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| "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all of the other forms that have been tried." |
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| "The best case against democracy is 5 minutes with the average voter" |
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| Bush didn't leave his vacation home for 2 days before determining Katrina was a national emergency |
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| Any activity people engage in that is too risky when they have explicit or implicit reassurance of being reimbursed |
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| Which countries have the most oil contracts from Iraq? |
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| What does the bulk of american agriculture consist of? |
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| Grains, corn, and soy (mostly to feed livestock) |
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| Whereas before college was ____% of an average family's income, it is now ___% |
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| What occurs when fertilizer runof (mainly nitrogen) accumulates in water-ways? |
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| Excess nitrogen leads to algae blooms, which suck up oxygen and posion the water |
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| Contemporary food production accounts for ___ of America's green house gas emissions. |
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| What are consequences of feeding cows grain, as opposed to grass? (Factory farms feed cows grains) |
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| Grain-fed cows are much more susceptible to having harmful strains of E. Coli in beef. Furthermore, feeding cows grain causes leads to methane emissions through their gas!! |
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| The standardization of time was not a wide-spread phenomenon until the rise of the.... |
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| railroad! Time zones needed to be created and standardized for the railroad system to function. |
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| What is considered the urban donut effect? |
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| Urban renewal (and public funding towards infastructure) is mainly concentrated in the business center of the city (the hole in the donut). Surrounding the city are the poorer neighborhoods, which are subject to the pollution of vehicles going into and out of the city and the environmental degradation of industry. Outside of the donut are the fringe suburbs, where wealthier people live who travel into the city during the day to work. The poorer neighborhoods are largely neglected by urban planning projects. |
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| An industry/marketing tactic that entails producing something with limited functionality with the intent of selling a product relatively soon after that is more functional to encourage people to continuously upgrade. This business model is used in everything from cars to lightbulbs. I think it's most obvious in apple products, particularly the ipods and the iphones. |
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| More people are allergic to _________ than any other food |
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| The average Wal-Mart employee makes ____ dollars a year, while the Walton's make ______ (in 2003) |
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14,000/205 million
(the Walton family wealth is more than twice that of Bill Gates) |
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| Did Transocean LTD, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP which exploded and caused the Gulf oil spill, lose money, make money, or break even after the spill? |
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| Transocean made 270 million dollars from the disaster (through insurance payoffs) |
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America ranks DEAD LAST in foreign aid at a pathetic 0.1% of its
GDP, compared to the other 21 nations listed as developed nations. Denmark gives the most amount of its GDP (1.01%) to developing countries, Norway gives .91%. |
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| US Ranking on Healthcare Quality Index |
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| US ranks #37 in the world |
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| US Ranking on Journalistic Press Freedom Index |
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| US ranks #32 (#1 Finland, Iceland, and Norway) |
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| 85% of US soldiers in Iraq believe that they are there to get revenge for 9/11 |
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| Who invented the lightbulb? |
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| The first incandescent was made by Humphry Davy in 1802. Edison took this early version of the bulb and made it better. |
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| 'Thanksgiving' did not begin as a great loving relationship between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag, Pequot and Narragansett people. In fact, in October of 1621 when the 'pilgrim' survivors of their first winter in Turtle Island sat down to share the first unofficial 'Thanksgiving' meal, the Indians who were there were not even invited! There was no turkey, squash, cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie. A few days before this alleged feast took place, a company of 'pilgrims' led by Miles Standish actively sought the head of a local Indian leader, and an 11 foot high wall was erected around the entire Plymouth settlement for the very purpose of keeping Indians out! Officially, the holiday we know as 'Thanksgiving' actually came into existence in the year 1637. Governor Winthrop of the Massachussetts Bay Colony proclaimed this first official day of Thanksgiving and feasting to celebrate the return of the colony's men who had arrived safely from what is now Mystic, Connecticut. They had gone there to participate in the massacre of over 700 Pequot men, women and children, and Mr. Winthrop decided to dedicate an official day of thanksgiving complete with a feast to 'give thanks' for their great 'victory'.... |
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| The word "globalization" was not used (in the way that it is used today) until... |
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| Arrange these Presidents in order of their presidency: |
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| Nixon, Reagen, JFK, Carter, Bill Clinton, Johnson, George Bush, George W Bush |
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| Neoliberalism is a "market driven approach to economics and social policies." It is heavily reliant on laissez-faire/deregulatory economic thinkning and open trade. At its center is the notion that private enterprise is necessary for a successful economy. |
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| When was the peak of consumer waste? |
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| The 1950s, due to coal ash. All other forms of consumer waste (plastics, packaging, paper) has increased since then. |
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| Rise of American Consumerism |
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| 1950s and 60s. Followed WWII, which followed a period of high unemployment and then a national emphasis on conservation and constraint during the war years. "Buying" increased greatly during the boom years of the 50s. |
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| What is the poverty rate for black families in Mississippi? |
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| What is the official name for the program formerly known as welfare? |
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TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
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Who was the U.S. President presiding over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima?
What was the bomb called? |
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| Until what age can children stay on their parents' health care policies? |
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| How many new Americans does the Affordable Care Act cover? |
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| Was Mitch McConnell, Republican minority leader, for or against the START treaty? |
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| What is the "starving the beast" political strategy? |
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| Reduce taxes, and then handle budget deficits by cutting government funding of programs |
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| How many net new jobs were added under George W. Bush? WHat about Clinton? |
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Barely 8 million
22 million |
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1. Having an angle between 90-180 degrees
2. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect
3. Not distinctly felt: "an obtuse pain" |
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| A tendency to relapse into a certain condition or mode of behavior (particularly criminal behavior) |
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| 1 in _____ adults is incarcerated |
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| How many African americans are under control of the criminal justice system? |
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| Nearly ____ percent of people released from prison are rearrested within 3 years. |
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"Nearly 80 percent of the increase in drug arrests in the 1990s, when the drug war peaked, could be attributed to possession of marijuana, a substance less harmful than alcohol or tobacco and at least as prevalent in middle-class white communities and on college campuses as in poor communities of color."
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| When did crime rates begin their downward trajectory (a trend which continues today)? |
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| How much does the current prison system cost tax payers every year? |
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| Our military costs more than the rest of the world's military combined. True or false? |
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| Among other meanings: to complain/grumble |
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| When was Plessey vs. Ferguson? |
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| Which American war was the longest and most expensive? |
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The current war in Afghanistan
It has been going on for 110 months, costs 1 million per soldier, and 100 billion annually |
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| What is the current federal minimum wage? |
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How many people in the United States are living below the poverty line?
True or False: This is larger than the population of Canada |
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| True or false: The amount of women in congress has decreased for the first time in 3 decades. |
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| How many current Supreme court members are Catholic? |
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| What is hydraulic fracking? |
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| Horizontal wells are drilled deep underground along shale gas deposits. A chemical cocktail is poured down the well, created hundreds of fissures among the rocks allowing the gas to escape and reach the surface. |
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| How much of American gas needs are met by fracking? |
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