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You're right. There's zero Jewish representation in the Arab world while Arabs make up about 20% of the Israeli population (and hold positions of power within the country). Israel is a tolerant society while saud, Qatar, etc. are largely intolerant of Jewish existence (they genocided their own Jewish populations).

By definition, if the business venture isn't profitable, then there isn't a market.

REI in downtown Portland pulled out and publicly said it was because of rising crime, but it was really because the employees were trying to unionize.

Effective protests are disruptive.

Most metal parts testing is destructive. I.e., once you test the parts, they are destroyed and you can't use them anymore. That's why the trust I certificates is so important. They certify that metal from the same batch passed those tests. That's why it's a huge safety risk if the certs are fake, there's no guarantee that the metal can meet the requirements, and no way to test without breaking the parts.

Credit scores are in part based on the oldest line of available credit, which for most people are their student loans. Pay those off, your oldest line of credit becomes something more recent, and your score goes down as a result

Parents have the option of homeschooling their kids. That's them exercising their authority. But public school curriculum should be decided by an apolitical body that follows evidence based practices. Don't like it as a parent? Then homeschool.