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Just for Laughs

7 hours ago7h

Posted by OldMetalHead

I took a class recently on the history of food preservation. In the early days, metal containers were the cheapest and easiest to make, so almost all food was stored in cans. Tin was a particularly soft and easy to mold/shape, and didn’t rust like...

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General & Hellos

9 hours ago9h

Posted by ADKSparky

Street market in Monteforte, Italy. Too bad the government is going right wing.

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Movie Actors & Actresses Fans

2 days ago2d

Posted by Ray13

Born on Sept. 24, 1936: he may not be considered an actor by some, but in my opinion the characters he created had personalities that took some pretty good acting ability and imagination....Mr. Jim Henson. Here is a short 4 min. video

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News & Links

1 week ago1w

Posted by puff

FYI this article is 8 years old, but could also be 1 day old. Now Ukraine has regained border areas, they are shelling Russian towns 15km from the border. Way to go Ukraine, should bump the Ruskies moral up. And people still don't...

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Health & Happiness

1 week ago1w

Posted by FvckY0u

Anyone taking or thinking about taking ACV should read this.

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Family & Parenting

1 week ago1w

Posted by puff

This is Victoria Australia, who had the harshest covid measures, ruled by Dan Andrews who loves emergencies and the power they bring. I tend to side with the protesters here. To not even inform parents is mind boggling; state over-reach much? Seems ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

1 week ago1w

Posted by anglophone

Q: Why is masturbation like an anemic male monarch? A: Because they are both wan-king.

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Health & Happiness

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Focus1

Should you qualify for disability because you decided to be a glutton like lovinlarge? Eat yourself into diabetes and say my fat ass can't walk or work so give me a social security check?

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News & Links

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by snytiger6

LINKCatholic League: Relax! Priests' victims are "adolescents, not children"!

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CLASSICAL, OPERA and CROSSOVER

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by rogerbenham

Frédéric Chopin, Ballade no. 1 g-minor op. 23 (Olga Scheps live)

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Just for Laughs

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by glennlab

UK reduces unemployment by 1

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Silly, Random & Fun

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Silver1wun

Still on the books? 🤔

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by Davekp

Just used “turpitude”in a response to a YouTube video. Somebody was casting allegations of moral turpitude against Leo DiCaprio for his penchant for abandoning his much younger than himself paramours as they reach 25 years of age. ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by Matias

Here's a glimpse on the other side of the liberal coin: A free market ideology that seeks to free individuals from all kinds of constraints in order to maximize their ability to work and to consume. The atomized workers with no commitment to any ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by Diaco

Do Monkeys Have a Moral Compass?

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General & Hellos

4 weeks ago4w

Posted by Fernapple

There are it is said as many different definitions of what the word “Religion” means, as there are people on the planet, and many people say that it is indefinable. Which is religious speak for. “If I define it, you will knock it down, so I ...

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Trump Pinata

4 weeks ago4w

Posted by zeuser

Hmmm, I think I can dope out the rest of this one in spite of the redactions.

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News & Links

1 month ago1m

Posted by redbai

LINKWhite House shines light on Republicans who are criticizing student debt cancellation after getting their PPP loans forgiven

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Posts

1 month ago1m

Posted by phxbillcee

Let's talk about a cop, a guilty plea, and Breonna Taylor.... - Beau of the Fifth Column

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Quotes

1 month ago1m

Posted by gsiamne

I am a physical chemist. My moral code is based on the concept of equilibrium in the universe. I try to act with balance and harmony in all things and in particular with a reverence for life. - Angela Padovani

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Poets' Corner

1 month ago1m

Posted by azzow2

This was somethin I had written for a teacher that I had assisted several years ago. Fresh and new you were absolute, unique, and far from blue I was the hue to you. Your wings were wet and I watched as you warmed them dry. Alive with drive you...

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Just for Laughs

1 month ago1m

Posted by RobertNappi2

I need this!!!

