A few percentage points can just be random noise but a drop of 15% sadly seems more significant.
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Martin Alvito
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Been a bit since I ran the math on this, but IIRC the sample size would have to be somewhere between 100 and 200 for it to have that large of a margin of error. Typical survey size is around 1000, which I learned is the floor for participants in this particular poll after thirty seconds of digging. That yields the customary margin of error of around +/- 3%.
If surveys had a margin of error of 15%, we could never use them to say anything substantive. What you do not want to know about, both in the sense that you don't want to know how the sausage is made and that it's painfully arcane, is how surveys cope with underrepresented groups. If you really do want to know, Nate Silver bumps a piece of his to the top every so often.
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As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullified
Gov. Greg Abbott approved this week a law that will eliminate city and county ordinances like Austin and Dallas’ mandated water breaks. Texas is one of the states where most workers die from high temperatures.
www.texastribune.org
If you’re doing physical, outdoor labor in 100°+ heat (40° for non-American readers), it’s impossible to sufficiently hydrate yourself to last four hours in just ten minutes. Any employer who wasn’t going WELL above and beyond the existing regulations would likely have workers hauled off to the hospital with heat exhaustion/stroke on a daily basis.
As suspected, wife of TX Attorney General will not recuse herself in Senate trial of her husband. There is no shame in these people.
Martin Alvito
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I'm not that burnt about Dobbs, as an opinion of the Court. I strongly disagree with Alito, but he came out swinging. I thought the dissent (Kagan?) won the war, but I will concede there are reasoned arguments on both sides. I have read far worse opinions on the merits. I would phrase my opinion of the situation as this: we all knew Alito was biased, and what that bias was. He played well, and the more liberal justices played well. Alito had the votes, and provided reasonable cover for the decision. That was his job. Even just on that case, I would concede that Alito is on the low end of 'belongs' on the Court. Won't win you a title alone, but can ball.
I laughed my way through Bruen, and this is not a compliment. Breyer went out pitching some straight fire, and Thomas had nothing. That one was a hiding.
Martin Alvito
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Why is Gaetz in Congress? I don't get it. He could make 10x in sales, easy. If he wanted to step up his game, he's the Wolf of Wall Street. That delivery is top-tier.
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GOP Mayor Ousted in New Jersey for Refusing to Fly ‘Pride’ Flag
A Republican mayor in New Jersey was removed from his position after he refused to fly the gay pride flag.
Rochelle Park Mayor Perrin Mosca refused to fly the gay flag over the town hall because he said that it singles out and privileges a particular group, Townhall reported. City Council members from both parties agreed to strip Mosca of his title.
But according to Mosca, everyone had agreed that no particular group would get to fly a flag on public property.
“A majority had agreed that as a township we would not put up any flags that singled out one group over another group. That should have been the end of the issue,” Mosca said.
He also suggested that “private flags do not belong on public property,” and that only the American flag, state flag and township flag were viable. All others, including the LGBT flag, would only cause division.
But instead of receiving support for his moderate position, Mosca was forced out of his position by a Democrat and three Republicans.
Residents of Rochelle Park condemned the Council for its belligerent behavior.
“That’s not right, everybody’s entitled to their opinion,” one resident said. “I say live and let live but everybody has a right to their opinion.”
According to a local paper, the Daily Voice, Mosca had also run into trouble with the local Republican party.
GOP Municipal Chairman Frank Valenzuela said that he “embarrassed the township and brought its governance to a screeching halt, threatening two decades of progress.”
Valenzuela also accused his fellow Republican of using his position “to create a negative atmosphere guided by his personal ideals versus what is best for the residents of Rochelle Park.
Mosca, a local high school teacher, said that people must “consider the political motives” of Valenzuela, who is “struggling for relevancy within the Republican Party.”
Deputy Mayor Jennifer Appice took over until the Council can decide on a more permanent solution.
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I think in future adversaries of America shouldn't bother burning the American flag. Burning or dissing the Pride flag seems to cause more anger. What a farcical time to be alive!
You could always switch yourself off at the mains.
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