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Matthew Chapman
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Watson added that while he hoped everyone was equal, "people who have to deal with black employees find this is not true."

I'm guessing Watson is not actually one of those people. But okay.
James Watson is a case of the trap some scientists fall into, where their skill in their own field makes them think they can weigh in on other fields they don't understand.

When a scientist does this, their personal biases shine through. And in Watson's case it's REALLY ugly.
And FYI, Watson was also a spectacular misogynist.

In The Double Helix, he made clear that he was extremely offended by Rosalind Franklin's lack of femininity (his work would never have been possible without hers).
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In fact it would probably take very little of their money, because few people who make more than $10 million a year receive it as earned income. This is why in the 1950s, when the top marginal tax rate was 94%, the *effective* tax rate was more like 45%.
I'm not opposed to @AOC's idea of creating more tax brackets that go up to 70%, but if we REALLY want to shift the tax burden to the rich, we should 1) raise capital gains taxes, 2) eliminate step-up in basis, and 3) end all income deductions that aren't targeted at the poor.
Also, this won't really make the tax code more progressive, per se, but: return-free filing. Now.

The way the government requires you to duplicate the work they already do calculating your taxes is ridiculous and wastes millions of man-hours every year.
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Matthew Chapman
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There are two points everyone should understand:

1) The "border crisis" is completely manufactured by Trump's own policies. If he treated migrants humanely, there would be no crisis.

2) A border wall is not border security and would fix nothing. It's just a vanity project.
Another point people should understand is that most refugees at our border are fleeing from chaos caused by our own policy.

Our drug laws make Central American gangs profitable. Our border laws make traffickers profitable. Our refusal to fund foreign aid makes people flee to us.
Quite simply, we have spent years tossing lit matches into our neighbor's backyard, and when our neighbor comes to our door saying "My house burned down, I need a place to sleep," we're slamming the door in his face.
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Pelosi is going to vote on the bipartisan deal McConnell passed two weeks ago, @SavannahGuthrie. Her bill IS the compromise.

Trump welched on that bill, because he's trying to shift the goalposts of what constitutes a "compromise" toward him. And you're helping him do it.
If Pelosi said, "fine, we'll give you half of what you want for your wall," Trump would then demand a compromise between that and his original demand. Then a compromise between that compromise and his original demand. And so on and so on.

He tried the exact same thing with DACA.
This is what Trump did in business, @SavannahGuthrie, and it's what he does in politics. Agree to something, stiff the other guy, and force them to fight him to be treated fairly.

Only difference is, this time he picked on someone a lot smarter and tougher than he is.
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Yet another one of Amy Harmon's bloody abortions.

This whole article is a display in intellectual cowardice, save for James Watson himself.
What science really comes down to is being able to make accurate predictions about the real world. Who has done that?
In 2007, Dr. Watson said he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours, whereas all the testing says, not really.”

That was over a decade ago. How have things shaped up?
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Last night the genomics community applauded a disgraceful normalization of racism and sexism as Jim Watson was toasted on his 90th birthday. /1
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