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2 Kings 2:23-24: A story about what happens when you make fun of bald dudes

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I think they're looking too deeply into the Trump v. Biden election. It isn't "Trump's politics" versus "Biden's/the Democrat's politics", it's Trump vs. Not-Trump. I don't know anybody who is voting for Biden because they think he's the best person for the job; they're all voting for him because he isn't Donald Trump.

Which is ironic because one of the Fed's chartered purposes is to maximize employment. I guess maximizing profits is more important, even though it's not on the list.

The GPU module is actually an industry standard created by... Dell, I think? So that, at least, is technically non-proprietary.

Either way, Framework has been open about specs and has encouraged a cottage industry of third party bespoke mods and modules for its laptops. I wouldn't worry to much about that.

I love my GitHub Actions, though. And since I'm already using Azure... In for a penny, in for a pound.

The infrastructure limitation could be resolved by using infrared reflectors along the road instead of lights. Have the car shine infrared light at the reflectors so it's cameras can read the code on them (like an infrared QR code, maybe?)

It doesn't work like that. Source: The Tenth Amendment.

In other words, it'll trigger a constitutional crisis like you couldn't imagine and pretty much end the United States overnight if the federal government violated the tenth amendment and asserted itself by overthrowing the elected leader of a state. It simply wouldn't be legal for the federal government to do something like that.

I think the most accurate information we have should be taught in school, whether it paints the person in a poor or positive light. However, while considering the negative things that influential historical figures have been involved in is important, I believe that teachers should avoid historical presentism as much as possible, and explain to their students how moral standards have changed over time. It's stupid and useless to get angry about people who lived hundreds of years ago because they didn't share our modern moral standards.

Only if we abolish the ATF first

You, as a Democrat, have made it perfectly clear that none of my beliefs are welcome in your party. However, for now, the Republicans welcome some of my beliefs. But when Trump is nominated, I will reconsider.

Good day to you.

MittRomney

No, it's definitionally half-baked.

By whose definition?

But being a "moderate" means you aren't committed to your principles. It is half-baked. It means abandoning that debate and instead taking a middle road. It means you only follow your principles sometimes. And people who only sometimes follow their principles are not respectable.

In other words, you have no idea what the politics of moderates or centrists actually are. It's okay to acknowledge your ignorance; one can only gain knowledge by being honest about that which one doesn't know.

So either you're just plain wrong about what the parties are, or you have some secret terrible belief that is incompatible with the party of compromise. There is not one defensible belief a person can have which would get them ostracized from the dem caucus -- the only beliefs that would get you case out from that tent are ones of overt bigotry or total idiocy.

Or, in this case, being a centrist.

Centrism is the opposite of your views, which are that a belief that isn't religiously devoted to one side or the other must be "half-baked". Ironically, this type of extremism is something you have in common with the MAGA folks.

I'll leave you to your political extremism. I want no part of it.

I don't get the joke. Where are these alleged leftists who have any significant sway over the dems?

You've got to be living under a rock to not see it. I'm not saying they have as much influence as the MAGA crowd have over the GOP, but still, it's undeniably there.

The only reason to identify yourself as a "centrist republican" over a dem in this day and age is because you hold a bunch of weird, conservative, bigoted views that you don't care to admit or because you're totally deluded about what these parties have stood for for the last few decades.

I identify myself as a centrist Republican because I am registered as a Republican and I am politically centrist. There's no more to it than that.

I don't respect your half-baked politics. You're identifying yourself as Republican on some weird-ass personal pride, as best I can tell, and you should stop.

Centrism/moderatism is commonly derided by partisans on both sides, so I'm used to it. I assure you, however, that there is nothing "half-baked" about it. I am not wishy-washy or uncommitted to the political causes that I believe in. I am simply not as religious about it as you are. I can accept good points made by both sides and am more focused on being an American than I am on my political party.

Ok, thanks for clarifying your stance, I think I understand now.

I can see how this could get complicated depending on the organization. For example, my church has distinct legal entities so that the "not-for-profit" side and the "business" side are kept separate.

I agree that keeping the government out of religion is extremely important.

Thanks for your time!

• I don't know where you get the idea that I don't think the other guy cares about the truth.
• The assumption that non-conservatives inherently care for the truth is narrow-minded and provably false, just as the assumption that all conservatives inherently don't care for the truth is.
• Being "rightly confident" without evidence is mighty foolish, and, might I add, arrogant.
• Who's pining? I'm comfortable with being a centrist Republican for now, although I'll definitely be rethinking my party affiliation if Trump wins the primaries. That said, you leftists have made even the Democratic party highly unwelcoming to centrists and moderates like myself. I'm starting to wonder if we need a third party. We can call it "The Reasonable Party", and it would reject extremists from the right and the left.

While I’d love to see churches start paying their fair share

Genuinely curious, what do you define this fair share as?

Can confirm Latter-day Saints aren't too fussed with the word "hell".

You do realize that the Republican Party didn't exist in the Confederacy? It was originally founded in the United States just before the civil war and was the party that actually won the war and ended slavery. In fact, until the mid-20th century, the Democratic party was the conservative party of the United States and was responsible for instituting the Jim Crow laws.

Don't worry, I am not easily offended. Nor am I conservative.

No argument there.

Yes, please read my mind and tell me what I want!

Actually, you're wrong in every regard. I want the extremists out of the GOP, and I want it to live up to its name. Additionally, your reading comprehension of what I wrote is way off base:

The GOP could turn right around and do the same thing, "because Antifa". Dangerous, illiberal, antidemocratic, and union-ending.

This was in response to the following:

They won’t be able to catch those responsible fast enough to prevent impact on the primaries, but they should be looking to tie these to the Republicans, and disqualify them from the actual election. We know it’s them. It’s always them.

I'm not talking about the Republican Party making an about-face on their current trajectory. I'm saying that as they are, they would love to use the exact same logic to disqualify the Democrats from being in the election. We have seen the weaponization of politics since 2016 only escalate, and it's clear that whatever tactics one party uses, the other will feel free to engage in as well. Best not to open that can of worms in the first place.

I'll say it again more clearly. Disqualifying an entire political party from participating in the elections is dangerous, illiberal, antidemocratic, and will result in civil war and the end of the United States. If you say that you want that, then you aren't thinking very hard about what you're saying.