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She just knows Bert and Ernie as muppets who used to baby sit for her.", u'recommendationCount': 1}, {u'assetID': 3425396, u'replies': [], u'lft': 137, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/nyregion/east-village-explosion-might-have-followed-attempt-to-hide-gas-siphoning.html', u'parentID': 14580934, u'commentID': 14581031, u'rgt': 138, u'userDisplayName': u'C', u'createDate': u'1427860684', u'userID': 69512119, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427860878', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NYC', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427860878', u'commentSequence': 14581031, u'commentBody': u'It was being diverted pre-metering. ', u'recommendationCount': 5}, {u'assetID': 3425377, u'replies': [], u'lft': 1853, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/religious-freedom-restoration-act-arkansas-indiana.html', u'parentID': 14577147, u'commentID': 14581046, u'rgt': 1854, u'userDisplayName': u'AACNY', u'createDate': u'1427860875', u'userID': 26671491, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427860928', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NY', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427860928', u'commentSequence': 14581046, u'commentBody': u'Jack, Virginia:<br/><br/>What was also different in Indiana was the fact that it had never set forth specific religious liberty laws. For instance the Amish horse and buggies had to abide by traffic laws on the road.<br/><br/>As for access, according to the WSJ*:<br/><br/>"[m]ost courts have found that the government has a compelling interest in enforcing antidiscrimination laws. In all these [19] states for two decades, no court we\u2019re aware of has granted such a religious accommodation to an antidiscrimination law. <br/><br/>Restaurants and hotels that refused to host gay marriage parties would have a particularly high burden in overcoming public accommodation laws."<br/><br/>******<br/>* <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-intolerance-1427760183?mod=trending_now_1" title="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-intolerance-1427760183?mod=trending_now_1" target="_blank">http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-intolerance-1427760183?mod=trending_...</a>', u'recommendationCount': 0}, {u'assetID': 3425396, u'replies': {u'comments': [{u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581047, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14584706, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Debbie', u'createDate': u'1427899157', u'userID': 65454775, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427902263', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 1, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'ed anger', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NYC', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427902263', u'commentSequence': 14584706, u'commentBody': u'Wishful thinking sir. Only wishful thinking.'}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581047, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14585842, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Stefanie', u'createDate': u'1427904179', u'userID': 26549246, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427911444', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'ed anger', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Brooklyn', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427911444', u'commentSequence': 14585842, u'commentBody': u'I was thinking the same thing. Sadly, a developers dream. '}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581047, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14586588, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Michael F', u'createDate': u'1427907745', u'userID': 7132394, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427911674', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'ed anger', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Yonkers, NY', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427911674', u'commentSequence': 14586588, u'commentBody': u'Because the city does such a good job of owning buildings.'}]}, u'lft': 232, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/nyregion/east-village-explosion-might-have-followed-attempt-to-hide-gas-siphoning.html', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14581047, u'rgt': 241, u'userDisplayName': u'ed anger', u'createDate': u'1427860876', u'userID': 65704938, u'replyCount': 4, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861021', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'nyc', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427861021', u'commentSequence': 14581047, u'commentBody': u'I hope that if the landlord and her family are charged and found guilty, that the city takes over the lots and builds affordable housing (with the displaced having first choice of apartments). ', u'recommendationCount': 132}, {u'assetID': 3425362, u'replies': [], u'lft': 39, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education-wont-fix-economic-inequality.html', u'parentID': 14576218, u'commentID': 14581064, u'rgt': 40, u'userDisplayName': u'Nick', u'createDate': u'1427861119', u'userID': 68022708, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861165', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Seattle', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427861165', u'commentSequence': 14581064, u'commentBody': u"That's not entirely accurate. Low-wage service sector jobs are projected to expand, but so are the kind of high-end jobs you need a college degree for. Manufacturing has gone away, but that was never really a job for those with college degrees, it was a job for those with high school degrees. And also, that projection is under the status quo. There's no reason to expect that industries dependent on college-educated workers wouldn't expand under the 10% increase in degrees hypothesized in the article.