kidcrumb

Members of Congress should be required to exchange all of their assets into the federal TSP program.

"Blind Trusts" where your best friend manages the assets based on what insider information you tell them is not an enforceable alternative for legislators. Imo.

Id give you some reddit gold but, i think silver's more appropriate.

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Ann Arbor has the University of Michigan to drive their economy, and Grand Rapids has DeVos.

Edit: Changed Michigan University to University of Michigan.

Did you get a speedtest.net of the internet connection by any chance?

There is a difference between humans communicating with worms, and an advanced alien species communicating with humans.

Humans are obviously much more advanced than a worm. Even comparatively speaking with regards to an alien race. We build cities, can debate, speak, write, and have an inquisitive nature.

Worms are all instinctual. They dont really think. They cant suppress certain feelings. A chemical signals they are hungry, and they eat. Humans can suppress that and postpone eating. We can think about what we are feeling, and act accordingly. Worms and many other animals cant do this. They have no consciousness.

An alien race has many reasons to ignore contacting people from Earth, but us being on a lower level of intelligence does not seem like it would be one of them.

If we humans found a species of animals that actually had some capacity for thought, and a vast world encompassing civilization, you can bet we would try to communicate. Even if the dumbest alien was smarter than Einstein, they would still communicate with us because we have the ability to communicate. This doesnt mean they would, but ignoring us because we are "dumber" than they are makes no sense.