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What makes you think we aren't? Imagine if all medical researchers were as smart as Westerly--I guess we'd have it all figured out!

Respect for what? I have a lot of respect for the teachings of Jesus. Lots to admire and aspire to in there. However, Jesus the person almost certainly didn't exist. Historical & archeological evidence for his being 'real' is virtually non-existent. Evidence that much of the story is made up is abundant. So my 'respect' for Jesus the person is on par with Harry Potter. Lots of good life lessons in his story too. My level of respect for the people that claim Jesus as their "Lord and Savior" varies a lot. For those that do their best to actually follow the teachings, I have quite a bit. For those that pretend they can be 'saved' and still be hateful, selfish, bigoted pigs... No. None at all for those hypocrites. For those that use fear of death and the 'reward' of promised salvation and eternal life to fleece the gullible, scared fools... A genuine hatred. The fact that scuzzbuckets like Osteen, Graham, Falwell, Roberston and the like have not been struck down by lightning at some point is further proof that "God" doesn't really exist. Or that he doesn't care what is done 'in his name' down here.

Hi, Wendy, I have advocated in the past for a "maximum wage" for corporate officers. No owner, contractor, officer (or whatever) may receive in wages, incentives, bonuses or other compensation an annual amount to exceed (10x? 15x?) the annual gross income, incentives and bonuses of the (lowest-paid? median? average?) employee (direct hire or contractor) of the corporation. Okay, there are ways of wording that so that you don't count the medical and dental (for either group), and close loopholes. If a corporate officer is getting stock options, then the employees should be getting the same options (lower scale). That way, when the officer makes a windfall when the stock soars, he/she doesn't go above the limit because all the employees have the same gains. The intent is that the company/corporation pays its workers commensurate to what the income is. If the company is doing well, give the employees a bonus so the base calculation goes up (and the officers then get their bigger bonuses). Structure the base pay scale to accommodate for leaner years. Allow a minimum number of employees (to include maintenance and seasonal workers) to be above a certain number before this rule kicks in, to protect small businesses.

That's nothing. I just heard a new 100% confirmed Qanon meme. You know that ship that is stuck in the Suez Canal and is blocking 10% of the world's marine shipping right now? It's transporting underage sex slaves for Hillary Clinton. The proof: the ship is owned by Evergreen Marine, and its call sign is H3RC. Clinton’s Secret Service code name is Evergreen, and her initials are HRC. That's even more confirmation than two doctors you found on the Internet.

Yeah, the Deep State goes so deep that even when a Trump lackey was running the CDC they didn't sound the word about the miraculous benefits of Hydroxychloroquine. I'm sure that your rural GA mountain doctors are all over it though.

I think the Sidney Powell revelations deserve a thread of their own. https://www.vox.com/2021/3/23/22346333/sidney-powell-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-trump https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-23/trump-s-election-lawyer-throws-him-under-the-bus-in-dominion-lawsuit https://abovethelaw.com/2021/03/sidney-powell-asserts-the-im-full-of-sht-defense-in-dominion-defamation-suit/ Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. And how many on here parroted her claims?

If those are your standards, then the failure of a good guy with a gun to stop this bad guy with a gun before he killed 10 people indicates that the whole argument of "guns prevent violence" has failed utterly. ALL laws are about controlling the law-abiding.

I did. Let me make it more plain. Upsetting your feelings is not discrimination against you.

Use bleach. It works much faster and more reliably.

Is there anything too implausible for you to believe? Reality check Ron, there are Doctors here that you don't believe, what makes the ones you do magic?

The tax code is written by the very people who have been bought and paid for by the beneficiaries of the tax code.

Gun murders per 100,000 people (rounded to 1 decimal place) UNITED STATES 3.4 CANADA 0.6 FRANCE 0.4 SWEDEN 0.4 ITALY 0.3 SWITZERLAND 0.2 AUSTRALIA 0.1 GERMANY 0.1 SPAIN 0 ENGLAND, WALES 0 JAPAN 0

And yet that helps . . . not at all. Sure, crazy people kill other people and shouldn't have guns. But this guy wasn't crazy. He was just an angry kid with a temper problem, like probably 10% of the kids in the US. This "mental health" thing tends to lead to a circular argument which is why the gun lobby likes it so much. X: We need better control of who gets guns. GL: This isn't a gun problem! This is a MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM! X: We need better control of who gets guns if they have mental health issues. GL: So if anyone goes to a shrink you take away their guns? No one is going to go to a shrink then! You will cause the problem you are trying to avoid, moron! X: We need to make mental health care more accessible to _everyone_ so it's not stigmatized. GL (with support from the right) - So now you're going into my wallet to steal money from me and give it to criminals, bullies, thugs, illegal immigrants and pedophiles? What's wrong with just enforcing the law? X: Yes, we need to enforce the law - and that law should include better control of who gets guns. GL: This isn't a gun problem! This is a MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM! And repeat indefinitely. (Not saying that you are making these arguments - just listing what I've seen in the past from the gun lobby.)

Weird how it's only the US that has such a "mental health" problem

The IRS estimates that each $ spent in enforcement returns $6 in otherwise unpaid taxes. The GOP systematically reduced IRS funding for many years, when it held the power of the budget.

Florence Foster Jenkins.

There's a congresswoman now who believes that the California fires were started by secret Jewish space lasers. So given that, it wouldn't surprise me to find that a lot of congresspeople believe in a cannibal pedophile pizza-basement-dwelling cabal.

My FJC instructor had known Perry; he made sure we all learned his name, and the reason for the strap attached to our (chest-mounted) reserve handle. He preserved lives. Wendy P. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)