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  1. Which Jesus? Evangelical Jesus? Well then:
  2. Mental illness on display. Don't be angry at him, pity him. Then ignore him. He knows he needs help, but refuses it.
  3. There was a bit on The West Wing about a message board made for fans of Josh Lyman in which Josh muses about the moderator being a dictatorial leader wearing a muumuu and chain-smoking Parliaments. Made me think of Katy when I heard that line.
  4. Would we know what we know w/r/t the OL if Sark didn't want it known / didn't care if it was known?
  5. I haven't looked into it, and I was still in HS at the time, but I was convinced an Aggie threw the flag on that play. Weakest unsportsmanlike I can recall seeing live.
  6. 29 years ago, and I can still feel it:
  7. $500 for something you get for free at Costco?
  8. Where in his quote does he talk about an action this statue prohibits? I'll help you out: it doesn't. Being here "illegaly" is what he talked about. Presence in this country without authorization MAY be the result of a criminal act, but is itself, with no other information at hand, not a crime. If no other information can be ascertained, then only civil actions and remedies can be brought to bear. For a look into the reality of how this plays out, see TH's post above, #320. I point this out to show you that your comment, while not only being a textbook example of misapplication of law to facts, is also totally unneccessary and redundant.
  9. Eh. Shadow Docket will fix that.
  10. I'm not disagreeing with you when I say he did a stellar job relative to the landscape his presidency existed on, especially considering the makeup of Congress. Now, had he rolled in the WH with 57 Dem Senators to go along with the majority in the House? Yeah, not great Bob.
  11. As someone who has done quite a bit of court-appointed criminal defense, the way we treat, and the offerings we have, for mentally ill people is immoral. Often the only results are perpetuating a cycle of misery and endangering the public. Much of the mental health services that would be "available" to "crazy" people isn't just "available" to them, it's judicially ordered. For now we just offer them your local county jail, followed by prison. You won't solve all of the problem of homelessness in this country with CJ/MH reform, but it's where we should start.
  12. There is that lake of fire bit, for the liars.
  13. So is this the imminent eschatology thread? If God has a sense of humor, I could see this being the beginning of the end times.
  14. And we know it's a politically charged issue not because of laws, but because of races.
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