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Philosophy & Meaning

1 month ago1m

Posted by Matias

A liberal society is a society in which dominate: the primacy of the isolated, "free and autonomous" individual, the ideology of inevitable progress, the fiction of universal human rights, the obsession with growth (because more and more people are...

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Posts

1 month ago1m

Posted by kmaz

Any thoughts from the group on this ethical principle taught to us in Judaism? I had thought of it as charity, but reading the wikipedia entry, it is interesting to see it portrayed as different from charity as charity is often defined, as it is ...

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Posts

1 month ago1m

Posted by OldGoat43

INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS NEWS8/17/2022 A Brazilian court granted a woman the right to grow cannabis for medical use, and to import seeds. LINK: The Thai and Malaysian health ministers ...

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Politics

1 month ago1m

Posted by laidback1

The left liberalists are just as bad as the right conservatives if not worse than them . At least the right will listen ,the left has no moral backbone to the point they will hear someone out ,they get so emotional like children ,can't reason at all ...

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

1 month ago1m

Posted by azzow2

I have an upcoming procedure at the VA hospital. The nurse calls me and relays what has to happen the night before and the following day. The typical don't eat after midnight take your meds with water no surgery drinks. They add in there that coffee ...

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Survivors of roman catholicism

1 month ago1m

Posted by Theresa_N

Catholic defends homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, bishop: Straying from church teaching is the 'problem' “I will no longer attend Mass at Newman, and though a cradle Catholic, I may join a different faith tradition,” says writer Jack ...

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Just for Laughs

1 month ago1m

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

If you think this is crap don't get on a line with me! :-D

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Trump Pinata

1 month ago1m

Posted by anglophone

What would Trumpty Dumpty do if he realised just how much of a cretinous moral degenerate he really is?

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News & Links

Aug 10Aug 10

Posted by puff

Isn't it all about me me me with narcs? The senator delegation used official channels, Chinese channels before visiting. PS Whoever does her eyebrow makeup is a comedic genius!!!!!

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Trump Pinata

Aug 10Aug 10

Posted by FvckY0u

Does anyone have any doubt that Trump is an overt/grandiose malignant narcissist? Having spent some time studying the behavior due to my own battles with one of a slightly different type I have to say that the worst thing you can give a narcissist ...

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Posts

Aug 9Aug 9

Posted by glennlab

Not really into body shaming, but....

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Politics

Aug 8Aug 8

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

I wish I could have seen his face when he heard the feds were cracking his safe 😂

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Mental Health Support

Aug 3Aug 3

Posted by Theresa_N

The chemical imbalance theory of depression is dead but anti-depressants still work (for some people):

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Posts

Aug 2Aug 2

Posted by OldGoat43

INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS NEWS8/2/2022 Russian officials are reportedly leaning towards rejecting a U.S. prisoner swap offer involving American basketball player Brittney Griner, who pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis vapes, ...

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News & Links

Aug 2Aug 2

Posted by redbai

LINKPlantation Slave Cabins Are Being Rented Out On Airbnb - YouTube

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Aug 1Aug 1

Posted by Krish55

Today's News:

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Music Fans

Jul 29Jul 29

Posted by BlackDove

Ghost - Spillways

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Quotes

Jul 27Jul 27

Posted by gsiamne

The objections to religion are of two sorts - intellectual and moral. The intellectual objection is that there is no reason to suppose any religion true; the moral objection is that religious precepts date from a time when men were more cruel than ...

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Hippie Land -

Jul 25Jul 25

Posted by rogerbenham

She was my best friend. I trusted her 100%. When I looked up, there she was. When she looked up there I was. We loved walking, mostly in woodland, sometimes up in the alpine meadows. We loved camping beside rushing water. Certainty in the other. She ...

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Posts

Jul 21Jul 21

Posted by Pralina1

Go satan go , go satan go 🦇🙌🦇🙌😂😂😂😂♥️♥️♥️

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Posts

Jul 21Jul 21

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

Is the moral of the story never shout at your cat?