<br/><br/>The number of professionals in the labor market now would have been unthinkable twenty, thirty, a hundred years ago. There's no reason it couldn't expand again, unless the robotics alarmists are right and it really is the end of work. And if that's the case, who cares what we do about anything?", u'recommendationCount': 0}, {u'assetID': 3425358, u'replies': [], u'lft': 139, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/africa/nigeria-election-muhammadu-buhari-goodluck-jonathan.html', u'parentID': 14576969, u'commentID': 14580882, u'rgt': 140, u'userDisplayName': u'Okello', u'createDate': u'1427858884', u'userID': 59276349, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861184', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Los Angeles', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427861184', u'commentSequence': 14580882, u'commentBody': u"Funny that this right winger have no understanding of the world so he prefers to bash Obama/Clinton. If you know nothing about Nigerian internal politics, shut up and read comments from those who know dynamics of Nigerian politics. Obama has nothing to do with this. I am sure as soon as you learn the guy Nigerians just elected is a Muslim , you'll rant Obama put him there :)", u'recommendationCount': 0}, {u'assetID': 3425382, u'replies': {u'comments': [{u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581069, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14581275, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Fern', u'createDate': u'1427864862', u'userID': 45818638, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427895426', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'workerbee', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Home', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427895426', u'commentSequence': 14581275, u'commentBody': u'Maybe they should rethink that approval.'}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581069, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14582105, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Aysha Besher', u'createDate': u'1427884907', u'userID': 10048775, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427900869', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'workerbee', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Istanbul, Turkey', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427900869', u'commentSequence': 14582105, u'commentBody': u'The list of drugs pilots are allowed to use is frightening. I never thought that high risk jobs when the lives of many are concerned were so liberally medicated.'}]}, u'lft': 718, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/europe/lufthansa-germanwings-andreas-lubitz.html', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14581069, u'rgt': 723, u'userDisplayName': u'workerbee', u'createDate': u'1427861170', u'userID': 28347586, u'replyCount': 2, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861226', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Florida', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427861226', u'commentSequence': 14581069, u'commentBody': u"Lufthansa approved Lubitz's flightworthiness as a depression patient because some anti-depressant drugs are officially accepted as effective in enabling depressed pilots to fly. In the U.S., the following anti-depressant SSRI drugs are approved by the FAA for airline pilots, on a case-by-case basis: Celexa, Lexapro, Prozac, and Zoloft. It is believed that a substantial number of airline pilots are using SSRI drugs for treatment of depression.", u'recommendationCount': 10}, {u'assetID': 3425402, u'replies': [], u'lft': 2, u'assetURL': u'http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6559', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14581079, u'rgt': 3, u'userDisplayName': u'Andrea', u'createDate': u'1427861285', u'userID': 52300588, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861345', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': 52300588, u'userLocation': u'<br/>', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427861345', u'commentSequence': 14581079, u'commentBody': u'Easy to make and excellent flavors. Good dinner party dish.', u'recommendationCount': 0}, {u'assetID': 3425374, u'replies': [], u'lft': 42, u'assetURL': u'http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/food-for-thought-2/', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14581083, u'rgt': 43, u'userDisplayName': u'Cheryl Lans', u'createDate': u'1427861429', u'userID': 65360538, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861466', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'anywhere', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427861466', u'commentSequence': 14581083, u'commentBody': u'April 1, 2015. This is the story of Krugtron the Invicible (\xa9 N. Smith; N. Ferguson), a legend of not so long ago; beloved by some and feared by others. In this episode, the Progressive Team of Major Stiggy and Captain Silly try to free Krugtron of his obsession with politicians named Paul and of his repeated defense of some permuted friends.<br/>Unbeknownst to Krugtron, the evil corporation Monsterantonico Ltd was inspired by some of the plants of the Harry Potter\xa9 franchise (Devil\u2019s snare & Venomous tentacula) and has used the Rubinconia parasitic fungus to modify some of his long-time friends so that they can no longer serve the public good. Once young and reasonably idealistic these friends have been assimilated into Rubincus strangler figs that can only survive by taking other people\u2019s pensions and government contracts.