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  1. Rhea

    Iran bombardment of Israel - what are they thinking?

    Iran’s unwelcome bombardment of Israel today seems a little shocking to me. They are coming out on the open with direct attack. I think a lot was intercepted, but that is a lot of bombing. Another wrong turn in this long series of wrong turns!
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    Violence Against Women and Stand Your Ground

    I am gifting this article in the NYT that discusses how “stand your ground” laws fail people who are standing their ground against “murder by installment” (an insightfully evocative phrase) from a superior strength...
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    Ways to hear my CD collection

    Is anyone here proficient in apps n stuff that has ideas how I can listen to my music collection better? I have it all saved onto a LAN, now. And I wish I could make party mixes & such. At one point we had it pointed to my iTunes app on the desktop and I had playlists that I liked and I would...
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    The Lincoln Project’s Ads

    This thread is to watch and discuss the ads by the Lincoln Project, an anti-trump Republican group. They have a unique angle and some pretty powerful funding. So I though they created enough discussion material for their own thread. Here’s their website. https://lincolnproject.us/ Here’s...
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    A list of things that should drive you away from candidate

    I see these conversations, sometimes productive and illuminating, sometimes not, about the two major party US candidates and my mind makes a graphic visualization. I see in one cloumn, a list of reasons why a person would not want to vote for trump, and in another column, a lis of reasons one...
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    Easter questions - sabbath day restriction from tomb-sitting

    I saw a post about how the fact that Jesus was crucified on Friday made it *extra* traumatic for his followers, because the next day was the Sabbath and they couldn’t do anything, not even go to sit by his tomb. So they had to “sit with it” for a whole day thinking of the loss and the worry...
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    Why do we care what people died of?

    We do care, that much is certain. When we hear of someone’s death, we can be full of compassion at their loss and also have a real urge to know why. Why is that, I wonder? I mean, from a genuine psychological or evolutionary perspective. Is it to make some changes to our lives to avoid same...
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    Calculate my energy savings

    I’m interested in the answer to this, if anyone is interested in trying to calculate it. How much oil did I save by not pouring out the hot water? I boil a gallon (3.8L) of water to make spaghetti on a conduction stove in a 6-quart (5.7L) stainless pot. It boils for about 15 minutes (0.25hr)...
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    Phrases that mean “I have no argument but I want to post a neener-neener.”

    This thread is to capture quips/replies that can be translated to: “I was mistaken. My position is untenable, and I apologise for having posted something I hadn't adequately thought through." 1. Sure, Jan
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    Prices are so bad (except when they’re not)

    ...keep priming the economy. If you are at the upper rungs, stop your fear-mongering and donate lavishly to the organizations needed for 1 & 2. I’m **NOT** saying that the people complaining about it ought to know better and pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. I want to make that...
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    Split Who are the Proud Boys?

    Out of curiosity, Jason, do you think tht the Proud Boys do racist things and that this is kind of their brand?
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    Biden still 1000x better than Trump or any other GOP, people are saying

    Just sick and tired of the doomsaying. Wanted to see this in the thread list.
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    Sacred sites are a sign of a weak god

    Reading about some issues over “sacred sites” and the fights people have over them (e.g. the mormons in Missouri, all of the jerusalem sites), amde me think of how the serve or don’t serve an all-powerful god(dess). It binds the relationship with the god to a physical site. Making it possible...
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    Why is no one talking about the Earth’s Orbit being changed by War!?

    Okay, a little fun hyperbole, but hear me out: We talk about changing asteroid orbits by blasting bombs into the side of them. But here we are on earth, carring out most of our explosive device wars on one side of the planet, and doing it mostly during the day. nd doing it mostly during the...
  15. Rhea

    Having Friends

    Some research done on whther having good friends is healthy. (Spoiler; yes) NPR article on having friends as health benefit But my first wonder was how do they define “good friend”? They never say. Still, an interesting thing to ponder how many good friends does one have, does one need...
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    AIAAH

    There’s a whole subreddit on this, “Am I the Asshole?” The IIDB version is being started as, “Am I An Asshole” because sometimes the story does not imply that if I’m not, someone else is. There could be 0 assholes in the story. Anyway, thought I’d make a generic thread in case someone else...
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    Should the government be able to “settle” lawsuits?

    This info was posted in the Police misconduct thread, and it got me thinking: Does it serve the public for any government agency to be able to cover up the results of a lawsuit? Would we be better off if the governments always had to go to court and lose? Or maybe just require all...
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    Workplace Dress Codes

    How would you word a dress code policy if you wanted to maintain an image in any of the following ways? Because different workplace have different intended images, please mention which image you’re talking about, or specify a new image for your own dress code. How would you word the policy and...
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    Automotive (non-race)

    Every now and then my husband and I have a “date” at the junkyard. They had two ”new” copies of my commuter car there this weekend, so I went hoping to get a colored dash panel to replace my boring black one. Rollercoaster of emotions. Found a lovely yellow one and pulled the dash, but when...
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    “Harvest Host” camping subscription?

    I’m looking into trying the “Harvest Host” subscription for an upcoming vacation. In a nutshell: RV parking at farms, breweries, wineries and museums. - For them: a little extra income for letting people park overnight in their lot or yard. - For us: pay a yearly fee of $100 and park as many...
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