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News & Links

Jul 20Jul 20

Posted by barjoe

LINKWalgreens Boycott Trend After Birth Control, Condom Sales Refused. ‘This Should Not Be Happening.’ - nj.com

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Religion & Spirituality

Jul 17Jul 17

Posted by The_freeThinker

How does belief in the existence of a genocidal maniac in the sky make you a good and moral person? Considering the fact that there have been 5 major extinction event in earth history. existence religion belief moral god atheist agnostic

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Religion & Spirituality

Jul 17Jul 17

Posted by anglophone

How does belief in the existence of a genocidal maniac in the sky make you a good and moral person?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 17Jul 17

Posted by Matias

Every society can be described as a struggle for power among several groups (example: the bourgeoisie against the proletariat in Marxist theory). In many cases, especially in democratic societies, there is a majority holding the key positions of ...

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Natural history

Jul 17Jul 17

Posted by Fernapple

Perhaps a little one sided in its opinion, but at least one well respected thinker does not think that you need religion to be moral.

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News & Links

Jul 16Jul 16

Posted by snytiger6

LINKOhio Rape Case Shows Anti-Abortion Movement’s False Piety

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Politics

Jul 16Jul 16

Posted by Matias

Societies do not abandon democratic principles on a whim. They do so after long periods of disintegration, disappointment and deterioration of living conditions. They do so when a critical mass of citizens comes to the conclusion that individual ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 14Jul 14

Posted by Fernapple

To a degree I do have some sympathy with the religious fundamentalist and literalist. ( Not much we are basically opposites. ) But when they look at moderate religion, especially cults, like the, so called, spiritual and metaphorical views of ...

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Music Fans

Jul 14Jul 14

Posted by Marionville

Good morning…the sun is up and I’m up early to go off with my friend Hilary to spend a day at the coast in this great summer weather….Early Morning - a-ha….live in South America 1991. ….seems appropriate as they’re ...

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Politics

Jul 13Jul 13

Posted by CourtJester

Glad I didn’t vote for that jack wagon.

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General & Hellos

Jul 13Jul 13

Posted by Reignmond

Those if the Abrahamic Faiths were most often ostracized because they would not tolerate other faiths and viewed them as wicked and in need of destruction. This is what has happen recently with the Georgia Guide Stones. ...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Jul 12Jul 12

Posted by phxbillcee

See the deepest image ever taken of our universe, captured by James Webb Telescope This is the most detailed image of the universe ever captured.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 12Jul 12

Posted by Matias

Is it wrong to pigeonhole people and judge them not according to their personal merits and actions, but according to the label of the pigeonhole? Most people intuitively would say: of course that's wrong. That's what racism, sexism and other -isms ...

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Posts

Jul 10Jul 10

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

Teacher: "Why are you praying in class little Johnny?” Little Johnny: “My mom taught me to always pray before going to sleep."

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Star Trek fans

Jul 10Jul 10

Posted by David1955

ST Strange New Worlds has just finished its season. What did you think? For me, I thought it was best ST in years. That seems to be the general consensus in ST fan land. A few missteps, like the bitchy Eurasian British security officer lady who's a ...

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Baby Boomers

Jul 8Jul 8

Posted by FrostyJim

Who else used a slide rule in high school?

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 8Jul 8

Posted by Word

Reasoning - the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way. Reasoning requires free will to choose. Free will is the capacity of agents to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Critical thinking - the...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jul 2Jul 2

Posted by Matias

Our minds manage to distract us from the terrible reality by filling our lives with stories about hopeful goals and encouraging us to strive to achieve them. The ups and downs of that struggle are part of our common history of striving for what we ...

