It isn't often that a member of the California Assembly garners attention from members of Congress and top aides to all-but-declared presidential candidates . But Assemblymember Alex Lee of Milpitas found himself in that position over the weekend when he tweeted , "Imagine this: withdrawing your UBI check that was seamlessly deposited in your public banking account after picking up your kids from awesome public school and then taking green transit back home to your social housing flat[.] A future we can make happen." Conservatives — especially those with a more libertarian bent — unloaded on what they saw as a description of a dystopian communist hellscape. "This isn’t a parody account," tweeted Rep. Thomas Massie. "This is an elected official in California. They’re doomed." "This sounds like a creepy dystopia," wrote Christina Pushaw, the most visible spokesperson for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. "So glad I live in a place that’s full of people who escaped from … [Read more...] about Bay Area lawmaker defends ‘creepy dystopia’ tweet
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Students Receive Subsidized Studies in Hungary — for a Price
BUDAPEST — Daniel Szabo and Gergo Birtalan are both optimistic about their job prospects in their native Hungary, which has a low unemployment rate for college and university graduates. But the two Hungarian students are in totally different situations. When Mr. Szabo, 24, graduates soon from law school, he will be free to go wherever in the world he wants. But Mr. Birtalan, 18, was required to sign a contract at the beginning of his first year as a sociology major because of a new rule introduced in September. As a beneficiary of the state-funded university system, he will be obliged to work for two years in Hungary for every year of his subsidized studies. Such contracts, the only ones of their kind in Europe, have met with broad opposition and street protests from both high school and university students. If Mr. Birtalan finishes a typical three-year degree, his movements will be restricted for six years after graduation, when he will be in his late 20s, or even older if he … [Read more...] about Students Receive Subsidized Studies in Hungary — for a Price
From The Air: Photo Of The Day
0 Community Corner A flight here in California produced this stunning shot. Bea Karnes , Patch Staff Posted Reply OAKLAND, CA — Rex Casey snapped this breathtaking photo last week. "I flew from Oakland to Burbank," Rex told Patch, "and as we were descending above The Grapevine Mountains towards Burbank the sunrise just caught the tips of the snow capped peaks. I looked out the window just in time to catch the view and the unique shot. Lucky timing but also amazing that so much snow is in these hills in mid March!" Thank you for sharing this photo! If you have an awesome photo of nature, breath-taking scenery, kids caught being kids, a pet doing something funny, or something unusual you happen to catch with your camera, we'd love to feature it on Patch. We're looking for high-resolution images that reflect the beauty and fun that is Northern California, and that show off your unique talents. Email it to [email protected] … [Read more...] about From The Air: Photo Of The Day
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews David French
Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today’s episode with David French. Listen wherever you get your podcasts . Transcripts of our episodes are made available as soon as possible. They are not fully edited for grammar or spelling. [MUSIC PLAYING] EZRA KLEIN: I’m Ezra Klein. This is “The Ezra Klein Show.” All right. Before we start today, we are taking questions for the upcoming “Ask Me Anything” episode. So if you’ve got anything, anything at all to ask me that you want to hear answered on the show, send that into [email protected] We are accepting questions until Sunday, April 2. So anything that comes in after that, we’re not going to consider. We just get a lot. And we got to start sorting through it. So send it in before Sunday, April 2, if you want it to be part of the show. Speaking of dates, I’m recording this on Monday, March 27. And it’s a Monday with a lot of uncertainty. We … [Read more...] about Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews David French
Athletes from Russia and Belarus should be allowed to compete, IOC says
GENEVA — Some Russian athletes can soon return to international sports, although their status for next year’s Paris Olympics is still up in the air. The International Olympic Committee recommended Tuesday that individual athletes from Russia and Belarus should be allowed to return to competition under a neutral status as long as they have no military links. But the IOC, facing increased pressure to ban Russia and Belarus from the Paris Olympics because of the war in Ukraine, held off on deciding whether they can compete at next year’s Summer Games. That decision will be taken “at the appropriate time,” IOC President Thomas Bach said. When it comes to other events, including Olympic qualifiers, it will be up to each individual sport’s governing body to make the final decision on whether Russian and Belarusian athletes can take part. IOC delays picking 2030 Winter Games host city due to climate concerns Dec. 15, 2022 04:11 While the … [Read more...] about Athletes from Russia and Belarus should be allowed to compete, IOC says
Alarmists: Climate Change ‘Making Allergy Season Last Longer’
Climate alarmists have found something else to blame on climate change, namely allergies and breathing ailments. According to a March 27 article in Bloomberg, a warming climate “is causing a lengthier pollen season, worsening allergies and respiratory conditions.” “This really shows another marker of how climate change could be influencing people’s daily lives,” said Allison Steiner, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Michigan. Steiner foresees the pollen season beginning anywhere between 10 and 40 days earlier and ending 5 to 15 days later by 2100, Bloomberg notes. The North American pollen season lengthened by 20 days between 1990 to 2018 and pollen concentrations increased more than 20 percent, Bloomberg asserts, citing a 2021 study published in the academic journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of America . The U.S. Is Only “10 Years” Behind in Climate Tyranny — Byron Donalds on European Farmers’ Protests Jack Knudsen / … [Read more...] about Alarmists: Climate Change ‘Making Allergy Season Last Longer’