/showthread.php/22923-Egyptian-Uprising-What-should-be-the-role-of-USA?p=683082#post683082"]http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/showthread.php/22923-Egyptian-Uprising-What-should-be-the-role-of-USA[/URL] Can you rename this thread to ‘Paradoxes of US policy i ...