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Politics

Jun 26Jun 26

Posted by snytiger6

LINKVoters may be a lot angrier about Roe's repeal than the right assumes - The Washington Post

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Silly, Random & Fun

Jun 25Jun 25

Posted by holdenc98

THE PARIAH OF THIS FEMINIST GYNOCRACY STRONGHOLD TURNS TO THE LONG ADMIRED BILL MAHER TO COVER HIS FLANK. ONE WONDERS IF ANY OF YE MORAL COWARDS WILL FIND THE GUTS TO LISTEN. ....... WELL WILL YA, PUNKS?

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Politics

Jun 23Jun 23

Posted by snytiger6

LINKThe Comment That Reveals the Depths of the Republican Party’s Moral Collapse

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News & Links

Jun 23Jun 23

Posted by snytiger6

LINKLauren Boebert's Shooters restaurant kicked out after new landlord cites "moral" imperative: report | Salon.com

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Metal music

Jun 23Jun 23

Posted by Seriousreason

One of the all time classic HARDCORE tracks by one the coolest HARDCORE bands. 🎵 Jah Rastafari. Mon. 🎶 ⚽ 🎸. BAD BRAINS . I against I ,🎸 ⚽

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 22Jun 22

Posted by Matias

When modern citizens cease to be religious they do not cease to be moral, they still have the same moral mind and the same moral impulses and needs that they used to channel through religion. They still have the same need for a moral identity, for a ...

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Quotes

Jun 22Jun 22

Posted by Marionville

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness” ………….. John Kenneth Galbraith.

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News & Links

Jun 21Jun 21

Posted by FvckY0u

Can we as a society please stop using the term "religious education"? Let's examine it a bit closer. Religion; a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 21Jun 21

Posted by HankHunter13

All Roads Lead To Trump

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 21Jun 21

Posted by Matias

Steven Weinberg once said, "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion." I've read this quote hundreds of times, and I never liked it, because it assumes ...

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Just for Laughs

Jun 16Jun 16

Posted by St-Sinner

He was a criminal and crucifixion was a common punishment to deter citizens.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jun 16Jun 16

Posted by Matias

One of the fundamental misconceptions many atheists have is that they consider religion to be nothing but a kind of primitive proto-science, a collection of factual statements, a set of obsolete "explanations" - but explaining the world is only ONE ...

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News & Links

Jun 15Jun 15

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKLetters From An American 06/14/2022

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Sunset, Sea, Coffee and Me

Jun 15Jun 15

Posted by Boomtarat03

Coffee break 😅😂😂😂☕😝

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General & Hellos

Jun 12Jun 12

Posted by FrayedBear

“Those who bombed us know that the moral greatness of Serbia is disproportionate to its firepower, and that is why they need that little tormented Serbia, that brave victim, to be with them,” he said. In his opinion, the US and its allies ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jun 12Jun 12

Posted by racocn8

POLLHere's a comment made by Skado: "Like it or not, Christianity remains the most highly evolved moral system produced by humans, whether we acknowledge it or not." If you have time, say why you chose what you chose.

Which of the following do you consider to be the most highly evolved moral system?

1 vote Christianity
0 votes Islam
0 votes Judaism
1 vote Buddhism
25 votes Secular Humanism
1 vote Confucianism
1 vote Other (please say what it is?)

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Silly, Random & Fun

Jun 11Jun 11

Posted by SnowyOwl

Well isn't that just ducky, it's been a long time since I made love in the woods and these days I rather think a passerby would call 911 because they thought I was having some kind of stroke. lol

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Music Fans

Jun 10Jun 10

Posted by Spinliesel

Happy BirthdaY, Howling Wolf. Your voice gives me the shivers. Little Red Rooster

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General & Hellos

Jun 10Jun 10

Posted by Fernapple

You often get the apologists, asking for disproof of some vague, often deist, god concept. Such as, god is not literal, but just a synonym for the "prime cause", or god is "the whole of nature". Then when no disproof appears, as fast as light, they ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 9Jun 9

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKJoshua Knobe - What is Intentionality?

