Village Idiot

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  Religious Liberty EO

  by Richard Oliver in

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  what does everyone think of the new executive order on religious liberty?

  this would include a weakening of the johnson amendment so churches will be freer to either contribute to political campaigns and/or promote a candidate from the pulpit.

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  "Why should the state restrict the church's ability to do so?"

  The unspoken arrangement is this. A church is given the privilege of not paying taxes because authoritarian governments, that might not like a particular church, might increase their taxes.

  On the other hand, churches are prohibited from getting involved in politics because authoritarian churches might unduly influence the government to their liking. They can say whatever they want in their churches but organizing campaigns in the public is not allowed.

  Until Mike Pence came along (Trump's puppeteer) this arrangement worked well.
  
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  Religious Liberty EO

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what does everyone think of the new executive order on religious liberty?

  this would include a weakening of the johnson amendment so churches will be freer to either contribute to political campaigns and/or promote a candidate from the pulpit.

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  I believe that religious right wingers will be ecstatic until left leaning churches such as most Catholic churches start doing the same. If any church/religion were to be selectively prohibited from doing so then all hell will break loose.
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  They Did It!!!

  by snowbird in

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  aca has gone down.. the die has been cast.. hail caesar!.

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  Freemindfade: "But you got some serious pharma fat asses rolling in dough."

  At least we agree on one thing. One of my medications was charged at $1,000 per month. I blew a fuse when I saw that even though I wasn't paying for it. I thought of having the doctor prescribe me generic but, when I saw the price for that at $600, I decided to go off of it. It wasn't too effective any way.

  Next they'll be billing you for a cup of water at the hospital. Ten bucks?
  
  
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  They Did It!!!

  by snowbird in

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  aca has gone down.. the die has been cast.. hail caesar!.

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  Village Idiot

  When all is said and restated it all boils down to one thing. Canada has a life expectancy 81.9 years. The United States 79.8. Canadians live 2 years longer than Americans.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

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  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  I hate to be making a lot of posts but as soon as I see a problem I cannot edit a post to put more info.

  Here's another one; the commentary box does not have bolding, italics and other functions just emoticons.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Village Idiot

  And on Chrome I do not see the year a poster joined.
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  They Did It!!!

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
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  aca has gone down.. the die has been cast.. hail caesar!.

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  Village Idiot

  Slightly off topic but I think the Canadian Single Payer system would be the best for the United States.
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  Turning 60 today (Happy Birthday to me)

  by NewYork44M in

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  it is my birthday today.

  given that i turn 60 today means that i graduated high school in 1975. time flies when you are having fun.. i remember the council i got about not worrying about a career because this wicked system was rapidly coming to a conclusion.

  now i am 60 and most of those bastards are dead and the end is still in the future..

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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Village Idiot

  Also, there is no edit function on Chrome.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Village Idiot

  We're back to the point where the commentary box is not appearing on Firefox and IE. Only on Google Chrome.