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RE: Noteworthy News
March 23, 2022 at 1:58 pm
Aren't we all so very surprised?
Quote:KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a previous promise and opting to appease their hardline base at the expense of further alienating the international community.
The unexpected decision, confirmed by a Taliban official Wednesday, came at the start of the new school year in Afghanistan. It is bound to disrupt Taliban efforts to win recognition from potential international donors, at a time when the country is mired in a worsening humanitarian crisis.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 24, 2022 at 4:10 am
The Republican governor of Utah ( Utah!!) has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited transgender high schoolers from participating in sports. Moreover, he did so in a way that was caring and compassionate. Dafuq is going on Utah?
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 24, 2022 at 7:39 am
(March 24, 2022 at 4:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The Republican governor of Utah (Utah!!) has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited transgender high schoolers from participating in sports. Moreover, he did so in a way that was caring and compassionate. Dafuq is going on Utah?
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 24, 2022 at 7:44 am
Let's not be hasty. I'm sure this momentary lapse of judgement won't prevent him from being as horrible as he was elected to be.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 25, 2022 at 4:55 pm
Catholics have their own dating site called Navis Fidelis founded by a priest.
Quote:The conditions of access at Navis Fidelis are therefore strict. Each user is required to be recommended by a cleric or a nun. The cleric will have to certify that the person in question adheres to a traditionalist vision.
The purpose of the site is also evident. If people get along, it is to lead to marriage.
Members are further expected to abide by one basic rule: the absence of sexual relations before marriage. Other requirements are being baptized and celibate, going to Mass every Sunday, confessing frequently and wanting to get married in church.
https://cne.news/artikel/823-french-dati...s-together
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 25, 2022 at 5:11 pm
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Russian disinformation campaign attempts to discourage foreign fighters from coming to Ukraine by spreading the lie a Canadian Sniper was killed within 20 minutes of coming to Ukraine. In reality, the person in question is very much alive.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 25, 2022 at 5:25 pm
Snipers are absolutely terrifying.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 25, 2022 at 5:42 pm
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(March 25, 2022 at 5:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Snipers are absolutely terrifying.
Boru And Canada has created a few
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 25, 2022 at 6:05 pm
(March 25, 2022 at 5:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Snipers are absolutely terrifying.
Boru Unless you are the first target.......
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 25, 2022 at 6:17 pm
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(March 25, 2022 at 5:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Snipers are absolutely terrifying.
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