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Thomas Saulsberry
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Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said Friday on Twitter that some aides no longer worked at the White House after their past use of marijuana had been evaluated.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Charles Cooley stated based on his looking-glass self theory: "I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am."[2] This articulates the view that people in society construct ideas or concepts that may not exist without the existence of people or language to validate those concepts.
There are weak and strong social constructs.[3] Weak social constructs rely on brute facts (which are fundamental facts that are difficult to explain or understand, such as quarks) or institutional facts (which are formed from social conventions). Strong social constructs rely on the human perspective and knowledge that does not just exist, but is rather constructed by society...
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By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or putting off the Covid-19 vaccine as frustrated commanders scramble to knock down internet rumors and find the "RIGHT PITCH" that will persuade troops to get the shot.
Some Army units are seeing as few as one-third agree to the vaccine. Military leaders searching for answers believe they have identified one potential convincer: an imminent deployment. Navy sailors on ships heading out to sea last week, for example, were choosing to take the shot at rates exceeding 80 percent to 90 percent.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeff Taliaferro, vice director of operations for the Joint Staff, told Congress on Wednesday that “very early data” suggests that just up to two-thirds of the service members offered the vaccine have accepted.
“We cannot make it mandatory yet,” Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander of the Navy’s 2nd Fleet, said last week. “I can tell you we’re probably going to make it mandatory as soon as we can, just like we do with the flu vaccine.”
About 40 Marines gathered recently in a California conference room for an information session from medical staff. One officer, who was not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Marines are more comfortable posing questions about the vaccine in smaller groups.
The officer said one Marine, citing a widely circulated and false conspiracy theory, said: “I heard that this thing is actually a tracking device.” The medical staff, said the officer, quickly debunked that theory, and pointed to the Marine’s cellphone, noting that it’s an effective tracker.
Other frequent questions revolved around possible side effects or health concerns, including for pregnant women. Army, Navy and Air Force officials say they hear much the same.
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At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation. In the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention, a lady asked Dr. Franklin “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Franklin replied, “A republic . . . if you can keep it.”
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Jamie Dimon, the billionaire boss of JP Morgan who has warned income inequality has “bifurcated the economy” in America, was paid $31.5m in 2020, the bank announced on Thursday.
The news is likely to cast a harsh spotlight on a figure who has opined about the need for a more caring and equitable capitalism yet appears to have vastly increased his fortune at a time of immense suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic that has seen millions of people plunged into poverty and homelessness. In the same year, launching a $350m program to help underserved communities, Dimon warned income inequality had “bifurcated the economy”.
“A big chunk of [people] have been left behind. Forty per cent of Americans make less than $15 an hour. Forty percent of Americans can’t afford a $400 bill, whether it’s medical or fixing their car. Fifteen per cent of Americans make minimum wages, 70,000 die from opioids [annually],” said Dimon.
But Dimon warned that socialism was not the answer, saying it produces “stagnation, corruption and often worse”.
Last year Dimon joined a glittering array of corporate bigs to tackle racial inequality. Following the police killing of George Floyd the Business Roundtable, the US’s most powerful business lobby and an organization that Dimon used to chair, announced it was forming a committee to tackle inequality.
Dimon is thought to harbor political ambitions and was tipped as a possible treasury secretary before the election, a position now almost certain to go to Janet Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve.
He once claimed he would have easily beat Donald Trump in an election fight. “I’m smarter than he is,” he said in 2018. “And, by the way, this wealthy New Yorker actually earned his money,” he said. “It wasn’t a gift from Daddy.”
But he said the liberal wing of the Democrat party would probably block his chances. Shortly after making the comments Dimon said: “I should not have said it,” adding that the statement “proves I wouldn’t make a good politician”.
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