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lol. Sorry. |
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Stupid is as stupid does. |
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This combined with the impending gutting of NIOSH will decimate the more affluent Fairmont and Morgantown areas of WV for sure. https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/significant-downsizing-happening-at-niosh-in-morgantown-umwa/ I went to undergrad and grad school at WVU. I lived in Morgantown for many years. If you had a job with WVU, Mylan, NIOSH, or KeyLogic, you were golden. You were making very good money for WV. The Mylan plant closure in 2021 was a big hit to Morgantown and it still hasn't fully recovered from the loss of those 1500 jobs. Sure, NIOSH will only cut around 180-190 of the 600 jobs in Morgantown, but that's a lot of jobs in a place where the average salary is only barely $50k and they were making much, much more than that. There aren't many employers there who can pay the salaries they were earning. It's a big hit. Monongalia was the closest county in WV to go for Harris at 47% of the vote to Trump's 51%, but still, 51% of the county wanted Trump and his policies, so that's what they get. |
Anonymous
Those 51% were definitely jealous of the NIOSH salaries and benefits. People in WV absolutely vote out of spite. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately I don't see them stepping up to help. Evangelicals are now saying that empathy is a sin. I wish I were kidding, but this idea is even being touted by Al Mohler, the head of the Southern Baptist Seminary. |
Anonymous
That’s cold, but unsurprising. I grew up in a rural, ultra red area in a red state. The Southern Baptist churches were some of the more liberal churches in my area (as opposed to Church of Christ, Pentecostal, Old Regular Baptist, etc). This is another example of them twisting rules and logic to suit what the men in charge want regardless of the results for anyone else. |
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Yes, they got their free, quality educations from WVU and left the state to make good money elsewhere. It's been a HUGE problem for the state for many years now. They've done several studies to find out why and it all boils down to better pay elsewhere and better quality of life outside of the state. https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/wvu-teams-up-with-marshall-to-keep-graduates-in-west-virginia/ https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/30/university-leaders-want-more-college-graduates-staying-in-the-mountain-state-for-work/ I remember when I was there, I had a work-study position under a professor whose team was studying what was different between BYU and WVU. Both states offered free to nearly free college educations to their students (LDS members for BYU & students who passed a state test in WV-I forget the name of the program), but unlike WV, nearly 60% of BYU's graduates stay in the state of UT after graduation and contribute to the UT economy. In WV, 72% of college graduates leave the state after graduation and contribute to the economies of other states. |
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I think this is partly an overreaction to the culture wars (i.e. they don't want to be tolerant) but it also stems from neo-Calvinist theological views infiltrating evangelical churches lately. Because if your God predestines people to go to hell, maybe he also predestines them to be poor, etc. And who are you to go against God's will? |
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This happened in 2023, though. And he'd been taking Ivermectin since 2012 to treat Lyme disease (on his own, not prescribed by a doctor), so he wasn't someone who started during COVID. But yes, he died from a side effect of using the drug (enlarged heart). |
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Honestly, the ones I know/knew would justify whatever they wanted to do by saying god led them, spoke to them, or sent them a sign. Again, can’t argue with God’s will. But they didn’t even try to have a particular philosophy, they’d just believe what was convenient at the time. If you compared them to calvinists they’d be offended and say they’re Christians. |
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Spite is the MAGA raison d’etre. |
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I grew up in an evangelical church and I do know what you mean. But extreme Calvinism has had a resurgence in the US in the last 20 years and has influenced the more arminian evangelical churches, and now the hateful Calvinist god appears to be propped up by zealous evangelicals who want to convert the government instead of individuals. It's a match made in hell, and the result is what's happening in the US right now. This article pretty much sums up the Calvinist views on helping the poor: "Calvin’s universe was ruled by a petulant and vindictive deity, one who toyed with his followers by designating a select group of them to share in his divine bounty, only to leave them in the dark as to who these lucky chosen might be. The faithful were, then, left to fret and worry whether they were in God’s good graces and, more importantly, whether they would share the common and inescapable fate of eternal damnation that was the certain end of the non-elect. How, then, was one to know if they were one of the elect? The answer: material success. If a businessman’s coffers were fat and he was benefiting from what appeared to be a shrewd and effective business acumen, then surely it is evidence that the Almighty had smiled on him, welcoming him, perhaps, into the Divine’s august company. This, of course, is a ready-made philosophy for any self-flattering elite – no matter what the century – anxious to justify their good fortune as divinely mandated." https://truthout.org/articles/calvin-and-jobs-why-the-right-hates-but-still-needs-social-welfare/ |
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| There aren't enough NOAA staff left to survey the tornado damage. |
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https://wapo.st/41VhFiE
Alaskans and others out West who got grant money to address erosion from climate change and smoke from wildfires have had their grants pulled. The woman who seems to think her grant shouldn’t be pulled because her town voted for Trump makes me a little nauseated. |
Anonymous
We all know MAGA voted for Trump to punish the libs. Ooops. |