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When the railroad went to shit, so did Llano. Or, so I hear. Closing a library is next level asshattery.

What’s the opposite of surprised? Maybe someday folks will know how much fentanyl money underwrote the New Right’s attempt to seize absolute control.

You are way more correct than wrong. Perhaps that is by design. Sometimes enforced by rules limiting what someone can post. Which is different than a post receiving negative response on the merits of the post content. I post mainly in CR, because that is where what I usually want to post is allowed. OTOH, reading DT, or 6SJ, often provokes a desire to respond to a given post, because politics is more than just a thing. Politics determines the future my kids will navigate. Because reasons, I am not supposed to share my view on other threads. That, too, is frustrating. CR is the free speech zone here on Surly.

Glad to know I’m not the only one with questions like this;

I don’t want to put words in WTB mouth, but I do esteem Art. Your brush, sir, is broader than most. But, I do agree with the premise that we are witnessing the final push, decades in the making, towards an autocratic, fascistic government that uses theocratic messaging towards its goal.

Inherited my firearms. Never really associated them with me killing humans, until my wife called and told me a motorist had been harassing them for many miles, and was now following her into the neighborhood. When she pulled into the driveway, I was standing at the curb with a shotgun. But the guy did not turn on our street. Should have mentioned both the kids were with her. OTOH, when there was a pounding at more door at 1AM, and, after getting out of bed, I left the bedroom without even thinking of arming myself. To find a stranger in my open doorway. I had not seen the guy’s wife standing against the back wall of the foyer. Neighbors had brought their hot mess of a domestic dispute through my unlocked door. Must have been the boxers I was wearing, because I hustled husband outside with only moderate need of force. Wife and daughter tended the other wife until the cops showed. We now lock that door as a habit.

Few Christians walk the path Jesus taught. I believe you can know the hearts of those few. I will not assume to know the hearts of anyone else, though I do not take issue with your take on Christian theology, other than say it is not universal among Christian faiths. Calvinist predestination comes to mind. I linked support for the claim Sufi cosmology roots are more mystical than mathematically derived. Here is the information that you say you were hoping to see: The Human Realm is supervised by: One Kitab-al-Mubeen, controlling: 300 million Loh-e-Mehfooz (Superclusters), each one controlling 80 thousand Hazeere (galaxies), each one containing 13 billion star systems, out of which 1 billion star systems have life on one of their planets. Each star has 9, 12 or 13 planets around it. [2.4e13 differs from science’s best guess, which is 2e12]. I don’t think logic, nor math, nor science explains how they came to the conclusion one billion star systems contain life. .https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1424242

Throw the right to privacy, and the ninth Amendment, on the burn pile and grab your ankles. What other rights will SCOTUS scuttle now that they have assumed the power to decide which rights we no longer possess. This legislation sounds terribad, but it is going through the correct process.

Koi are serious business, but congrats on not spilling your seed on the ground.

The exploitation of children is not in keeping with Christ’s teachings, no. But, a true Christian is close to unicorn status, of course. But I believe I have met such folks, yes. None were pedophiles. I wanted to link support for mysticism being the path by which Sufi’s describe the universe: https://sufipathoflove.com/cosmic-order-in-sufism/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_cosmology

Off topic, but HEB’s crawfish boil was legit. The crawfish.were incredibly smart. Shrimp and veggies were too salty. Hence bourbon and beer, hence this shitty post. I really had high hopes for this team.

Sucks to feel the refs tipped the scales. Wish Carr had fed Cunningham at the minute mark. Great season. Lots of fun to watch this team. 🤘

Sucks to feel the refs tipped the scales. Wish Carr had fed Cunningham at the minute mark. Great season. Lots of fun to watch this team. 🤘

ARNICA, gotdammit. They better be treating hm with arnica.

Entering the stage where the refs try to steer the outcome of the game.

I love this team. TEXAS!

This belongs here: “Texas Republicans propose creation of vigilante group to hunt migrants at the border pthat will have immunity from prosecutionTexas Republicans propose creation of vigilante group to hunt migrants at the border that will have immunity from prosecution The bill — House Bill 20 — would allow Texas' Department of Public Safety to hunt, arrest, and deport undocumented migrants. The group would be comprised of law enforcement officers and civilians under the direction of a governor-selected chief. The members of the group would also be extended immunity from criminal prosecution relating to their actions on the border. They will be directed to "arrest, detain, and deter individuals crossing the border illegally including with the use of non-deadly force."“ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-repulican-vigilante-group-migrants-b2307632.html?utm_source=reddit.com I have a question about the bolded sentence fragment. Is this the same immunity police already enjoy, or is this a trial balloon for the sort of immunity that would protect psychos who kneel on necks?

Agreed for art. The song made serious money, though, and won an Oscar. “(Raindrops) hit hugely and sold about 200,000 to 300,000 records a day [and continued selling] for about three years.”

Child predators are the smallest subset of folks who call themselves Christian but are not, in fact, Christian. Christian organizations do little to punish the predators, however, and deserve the opprobrium.

Probably this belongs on another board. But I didn’t know this was a thing, nor did I know that competitive joint rolling is my super power. “With nimble fingers and years of practice, Ativat Janmuangthai beat other cannabis enthusiasts to roll a perfect, one-gramme joint in 43 seconds on Saturday, becoming the fastest joint-roller in Thailand's Phuket.“

Seen outside the rally. There’s fungus among us sammiches.

Jon Stewart’s latest episode on Apple TV focused on on the prison to poverty backend of that pipeline. Felons are completing sentences, and leaving jail owing tens of thousands of dollars to the state, for “rent” and health care, etc. Couple that with the restrictions placed on their release, like being excluded from health insurance and housing, and add the non existence of job opportunities while surviving in a culture flooded with guns. It is to the point where former felons who aren’t recidivists are the outliers. It is all so immoral it is no wonder it has become a powerful, and firmly entrenched, industry The USA, as Stewart states, jails four times the number of its citizens in comparison to Australia, which was literally conceived of as a prison colony. 100 million US citizens have a criminal record. Black and brown students end up in jail for skipping school. If we claim to believe in redemption, we are obligated to give these people an actual second chance.