<br/>Despite the pleas of many, AntiBankgirl refuses to don her superheroine costume to stop both the Rubincuses and the Kocholeum invasive range plant. Krugton\u2019s ally supernerd Henry Jekyll becomes Lawrence Hyde whenever he passes too close to a power source. Can the progressive duo -Stiggy and Silly- save Krugtron in time\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026', u'recommendationCount': 1}, {u'assetID': 3425377, u'replies': {u'comments': [{u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581087, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14581351, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Michelle', u'createDate': u'1427866234', u'userID': 52107281, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427897879', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 1, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'stu freeman', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Washington, DC', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427897879', u'commentSequence': 14581351, u'commentBody': u'but for adulterers, divorcees, or any kind of straight sinner in general, go right ahead'}]}, u'lft': 3036, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/religious-freedom-restoration-act-arkansas-indiana.html', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14581087, u'rgt': 3039, u'userDisplayName': u'stu freeman', u'createDate': u'1427861461', u'userID': 35591703, u'replyCount': 1, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861466', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'brooklyn NY', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427861466', u'commentSequence': 14581087, u'commentBody': u'The eleventh commandment (on a tablet all its own and dropped by Moses on his way down from Mount Sinai): "thou shalt not baketh a cake for a wedding of sodomites." Glad to see that the governors of Indiana and Arkansas know their biblical injunctions.', u'recommendationCount': 41}, {u'assetID': 3425377, u'replies': [], u'lft': 1835, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/religious-freedom-restoration-act-arkansas-indiana.html', u'parentID': 14577185, u'commentID': 14581096, u'rgt': 1836, u'userDisplayName': u'AACNY', u'createDate': u'1427861596', u'userID': 26671491, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861646', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NY', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427861646', u'commentSequence': 14581096, u'commentBody': u"Clairette Rose:<br/><br/>I do not define someone else's religious beliefs, nor do I decide whether their beliefs are legitimate. They are legally entitled to exercise their faith whether I agree, disagree, believe, disbelieve, etc.", u'recommendationCount': 1}, {u'assetID': 3425203, u'replies': {u'comments': [{u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581107, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14600712, u'trusted': 1, u'userDisplayName': u'Kurt in Switzerland', u'createDate': u'1428009483', u'userID': 63901433, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1428009549', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 5, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'Kurt in Switzerland', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Switzerland', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1428009549', u'commentSequence': 14600712, u'commentBody': u"-<br/><br/>J.C.: All your listing of superlatives doesn't help Climate Sensitivity converge, nor does it address the growing divergence between models and reality."}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581107, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14600980, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'J.C. Clark', u'createDate': u'1428011334', u'userID': 70252985, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1428155422', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 3, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'Kurt in Switzerland', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'San Francisco', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1428155422', u'commentSequence': 14600980, u'commentBody': u'LA Times: Climate Models Don\'t Over-Predict Warming, Study Shows<br/><a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-models-predict-warming-20150128-story.html" title="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-models-predict-warming-20150128-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-models-predi...</a><br/><br/>"\'Cherry picking" the most recent 15-year interval to refute climate change modeling is misleading and obscures the long-term agreement between the models and measurements, according to study co-author Piers Forster, an atmospheric physicist from the University of Leeds, England. <br/><br/>A study that combined 114 possible 15-year trends since 1900 found that there was nothing statistically biased in the ways model-generated data differed from actual measurements of global mean surface temperatures...<br/><br/>For every start year after 1915, the modeled 62-year trends show too little warming, the study found...<br/><br/>Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2002, according to NOAA."'}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581107, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14607792, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Robert', u'createDate': u'1428075982', u'userID': 66788641, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1428155314', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 3, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'Kurt in Switzerland', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Out West', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1428155314', u'commentSequence': 14607792, u'commentBody': u'Kurts: I much enjoyed your haughty claim that you preferred to read the IPCC reports, given your history. thanks. 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(paraphrasing). Oooooo.... Kaaaaay. <br/><br/>Upon which our host went silent. I suppose he didn\'t wish to cause a fuss; after all, nobody from the audience seemed to care.<br/><br/>Strange, too, how the consensus Position of IPCC AR5 elected to NOT offer a "best estimate" for Climate Sensitivity, in a break from tradition. This wouldn\'t have anything to do with the recent research lowering estimates for C.S., would it?