LordOfTheChia @ LordOfTheChia @lemmy.world

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Democratic Representatives in the House:

Both Nadler and Swalwell serve on the House Judiciary Committee. At the time of the Caffe Europa conversation, Nadler had announced the committee would be investigating then-President Donald Trump’s decision to commute Stone’s sentence after he was convicted of federal crimes in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

This is why you don't leave Pillsbury dough tubes in a hot car.

And the early explosion of bundle sites. Fanatical was BundleStars, Indie Gala, and ton others that had weekly, then bi-weekly and then seemingly daily bundles.

Oh and itch.io and GoG

bypass congress

Power of the purse.

There's a difference between authorizing sales of weapons and authorizing gifts of weapons.

They can stand at the border and use binoculars. /s

https://www.theonion.com/cia-realizes-its-been-using-black-highlighters-all-thes-1819568147

Seems to me it's pretty straight forward hyperbole.

If something is causing you to be a worse person, distance yourself or get rid of it. It shouldn't really take getting rid of body parts to get there.

It's like if someone said "I can't stop playing WoW and neglecting my family" and you tell them "You can't stop eh? Maybe you should cut off your hands, maybe then you could stop?" It makes them consider what "can't" really means. In the spectrum of simply walking away from the vice that is making you worse person to making it physically impossible to engage in said vice, maybe it really isn't impossible to give it up without resorting to such drastic methods.

That I would say is the least controversial of the things Jesus has said.

Sources for the OP references:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A34-46&version=ESV

34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

On divorce:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019&version=NIV

9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

On abortion:

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I would think the things expressly said by Jesus Christ would have priority for Christians.

Show some respect. His name is Murphy, and he's a damn fine cop.

I think they're better. Way more fire, less brittle, and a more unique and much rarer stone.

First discovered 120 years ago in very tiny amounts in a meteorite crater, it wasn't till the 90s that you could actually get a moissanite gemstone.

I am also convinced that diamonds are a scam.

There's a whole book about the scam and it's available online:

https://www.2facetruth.com/diamond-invention/prologue.htm

Was a very good read before I proposed.

Thanks for the correction. I had thought that only some of the early Motorolas had that feature, but it looks like there are quite a few more phones that support analog audio out via USB-C.

From the wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C#Alternate_modes

Moto Z/Z Force, Moto Z2/Z2 Force/Z2 Play, Moto Z3/Z3 Play

Sony Xperia XZ2

Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Huawei P20/P20 Pro, Honor Magic2, LeEco

Xiaomi phones

OnePlus 6T, OnePlus 7/7 Pro/7T/7T Pro

Oppo Find X/Oppo R17/R17 Pro

ZTE Nubia Z17/Z18

The ball is in the DEA's court. Some say it should be rescheduled by Spring:

https://mjbizdaily.com/a-look-at-dea-role-in-marijuana-rescheduling-process/

How long the DEA might take to form a response is an open question, though experts told MJBizDaily that an initial proposed rule could be issued by the end of the year and the process finalized by next spring.

What the DEA cannot do is reject the HHS recommendation outright, said Howard Sklamberg, who once served as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s top enforcement official.

This means marijuana’s days as a Schedule 1 drug are ending. It’s only a matter of when.

Even better, he is suing because the charges against him make him look like a traitor:

The filing states that as a result of the government’s actions Flynn was “falsely branded as a traitor to his country, lost at least tens of millions of dollars of business opportunities and future lifetime earning potential, [and] was maliciously prosecuted and spent substantial monies in his own defense.”

Discovery in this suit will be amazing. It'll be interesting to see the details we didn't get to see that led to the Judge in one case against Flynn to say "arguably you sold your country out".

usb to jack converter

All Most of the ones you can get nowadays actually have a sound chip inside the cable (in the flat part behind the USB-C). So they're pretty much a USB-C soundcard with just a headphone out. So it's worth shopping around to find one that has a good soundcard built in.

A good alternative is getting a decent portable Bluetooth audio receiver to plug your regular headphones into. Can get a better headphone amp that way.

Another successful recruitment drive! /s

The worse thing about that whole ordeal was the hypocrisy.

They want the money, they just don't want the money to be tied to feeding the poor.

Look at what happened with TANF block grants:

https://www.cbpp.org/research/welfare-reform-tanf/how-states-use-federal-and-state-funds-under-the-tanf-block-grant

over time, states redirected a substantial portion of their state and federal TANF funds to other purposes, to fill state budget holes, and in some cases to substitute for existing state spending. Even when need increased during the Great Recession, states were often unable to bring the funds back to core welfare reform services and instead made cuts in basic assistance, child care, and work programs.

and

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/04/states-divert-federal-welfare-funding-anti-abortion-clinics

These overwhelmingly Republican-led states used money from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (Tanf), better known as welfare or direct cash aid, to fund the activities of anti-abortion clinics associated with the evangelical right.

There's also the same story on Newsweek:

https://www.newsweek.com/kim-reynolds-slashing-food-program-kids-ahead-christmas-sparks-fury-1855285

(One posted on /c/Politics)

As I pointed out, the Governor's response:

If the Biden Administration and Congress want to make a real commitment to family well-being, they should invest in already existing programs and infrastructure at the state level and give us the flexibility to tailor them to our state's needs."

Seems to be code for " give us (the state government) the money so we can determine what to really spend it on. " Since apparently giving money directly to needy families is not "efficient".