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Employment Policies Institute

Name of a 501(c)(3) group created by Berman & Co., a

lobbyist for the restaurant, hotel, alcohol, and cigarette companies. "Defeat the Debt, another 501(c)(3), is supposedly organized by the Employment Policies Institute ALSO created by Berman & Co.

The Employment Policies Institute is not an institute, in the sense that it doesn't conduct research or perform services to the public. All it does is recycle American Enterprise Institute talking points under a false flag. Berman & Co. has a very large number of "institutes" or organizations, usually little information about the funding or affiliations. It cites "articles" which are letters to the editor published by a "senior economic analyst" at the "Employment Policies Institute," etc.

The "studies" are not peer-reviewed, but they take a long time to download (they're PDF files, naturally). The "doctors" are merely Ph.D. holders in an unrelated field spouting glibertarian theories. All in all, another front for wingnut welfare.
The Employment Policies Institute is a phony organization created in 1991 by Richard Berman, the principal of Berman & Co. It is little more than a website.

The Wikipedia entry for the "Employment Policies Institute" was obviously written by someone affiliated with the institute. Essentially devoted to ending the minimum wage (among other issues), it includes a section taking the 501(c)(3)'s position on a study, and then cites a "paper" by that same entity as "proof." This is the sort of bullshit we have come to expect from Berman & Co.
by Sorry, the good guys lost September 11, 2010
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Instigator

a person who drags out a situation, when it’s never that deep!
“Travis why do you always drag shit out? Why are you being an instigator?”
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Instigator

Someone that does something like hire and train a bunch of people to interrrupt violence when they know beforehand that it will not only lead to an increase in violence, but it will actually openly antagonize and provoke things that were not there already.
The instigator wanted people to buy her bullshit about wanting to clean up violence by installing violence interrupters.
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Instigator

Wyatt tegeler.
Wyatt is really a Instigator
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Childrens Institute

A dumbed down, children's version of the Basic Seminar. Children are organized into teams of 5-15 and carry on bible lessons as well as arts and crafts.
"Hey is that basic seminar going to have a Children's Institute?"
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Art Institute of Pittsburgh

A digital arts college located in Pittsburgh Pensylvania that used to be poppin and was the go-to place for anyone who wanted a degree in photography, film graphic design etc. Now they are synonymous for constantly fucking them selfs in the ass. the school will most likely go bankrupt in the next year. Avoid this school at all cost and just go to point park university instead.
Jon: Hey have you been looking at some colleges lately?
Mike: Ya! I'm currently looking into the art institute of Pittsburgh to study game design.
Jon: Dude, don't go there! That school sucks! classes are 4hrs. long, housing is 3 miles from the school, and they do little to no help when it comes to finding internships.

Mike: Shit your right! thanks!
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Bi-intimate

Having an intimate personal relationship or connection to both male and female sex. A person can be heterosexual but be bi-intimate.
Paul is heterosexual, but Paul is willing to marry John as long as it doesn't involve sex because he is bi-intimate. Paul can have a deep love and want a relationship with John that does not involve sex.
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