<br/><br/>How many scientific endeavors show such poor progress after spending billions? Should we not ask why? Could it be that some key assumptions are flawed?', u'recommendationCount': 13}, {u'assetID': 3425358, u'replies': [], u'lft': 101, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/africa/nigeria-election-muhammadu-buhari-goodluck-jonathan.html', u'parentID': 14576279, u'commentID': 14581082, u'rgt': 102, u'userDisplayName': u'Okello', u'createDate': u'1427861373', u'userID': 59276349, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427861829', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Los Angeles, CA', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427861829', u'commentSequence': 14581082, u'commentBody': u'You sound very ignorant when you lump all African countries under one umbrella . First of all, do you know the most powerful and visible politician in Africa is a woman , Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma , the African Union Commission Chairperson . Do you know that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia in 2011, that Malawi had a female president Joyce Banda, that Uganda had a female vice president in the 90s and currently the speaker of Parliament of Uganda is a woman , that Rwanda has more female members of Parliament than men? To mention just a few examples. You talk as though African women are somehow bared from public life as in Saudi Arabia! 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He is a humble man and he didn't witch hunt his opponent that is why he is freely giving power unlike other African dictators who are afraid that if they gave up power their opponents would repay their bad deeds. 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Many families earning $50K do owe no Federal tax.<br/>2. There are higher taxes on incomes over $400K, and itemized deductions are phased out.<br/>3. The estate tax over $3.5 million is quite high.<br/>4. Stocks held less than a year are taxed at the full rate.'}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581138, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14585601, u'trusted': 1, u'userDisplayName': u'Jonathan', u'createDate': u'1427903184', u'userID': 11145175, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427903230', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 2, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'richard', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NYC', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427903230', u'commentSequence': 14585601, u'commentBody': u"@CM - You understand the actual tax code, not the imaginary one that most NY Times commenters are talking about. They have never filled out a deductions phase-out worksheet or AMT Form 6251, far less the dreaded 8960!<br/><br/>At least if you have only $45K in income, and it's all stock dividends, you don't have to pay any tax at all!"}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14581138, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14587106, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'India', u'createDate': u'1427910053', u'userID': 252832, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427917443', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'richard', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Midwest', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427917443', u'commentSequence': 14587106, u'commentBody': u"Unearned income was once earned income. The same money has been taxed again and again and again.<br/><br/>Just remember - you're 401K and IRA plans are based on stocks and bonds, not on Daddy Warbucks. If they stop, so does the growth of your retirement money as well."}]}, u'lft': 176, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/upshot/why-more-education-wont-fix-economic-inequality.html', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14581138, u'rgt': 191, u'userDisplayName': u'richard', u'createDate': u'1427862361', u'userID': 35043548, u'replyCount': 7, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862366', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'thailand', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427862366', u'commentSequence': 14581138, u'commentBody': u'1. Nobody (single or family) who makes $50,000 a year should pay taxes. 2. No loop holes for Corporate taxes. 3. No loop holes for the upper wage earners above $500,000 and higher taxes on their income above $500,000. 4. Higher estate taxes for over $3 million. 5. Higher hedge fund taxes. Higher capital gains taxes for stocks held less than a year. Can any one add to my list?', u'recommendationCount': 7}, {u'assetID': 3425377, u'replies': [], u'lft': 1793, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/religious-freedom-restoration-act-arkansas-indiana.html', u'parentID': 14577627, u'commentID': 14581137, u'rgt': 1794, u'userDisplayName': u'AACNY', u'createDate': u'1427862351', u'userID': 26671491, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862367', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NY', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427862367', u'commentSequence': 14581137, u'commentBody': u'sallyb wicker park 60622:<br/><br/>Christians don\'t consider anyone else less human, and they certainly understand pain and suffering. As hurtful as it is, you cannot force someone to violate their religious beliefs because to not do so would cause someone pain and make them feel rejected. <br/><br/>"Sin" involves more than just participation in an act. It is a concept that involves intentions, emotions, etc. To limit it would be an attempt escape responsibility or detection, like cheating. Some Christians might draw the line at any involvement.', u'recommendationCount': 1}, {u'assetID': 3425382, u'replies': {u'comments': [{u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14580835, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14581828, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Kim', u'createDate': u'1427880660', u'userID': 69555093, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427899876', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'GL', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'NYC', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427899876', u'commentSequence': 14581828, u'commentBody': u"I think you're right."