JoeWeber

I see him sitting in the cockpit of his Subaru Outback, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel, occasionally patting a wad of one dollar bills in his pocket, impatiently glancing at his watch and thinking WTF, are they going to open today or what?

How wonderfully novel, and convenient. Evolution is simply Creation in God's own time. What a difference a day makes! And Lo!, layer upon layer of silty earth and creatures who didn't survive the design phase were laid from one edge of the new lands to the other until the edges folded unto each other and the world was round and it was good. Problem solved!

Come on man, if you need to go there at least have the balls to go big and get a warning from the mods. Also, editing is for fixing spelling errors not making them.

And of those who applauded his homophobic rant there were those who, apparently likened it to a good sermon, and said "amen".

Apparently your situation is such that the limits on property tax and interest deductions aren't negatives. Are property values are still rising in your area against those headwinds?

That'll depend. Are you a home owner or buyer?

I'm convinced we'll look back on the last few months as the Golden Age of Speakers Corner.

Good on you. There's a time for political correctness and a time to stand up for what you know is right. But there should be no time for the slandering of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters by the willfully ignorant.

CNN interviewed 23 employees out of 323,000 or 360,000 Target employees/workers. Both numbers are used in the article so maybe 37,000 aren't hourly, who knows? But without a broader picture there is nothing I consider worth considering in the article, including the conclusions drawn. Interestingly one interviewee, Heather, received a one buck raise for her efforts. I have no idea what is really going on at Target, how CNN chose the interviewees, or if it was just disgruntled worker day but, if it's true, $14 and hour plus health benefits above 30 hours a week for brick and mortar retail work is not harsh treatment in today's environment.

That must be some sort of ultimate insult. I know I said ouch and I'm not Scottish.

And still there are some who think atheist's are insensitive to their victims.

I'm not sure where you've been, but in case you haven't noticed, our material is doing just fine. I mean it's survived almost 2000 years of persecution - the harder you fight the stronger we get, thanks be to God. The bigoted principles of atheism failed the soviets even when accompanied by force, and they will fail again under today's more passive approach, finally liberating atheists from delusions of some kind of atheist utopia. In fairness the persecution hasn't gone on uninterrupted. You boy's have had your turn at bat on more than a few occasions. And your material isn't doing just fine, and you well know that. Nothing in the Bible has been proven by archeology. In fact, much has been disproven by a lack of evidence. Maybe Haldane said it or didn't but there have been no rabbits found in precambrian deposits. In fact, rational, logical and scientifically sound discoveries only strengthen the fact of evolution every day. I won't go down the list, you don't care. You'd rather believe in Noah and his Ark. The truth is that your material is a proven falsehood except to you and your mutual validation society. And to be clear I do not give a shit what you believe. I do give a shit that you persist with your woe is me persecution narrative which is foundational to the Christian claims that go from your silly War on Christmas to your tax exemptions. Just go somewhere and believe at your own expense and leave the rest of us alone, please.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't thank you he was thinking. And what the hell are you doing back? I thought I aborted you.

Well you know that much

You folks, and your text, are simply unbelievable. It's as if you wander through life with one hand covering an eye, constantly bumping into reality, unable to perceive the true depth of things, and not allowed to even take a peek because there lay's the work of Satan and perdition will surely be your end. And you think it's we who need new material. Wow.

Not necessarily. That crowds not too sharp. Maybe we can backdoor Roger into the slot for a President Ponce. He's an excellent big way Captain so there is no reason he couldn't be an excellent President.

Fair enough, the thread drift was excessive. That said, this post makes me think your original post was less solution driven than agenda driven. No matter, on first blush I'm not a fan. Conceivably, it could put more impaired drivers on the road. For example, my rule is to never drive after even one drink. But, if I had a device to prove me innocent and not guilty at the whim of a junior cops field sobriety test, who knows? Then also, would it be a stay out of jail thing or just more evidence used against you? How long before it is hackable and an app on your iPhone advises you to avoid me? Those sorts of things.

You're right: "as long as we have elections." If you look around the world and back in time it's clear that removing term limits is one big step towards an authoritarian government. Also on the hit list are the rights of migrants and refugees, demonizing asylum seekers, the targeting of exiles abroad, using digital tools to control thought and create outcomes, gerrymandering, coercion and outright fraud just to name some. Those are all things America is struggling against- and for -today. Maybe you don't want the giggle gang to fight dirty against authoritarianism. But if you believe it should never happen you are in strict disagreement with American History. The winning side in America today are street fighters. They are merciless and do not care a whit about appearances. You do not win street fights by getting gosh darn mad. You win with low blows and biting. The reality is that as hard and, quite possibly unlikely, it will be to turn back the tide of Trumpism in America if we don't do it now we may be living with it for decades to come, or more. Winning against evil and not liking yourself for how you went about it is still winning. I'll take that over losing any day.

No worries. I'm in negotiations to buy 200 of BillVons green merits. Not that he needs them, mind you.

Hmm.. um, yes well I can sort of see your point. So do you think the Jag's will trade Foles?

And you've been right for the past two years. I hate the way things are but unless the giggle gang figures out how to fight dirty we are just the maraschino cherry on the sundae of the world wide trend towards authoritarian governments everywhere. Sort of, I think the di are cast and it will come up snake eyes for democracy. Unless........

If you can beat me to it.

That's always a problem. I went with Highway to Hell last go but next time, who knows?

Now, that's a visual.

I'll add just this little bit. If everyone considering downsizing at 70 jumps had your thoughtfulness and wisdom we'd have a much safer sport.