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February 23, 2023 at 8:59 am
Elon Musk announces that Tesla will be returning its global engineering headquarters to California after its dramatic move from the "blue state" two years ago to Texas.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/38...announces/
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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February 23, 2023 at 2:58 pm
Oh look! Apparently, there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. I feel so much better now.
Alaska Republican sparks alarm by claiming ‘economic benefits’ to children being abused to death (msn.com)
A Republican lawmaker found himself in hot water this week after he made comments about fatal cases of child abuse and neglect that shocked and disgusted his fellow lawmakers.
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February 23, 2023 at 3:55 pm
(February 23, 2023 at 2:58 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Oh look! Apparently, there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. I feel so much better now.
Alaska Republican sparks alarm by claiming ‘economic benefits’ to children being abused to death (msn.com)
A Republican lawmaker found himself in hot water this week after he made comments about fatal cases of child abuse and neglect that shocked and disgusted his fellow lawmakers.
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February 23, 2023 at 9:31 pm
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I'd put it no higher than surprised - that he said it out loud. Note that it was criticized as disgusting and insensitive, not that it wasn't true. Probably ought to send a car out to his house to see if he's keeping any kids in the basement.
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February 24, 2023 at 5:06 am
You'd think that if they're willing to consider fatal cases of child abuse as some sort of best-case scenario because they don't grow up to ask for government-funded social services, they'd just do a 180 on abortion. After all, every pregnancy that ends in an abortion is one less kid sucking off the government's teat.
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February 25, 2023 at 12:21 am
Tennessee is set to become the first US state to ban drag
Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill banning drag shows in public on Thursday, sending the measure to the Republican Governor Bill Lee’s desk.
The law would make Tennessee the first state to ban public drag, which could also affect LGBTQ+ pride celebrations and transgender people who are in shows of any kind. There are currently 20 bills in 15 US states aimed at drag queen performances.
It’s well-documented in economic literature that discrimination against LGBTQ+ people damages their economic, physical, and mental well-being. Additionally, discriminatory bills like the one in Tennessee can lower a nation’s GDP.
In past years, bills in other states that targeted transgender people prompted strong negative reaction from business leaders, out of concern that discriminatory legislation would make it more difficult to woo clients, talent and corporate relocations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tennes...r-AA17RmAS
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February 25, 2023 at 4:26 am
How about making a law that says people who don't like drag shows don't have to go to one?
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February 25, 2023 at 4:42 am
(February 25, 2023 at 4:26 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: How about making a law that says people who don't like drag shows don't have to go to one?
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February 25, 2023 at 4:56 am
(February 25, 2023 at 4:42 am)Tomato Wrote: (February 25, 2023 at 4:26 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: How about making a law that says people who don't like drag shows don't have to go to one?
Laws for common sense is otherwise known as warning labels.
The saddest thing about the anti-drag movement is that kids won't be able to learn about opera the way I did: from a rabbit in a dress.
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February 26, 2023 at 1:08 pm
This is getting very, very, worrying
H5N1 is now in foxes, seals, otters and other mammals
The 1918 Spanish Flu is thought to have been caused by an avian flu virus that jumped to humans
More than half of humans who have so far caught H5N1 have died
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/f...-avian-flu
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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