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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.
The way he put it was that "polygamy violates God's law. The Israelites were all breaking it when they started practicing it", or at least that's the gist of it.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
One would think Solomon would be less celebrated in the bible if he was breaking God's law.
Though we're dragging this off-topic, i think.
I'm just a little confused by what's meant when they say the thing needs to be reviewed and re-written to consider costs here.
Blah blah blah something about budget neutrality?
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Courtesy of John Oliver.
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Just a note:
The bible has a mark for a man to have multiple wives but not wives with multiple partners.
That is the sexist fear and source of disdain.
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Heh, whine whine whine Cruz, but there's no spinning this ruling ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Also with the implosion of China, Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis, and Greece's mess likely to spread:
A Republican is going to win the presidency because the American people will blame Obama for causing a second recession, and thus blame the Democrats.
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So going off this logic integration of schools isn't required in any states except Kansas?
edited 30th Jun '15 7:02:51 AM by Kostya
Yes.
In Ted Cruz world.
edited 30th Jun '15 7:03:09 AM by PotatoesRock
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Wait China's imploding? Like right now!!
Economically? Yeah. They're suffering the burst of their economics bubbles and a market crash and the slowdown of their economy.
Lost in Space
And their government is trying to get out of the crisis by propping up said bubble. Good work, guys.
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Really? I haven't heard anything about it on the news.
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
Told you it would happen.
And someone had a nice article from the economics thread but I lost it.
Oh really when?
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Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
China's own capital flow restrictions are what will save the rest of the world in that case. Yeah it's bad, but the disease won't spread nearly as quickly as if it were a more liberal economy.
Greece is more worrisome, since the ties between the EU and US are strong, but the ECB seems to have the right idea, short of helping the Greeks themselves.
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edited 30th Jun '15 11:15:27 AM by tclittle
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RE: Mercury Ruling
From what I heard on the radio yesterday, it's a bit like that Raisins thing that popped up last Monday. While the program itself wasn't unconstitutional, the manner in which it was run (read: the EPA didn't make a cost estimate prior to issuing their regulations), so it's being sent back to a lower court to resolve that aspect of it. Most businesses that were impacted have already complied, is the weird thing.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
With Cruz, it comes across as him wanting States to start Bothering by the Book when it comes to Supreme Court rulings. The courts will be obligated to deem any blocking of gay marriage as unconstitutional, but the State can still feel free to keep challenging it.
Should be interesting hearing A) the reaction from the deficit hawks over literally wasting State and Court resources, and B) how those States would react to Cruz' advice, considering he wouldn't be the one suffering backlash if(when) shit goes sour.
Edit: And all that said, when I heard about his statement regarding a "retention vote" for Supreme Court judges, my hands simply weren't big enough to make the appropriate "What a fucking jack-off" gesture in response to it.
edited 30th Jun '15 12:41:18 PM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"