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Politics

Jun 9Jun 9

Posted by Monty35792

In the state of Arkansas there is a state supreme court over-ruling U.S. Supreme court rules regarding seperation of church and state! The governor recently signed SB-298 allowing healthcare workers and other needed services to refuse services based ...

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Just for Laughs

Jun 9Jun 9

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

There used to be some great contributors to this group, they posted clever and extremely funny posts which I enjoyed enormously! Unfortunately it has now become a dumping ground of barely funny memes etc. for points seeking members who see it as a ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jun 8Jun 8

Posted by xenoview

Vatican bank displays financial decline, moral gains after papal reforms Despite diminished profits, the Vatican bank appears ready to turn a new page in the wake of years of financial scandals.

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Gun Control Now

Jun 7Jun 7

Posted by soulless

NY Governor Kathy Hochul signed ten gun control bills into law

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Politics

Jun 7Jun 7

Posted by snytiger6

LINKSupreme Court won't review sanctions against GOP Senate candidate who pointed gun at racial justice protestors - CNNPolitics

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Out Of The Illusion

Jun 6Jun 6

Posted by William_Mary

2 weeks ago our goverment passed a bill for 40 billion in funds and weapons for Ukriane. About that same time Ukraine created a fake video of them claiming to have reached the Russian border, as though that was a major accomplishment. However they ...

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News & Links

Jun 3Jun 3

Posted by Buck

That’s a good way to lose your wiener boys and girls!!?! 😎

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Health & Happiness

Jun 1Jun 1

Posted by VickyGraham

LINK“The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion” – Joyce Arthur's page

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Politics

Jun 1Jun 1

Posted by Flyingsaucesir

The bottom line in this accounting: moral bankruptcy.

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Freedom from Religion Foundation

Jun 1Jun 1

Posted by bookofmorons

The secrecy and silence surrounding the horrific sexual and other abuses of children by Catholic priests and other church members began to surface in Newfoundland in the 1980s. At the time the church denied any involvement or guilt but of course the ...

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Legalize Cannabis Nationwide/Worldwide

Jun 1Jun 1

Posted by OldGoat43

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS6/1/2022 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration noted the spread of cannabis legalization in a notice about an organizational restructuring. LINK: ...

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News & Links

Jun 1Jun 1

Posted by Buck

Always amazes me how many people think the posted signs are there for show?👀

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Dharma Café

May 30May 30

Posted by skado

“ Most of the problems that we confront day to day are essentially man-made. They are unnecessary. The natural problems of life are quite enough, so what point is there in creating additional problems for ourselves? Is this wise? Certainly not. All...

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Health & Happiness

May 29May 29

Posted by Mcflewster

Differences USA/UK SOCCER is a much better name than Football "SOCCER" implies that there will be impacts. "Sock it to me!" "FOOTBALL" fails to recognize that blows to other parts of the body will occur America had the common sense to protect ...

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General & Hellos

May 29May 29

Posted by Fernapple

Reading so much on this site, I have become interested in why a culture of fear and hate seems to be growing in the USA today, and wonder if it could be, because the US is perhaps the most theocratic of developed nations. And if anyone has every ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 28May 28

Posted by Matias

Question : Is something morally wrong, reprehensible, because individuals , or a whole society, judge it so, or is something intrinsically wrong, no matter what people think? Example: Imagine a world where slavery is ubiquitous and universally ...

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General & Hellos

May 28May 28

Posted by anglophone

The refusal of the NRA to acknowledge its part in the mass murder of children in the U$A merely underscores its moral degeneracy. It is run by greedy, ignorant, self-serving assholes.

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General & Hellos

May 27May 27

Posted by wordywalt

The response of the NRA to the Texas school shooting is nothing short of irrationality moral insanity, and an outright lie. “You can’t stop evil.” Oh. Really? First, let’s take the fact that the only reason he got into the school was...

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