}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14580835, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14581973, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Maren C. Stones', u'createDate': u'1427883364', u'userID': 67674993, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427900833', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'GL', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'London, UK', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427900833', u'commentSequence': 14581973, u'commentBody': u'I suppose it was the only time in his life when he had absolute control over the situation. Typical.'}, {u'recommendedFlag': 0, u'parentID': 14580835, u'replies': [], u'commentID': 14591484, u'trusted': 0, u'userDisplayName': u'Jake', u'createDate': u'1427938063', u'userID': 30162120, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427939662', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'recommendations': 0, u'editorsSelection': False, u'parentUserDisplayName': u'GL', u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Wisconsin', u'depth': 1, u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427939662', u'commentSequence': 14591484, u'commentBody': u'Re: "Sociopaths rarely suffer from depression. Also, they tend to be extroverted."<br/><br/>I don\'t see any reason why this should be so, and I\'ve never heard any psychologist maintain that it is so. Probably the ones you hear about are mostly extroverts who don\'t suffer from depression. That enables them to make more of a mark on the world more easily.'}]}, u'lft': 724, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/europe/lufthansa-germanwings-andreas-lubitz.html', u'parentID': None, u'commentID': 14580835, u'rgt': 735, u'userDisplayName': u'GL', u'createDate': u'1427858356', u'userID': 65729526, u'replyCount': 5, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862388', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Augusta, GA', u'commentType': u'comment', u'updateDate': u'1427862388', u'commentSequence': 14580835, u'commentBody': u'<br/>----As someone who has battled depression (more than once), I would wager that "depression" was the least of Mr. Lubitz\'s problems. A person who could calmly reprogram an airplane to crash into the mountains, while for ten minutes, 150 people are screaming in terror, is not "depressed." That man is a sociopath.....', u'recommendationCount': 72}, {u'assetID': 3425382, u'replies': [], u'lft': 493, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/europe/lufthansa-germanwings-andreas-lubitz.html', u'parentID': 14579943, u'commentID': 14580852, u'rgt': 494, u'userDisplayName': u'Middleman MD', u'createDate': u'1427858574', u'userID': 65421780, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862470', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'New York, NY', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427862470', u'commentSequence': 14580852, u'commentBody': u"Great American, has it occurred to you that those types of electronic health records, which make information readily available without a patient's expressed permission might discourage people from seeking care in the first place?", u'recommendationCount': 3}, {u'assetID': 3425382, u'replies': [], u'lft': 587, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/europe/lufthansa-germanwings-andreas-lubitz.html', u'parentID': 14580224, u'commentID': 14580853, u'rgt': 588, u'userDisplayName': u'Elizabeth', u'createDate': u'1427858579', u'userID': 51419812, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862482', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'West palm beach', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427862482', u'commentSequence': 14580853, u'commentBody': u"And then there is utter selfishness, consuming anger at his employer, and evil. He wasn't so out of it that he wasn't aware he was flying a plane with innocent people on board. These emotions that steered him to lock out the pilot and deliberately kill everyone on board are different and in addition to his depression; extra, deadly elements there are no excuses for. 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But depression does not lead to mass murder - so whatever was amiss with this pilot, it wasn\'t (just) depression. ', u'recommendationCount': 2}, {u'assetID': 3425382, u'replies': [], u'lft': 403, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/europe/lufthansa-germanwings-andreas-lubitz.html', u'parentID': 14579547, u'commentID': 14580894, u'rgt': 404, u'userDisplayName': u'Unhappy camper', u'createDate': u'1427858989', u'userID': 29005883, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862621', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Planet Earth', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427862621', u'commentSequence': 14580894, u'commentBody': u"The airlines cut costs because it brings more profit. Lufthansa has its lower priced unit, Germanwings, and as in the USA, where regional airlines hire less experienced pilots and pay them incredibly poorly, those fares are lower. Would you be willing to pay more for your ticket, either in the form of a higher fare or a surcharge? I would--but some people would take the risk, which is admittedly very small.<br/><br/>Personally, I think the suggestion for a fingerprint scanner to unlock the cockpit door is both sensible and a reasonable cost for airlines to assume. Let's hope it gets serious consideration.", u'recommendationCount': 2}, {u'assetID': 3425382, u'replies': [], u'lft': 677, u'assetURL': u'http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/world/europe/lufthansa-germanwings-andreas-lubitz.html', u'parentID': 14580630, u'commentID': 14580910, u'rgt': 678, u'userDisplayName': u'Colenso', u'createDate': u'1427859151', u'userID': 26738619, u'replyCount': 0, u'commentTitle': u'<br/>', u'status': u'approved', u'approveDate': u'1427862646', u'userTitle': u'NULL', u'editorsSelection': 0, u'statusID': 2, u'userURL': u'NULL', u'userLocation': u'Cairns', u'commentType': u'userReply', u'updateDate': u'1427862646', u'commentSequence': 14580910, u'commentBody': u'How many young female commercial pilots are there? If perhaps 1% of human males and 0.5% of human females are psychopaths, then given that there are many more male pilots than female pilots, ... ', u'recommendationCount': 1}]}, u'copyright': u'Copyright (c) 2015 The New York Times Company. 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