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  1. I thought about that. Yes, perhaps across the board not completely socially liberal, but at least avoiding abject hatred of poors and other and cruelty toward same.
  2. Hell, I'd say a lot of them don't even KNOW what their faith teaches. But Jews, Catholics, and other "mainstream" Christians have been pretty reliably socially liberal for a good long time.
  3. Says a guy who isn't crowdsourced.
  4. Yes, it's fitting apportionment to a predetermined outcome when the outcome doesn't necessarily correlate to the actual preferences of the electorate. It's less common these days, because of gerrymandering among other things, but there are or have been states with governors and legislatures of different party than the state's voting for President. Further, should it be how they vote for Pres? Governor? Senator? Apportionment needs to be pretty much purely geographic/demographic. End of story.
  5. By a danger-Jew* high school and college dropout and former real estate agent. *apologies for any racist implications here, but the number of "religious" people (fundagelicals, fundy catlicks, and Jews) going against longstanding traditions of their faiths is something about this whole timeline that really disturbs me.
  6. At first it sounds amusingly hyperbolic. But then you think about it for a second: corporations have no empathy, no concern for their fellow "man." Nor should they be expected to. Therefore, the government has a role, and a pretty good-sized one at that, in limiting the damage done. Stewart is very astute. He's good at comedy, but unlike his right-wing "peers," it's based in truthiness.
  7. Hold on. Trump has told us that aluminum imports (from actual allies Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the European Union, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom) are a matter of national security and must be tariffed all to hell. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-restores-section-232-tariffs/
  8. Corporate psychopathy is some good shit.
  9. Well, who knows, but the steps don't distinguish between things done in the throes of addiction and things not done in the throes of addiction. It is intended to address all sources of guilt. And it is odd that the what is addressed seems closely related to what isn't. Maybe the addict rationalized that the boundaries were because of the addiction not the molestation.
  10. Very good point on the this is untouchable for the reason you state. I assumed that the recovering probably did not raise this in their inventory, so the sponsor wasn't privy to it.
  11. From Missouri, yet USA for DDC. Also, almost no actual practice as an attorney, complete political hack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Martin_(Missouri_politician)
  12. From Missouri, yet acting USA D. D.C. And a complete political hack, almost no experience as an actual lawyer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Martin_(Missouri_politician)
  13. A bust-out job. Fuck you, pay me.
  14. I don't really consider it bullying, it's just internet points. Still, I don't do it very often because I feel it's rage and anger getting the better of me. I'm strivin, lawd.
  15. I'm not a huge fan of the FBI, but, by and large, they are pretty good detectives. Meaning, they know how to gather admissible evidence and build court cases against criminals, even if they break a few rules to do it. So, in that sense, they are cops. They are not cops in the sense of security guards, private security, or beat cops. That is why the FBI chief is often a lawyer/US Attorney if not a prior field agent. Bonbingo is wholly unqualified for the post.
  16. Well, the only way we have of determining that is Presidential elections, which may or may not be representative of a population's more "daily" voting. In 2024, Texas went about 56-42 Trump, so R. Yet, the Congressional delegation is 65-35 R. Is that close? Or is that fucky?
  17. From a citation-, and likely fact-free anonymous substack. https://amuseonx.substack.com/ On X, someone pointed out that if you bought a modest house in the DC area 30 years ago, you're probably a millionaire. But whether true or not, the underlying idea, that federal workers other than politicians, are enriching themselves on the tax payer's dollar, is insidious and insane.
  18. If I am understanding correctly, the letter acknowledges some wrongdoing, but not the main wrongdoing? From the addict's perspective, the "amendee's" reaction is irrelevant, although the hoped-for outcome is reconciliation and forgiveness. The idea is for the addict to become willing to admit the wrongdoing, directly to the victim and what comes after is beyond the addict's control. The problem here is that the addict apparently has not made a full disclosure/admission of the wrongdoing. And that is to the addict's ultimate detriment as the whole exercise is intended to unburden the addict of guilt. I suppose it is not surprising that the most heinous offense is repressed. Going through the 12 steps is for most an iterative process and further clarity comes with further step work. I'm not sure what the Al-Anon view on this is, which is more relevant to the victim issue than anything I have to offer. But, I don't think it would be amiss for the victim to write back, express some kind of gladness that the addict is in recovery and attempting to make amends, but also pointing out the failure to address the elephant in the room.
  19. What's amusing/amazing is those that come from repressive, dictatorial, and sometimes communist, regimes are the most reflexively anti-"socialist," but also extremely willing to embrace the anti-democratic authoritarians. In icono's case, it's fleeing a repressive religious dictatorship (Iran) only to advocate for a repressive religious dictatorship in the new country half a century later. Maybe immigration isn't all it's cracked up to be. 😬😬
  20. Evoking Chainsaw Al Dunlap. Which ended so well for him and his targets. Albert John Dunlap (July 26, 1937 – January 25, 2019) was an American corporate executive.[2][3] He was known at the peak of his career as a professional turnaround management specialist and downsizer. The mass layoffs at his companies earned him the nicknames "Chainsaw Al"[4] and "Rambo in Pinstripes", after he posed for a photo wearing an ammo belt across his chest.[5] It was later discovered that his reputed turnarounds were elaborate frauds and his career was ended after he engineered a massive accounting scandal at Sunbeam Products, now a division of Newell Brands, that forced the company into bankruptcy.[6] Dunlap is on the lists of "Worst CEOs of All Time" published by several business publications.[7][8]
  21. Rodney's employment history suggests that he is one seriously mediocre white guy.
  22. A bitch that must be kicked?
  23. Defend your ideas. If that is an accurate characterization of your view of the legitimacy of gerrymandering, then you deserve to be shat upon.
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