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Trinition394 karma

But it does indeed think that the natural law--available in principle to any reasonable person--can provide the basis for the formulation of valid law.

What is a natural law as it pertains to homosexuality, or even marriage?

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Was the 2018 firing of the pandemic response team impactful? Or, to put it another way, would having that pre-2018 scale of pandemic response team in place change where we are with COVID19 now?

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So this would mean instead of paying people for working, we'd pay people for the time they weren't working? For the workers who expected uninterrupted work and pay, it makes sense. But from a myopic fiscally conservative viewpoint, it's worse than the status quo. I realize it's not the real issue here, but it's an interesting side effect.

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40 cedi = $10.15 USD

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I heard a proposal once for transcontinental waterways linking major rivers. It would allow flooded rivers a way to divert extra water, and for drought stricken areas to siphon water when needed.

I imagine there's great ecological challenges but that usually doesn't stop mankind.