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VagueRant posted:Is it fair to conflate a vote for the Iraq war with voting for all the atrocities and mishandling of it? I could see a moral person buying into the lies Colin Powell was told to tell, and voting for a war... I think so. The 'evidence' was transparently fake and there was no good reason to do what the US did.
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There was one senator who voted against both the Patriot Act and the resolution for war with Iraq.
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rope kid posted:There was one senator who voted against both the Patriot Act and the resolution for war with Iraq.
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I would like to provide an explanation but I don't understand it.
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dusty posted:
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^What's the exclusive-to-leprechauns +/- factor for that? Actual content: (~2013 I think)
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# ? May 5, 2014 18:39 |
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http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2012/07/how-to-spiritually-manipulate-young-people-in-six-easy-steps/quote:
Good on Followers of Jesus for calling this poo poo out.
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Nckdictator posted:http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2012/07/how-to-spiritually-manipulate-young-people-in-six-easy-steps/ Wow. "Cut ties with your friends and give up all kinds of fun forever, or you don't really love God." EDIT: "What's that? You're lonely and miserable? You miss the things you gave up? Well, if you really loved God, you wouldn't feel that way." Alien Arcana fucked around with this message at 21:54 on May 5, 2014 |
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Nckdictator posted:http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2012/07/how-to-spiritually-manipulate-young-people-in-six-easy-steps/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg9V75oxY8
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Bill Gothard's a surprisingly scummy person, even among Fundamentalist "Christians" and one of the big forces behind "purity culture".quote:A Different Kind of Sexual Abuse quote:What Have You Done with My Daughter?
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What kind of uptight rear end in a top hat doesn't love to indulge in sensual rhythms? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1JXc9ifRQ
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PYF Sensual Rhythm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X9tBHX_Fl4
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Alien Arcana posted:Wow. "Cut ties with your friends and give up all kinds of fun forever, or you don't really love God."
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This is actually close to the bare minimum amount of pay that your average "sergeant of 2 years experience" will receive. You also have to factor in all applicable incentive pay, tax-free income while deployed to a combat zone, and per diem; all of which a soldier deployed to Afghanistan will receive. And let's not forget free government healthcare! The military is a pretty good deal financially as long as you don't get killed, maimed, or hosed by the bureaucracy. Air show pic from my old squadron.
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Typical Pubbie posted:This is actually close to the bare minimum amount of pay that your average "sergeant of 2 years experience" will receive. You also have to factor in all applicable incentive pay, tax-free income while deployed to a combat zone, and per diem; all of which a soldier deployed to Afghanistan will receive. And let's not forget free government healthcare! Well it's not like a combat soldier would make sergeant in 2 years.
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ekuNNN posted:
"UKIP have cancelled their Freepost address after disgruntled members of the public sent them FAECES in the post. UKIP Bexley tweeted a memo which read: "You may be aware that there have been incidents of inapproriate mail items being sent to a UKIP Freepost address. This includes items which are prohibited (such as blood/human faeces) and present a health and safety risk both to you and our Royal Mail colleagues. "The Freepost address for UKIP has been cancelled." Freepost allows someone to send mail without a stamp because the recipient pays the postage. Earlier this week UKIP opponents returned flyers to a Freepost address, while others sent heavier - and more expensive - items including BRICKS. ... One thoughtful voter decided it must be thirsty work shifting all those bricks and sent the party eight litres of water."
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Stultus Maximus posted:Well it's not like a combat soldier would make sergeant in 2 years. Terminal Lance is my favorite webcomic
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As a former active duty Marine, I'm loving the Terminal Lance stuff.
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NC Republican state senate candidate outed as former drag queen. quote:Wiles at first denied the allegations but has since admitted to his past life. Wiles says “for me, from a religious standpoint, just for my life, for me, it just was not something that I wanted to continue.†Edit: http://issuehawk.com/igor/2014/05/05/anti-gay-republican-outed-as-former-drag-queen.html Proust Malone fucked around with this message at 01:23 on May 6, 2014 |
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Ron Jeremy posted:
can you link the article please. Who is he referring to in the quote?
