<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">MicCheck Daily</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:miccheckdaily@mic.com">miccheckdaily@mic.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 4:24 AM<br>Subject: A way to end homelessness that actually works<br>To: <a href="mailto:blackdantheman100@gmail.com">blackdantheman100@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<li dir="ltr" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-size:14px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;list-style-type:disc!important"><span style="display:block;color:#000000;font-family:helvetica,arial,serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:22px;padding-bottom:0px"><span>It has been a big week for vets. On Tuesday, the Senate </span><a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=a7c268f144&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">approved a bill</a> that would allow (for the first time ever) doctors to OK medical marijuana for some veterans. And the White House announced Wednesday that all recent U.S. military vets and their families will be <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=06df919b28&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">offered in-state tuition rates</a> to public colleges and universities across the country.</span></li>
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<li dir="ltr" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-size:14px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;list-style-type:disc!important"><span style="display:block;color:#000000;font-family:helvetica,arial,serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:22px;padding-bottom:0px"><span>Hundreds of Ithaca College students joined Mizzou </span><a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=34ad49e1bb&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">and Yale</a> in the fight against racism by holding their own “Solidarity Walk Out” Wednesday. They’re <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=83c8cbeab6&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">calling for the resignation</a> of the college’s president, Tom Rochon, over several <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=6b2fae7450&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">alleged racial injustices</a>.</span></li>
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<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">‘Local’ and ‘organic’ are cute buzz words, but they <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=928c55c36e&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">don’t mean sustainable</a>. <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>Aeon</i></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">Canada’s PM is the ultimate 21st century man — and not just <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=e3fd4cd9a3&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">because he’s hot as hell.</a> <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>Mic</i></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">Have you noticed that Facebook is getting <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=0bd9fed9fc&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">a little too intimate with you</a>? <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>Medium</i></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">In tough times, cops start <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=5a38c270f4&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">seizing way more of your stuff</a>. <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>The Washington Post</i></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">A little lonely? This suit lets you <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=1054d1bc6b&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">feel hugs from miles away</a>. <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>Mic</i></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">Science says the shape of our bodies could be even worse for us <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=fd275b3331&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">than high BMIs</a>. <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>Quartz</i></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing:0.15px;word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important">Even big banks think that robot automation will lead to <a href="http://mic.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e296d233b80b1c09f9c900df7&id=3f6122d9a1&e=e339022196" style="word-wrap:normal!important;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#21c1ff!important;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">further income inequality</a>. <span style="color:#a9a9a9"><i>Mic</i></span></p>
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