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Wait, is he saying being a drag queen made him a millionaire? e: Oh I get it he's slamming the other candidate incoherently
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Sakarja posted:I don't want to worsen this derail, so I'll make one final post
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TenementFunster posted:MAKE THIS BANNABLE NOW Why would we want to ban such a sweet 'stache?
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Ron Jeremy posted:
It's funny, he's in drag in both pictures. There's a fun post over on metafilter about a general monstration in Russia, basically for gay rights, but since it's illegal to protest for them, it's just a nonsensical fauxtest. http://www.metafilter.com/138792/A-Monstration-In-St-Petersburg Some quite good pictues if you click through.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmJXHJLZ6M
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drat was I keen to see the kickoff of Militia v Feds: The RaHoWa in Arizona Shoot you pussies! We were so close to a world with drone strikes on dusty fucked around with this message at 11:27 on May 6, 2014 |
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Jack supports the fight for 15.
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Stultus Maximus posted:
To clarify: Your average joe living in the barracks does not rate nor receive BAS or BAH (rank dependant, higher ranks of E-5 or above, at least in the USMC, could qualify for a partial of either) so you can remove those numbers from the list. If, and I go off of my own personal experience here, a Marine did rate BAS/BAH payments he does 99.9% of the time only because he/she is married. If this couple lives in base housing, all of the BAH is consumed by the now private company that runs base housing (a complete loving ripoff of our troops) and the BAS now goes to feeding two mouths, assuming the wife doesn't work, as is the case with most young military wives. On top of all of that, your medical, dental, TSP and other services are deducted from your base pay prior to receiving your paychecks each pay period so it's not technically "free" anything for the military. It's just taken away before we ever see it so it seems "free" to the outside world. The GI Bill is legit though and if you come out with a disability of any sort over a certain percentage the other monetary services and benefits are pretty up there. -----
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LCL-Dead posted:To clarify: You do realize that most normal people have to pay actual post-tax cash for things like housing and food? The soldiers not getting tax-free stipends for food and housing still have those things outright handed to them. You really can't compare someone who may not earn too much money but has all of their living expenses paid to someone who doesn't earn a ton of money but then has to pay for everything else. By the way, are you complaining that soldiers have to spend their entire food and housing stipend on food and housing? What is it supposed to be spent on, exactly?
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LCL-Dead posted:To clarify: Activity duty members pay nothing for medical and dental. Nothing. No enrollment fees, no co-pays, free meds, no cap. A dependent on tricare standard pays a yearly enrollment of a couple hundred dollars. Tricare prime is more comparable to civilian insurance only way way way cheaper but only retirees and dependents can use it for obvious reasons. I have access to tricare and I know I'm super lucky to have it because when I see what my siblings pay to insure themselves and children I'm truly shocked.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:By the way, are you complaining that soldiers have to spend their entire food and housing stipend on food and housing? What is it supposed to be spent on, exactly?
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RonJeremysBalzac posted:
context?
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Gio posted:context? Seattle is about to go to $15/hour minimum wage. Luckily there is a new menu robot to take up the slack and help you support their cause at the same time! These are appearing at McDonald's, too. "Alvena Jennette, right, and Robert Hill, center, after a judge exonerated them of murder convictions on Tuesday. Mr. Jennette was previously released from prison." A third guy convicted via dirty cop died in prison. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/n...&pgtype=article
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Gio posted:context? I think Jack in the Box is trying to make a point that if you raise the minimum wage, workers will be replaced by these machines. I can't even begin to tell you how that is. Here we are, literally 200 years since the luddites fought the textile mills, and a few major fast food chains are trying to drum up resentment for the very technology we have all built ourselves on. Also, when (not if) automation replaces half the workers in the US, we can always pass a guaranteed minimum income and make heavily automated businesses pay for it. We used to have a thread about automation, but it kept getting derailed by the usual red-titled suspects who didn't seem to understand the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3MqwwrPgsw
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