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random_man9119 posted...

How this could be said with a straight face is astounding... "Better Texans" is definitely not a compliment...

"No true Texan is against having the 10 Commandments in our classrooms" said the power greedy hypocrite

in every classroom of every Public School.

https://twitter.com/wfaa/status/1649208847934840832

Public schools in Texas would have to prominently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill the Texas Senate approved Thursday.
Senate Bill 1515 by Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, now heads to the House for consideration.
This is the latest attempt from Texas Republicans to inject religion into public schools. In 2021, state Sen. Bryan Hughes, a Mineola Republican, authored a bill that became law requiring schools to display donated In God We Trust signs.
King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that the Ten Commandments are part of American heritage and its time to bring them back into the classroom. He said the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for his bill after it sided with Joe Kennedy, a high school football coach in Washington state who was fired for praying at football games. The court ruled that was praying as a private citizen, not as an employee of the district.
[The bill] will remind students all across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America, King said during that hearing.
The Senate also gave final passage to Senate Bill 1396, authored by Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, which would allow public and charter schools to adopt a policy requiring every campus to set aside a time for students and employees to read the Bible or other religious texts and to pray.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a statement that both bills are wins for religious freedom in Texas.
I believe that you cannot change the culture of the country until you change the culture of mankind, he said. Bringing the Ten Commandments and prayer back to our public schools will enable our students to become better Texans.
Matt Krause, a former Texas state representative and attorney with the First Liberty Institute, the organization that represented the Washington coach, said the Kennedy case was a victory in religious freedom and this bill would be protected.
The Kennedy case for religious liberty was much like the Dobbs case was for the pro-life movement, he said. It was a fundamental shift.
In opposition to the bill, John Litzler, general counsel and director of public policy at the Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission, said at the committee hearing that the organization has concerns about taxpayer money being used to buy religious texts and that parents, not schools, should be having conversations about religion with their children.
I should have the right to introduce my daughter to the concepts of adultery and coveting one's spouse, Litzler said. It shouldnt be one of the first things she learns to read in her kindergarten classroom.

And if I didn't want your fucking religious zealotry in my child's classroom?

Fuck my parental rights, right?

Fuck these worthless fuck stains. Un-American fucks.

These are domestic enemies and threats to the Constitution and it is a goddamned shame we cannot treat them appropriately.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Have you considered going Lieutenant?

Years ago, but I'm permanently injured so I can't meet the requirements to go 'green to gold' or any other path.

Also officer world is so much more dog eat dog and I'm not sure I'd survive it, at least not on the Active side.

Questionmarktarius posted...

E-9 exists?

Yeah, (Command) Sergeant Major.

The most senior of Non-Commissioned Officers.

There is also Sergeant Major of the Army that is an E-9, but I'm not combat arms nor am I that high speed, so it's a moot point

ChrisReeve posted...

How big of a pension do you get at 50?

That'd be 30 years of service, so 60% of E-9 pay at the time (under the new retirement system) every month til death then you can get your TSP (Military/government 401k) at whatever age, 65/67/retirement age.

Who knows what all that'll be worth come 2043 but it's not too bad

Questionmarktarius posted...

Sergeants don't get base housing?

Not where I am.

95% of all barracks rooms on the installation have to be full before Promotable E-5s can become eligible to apply for their housing allowance.

Some installations do let single Promotable E-5s move out.

I have to get promoted to E-6 to move out on my own as a Single soldier/NCO.

If you're married, you get your housing allowance at any grade/rank.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Pay grade? Base housing?

E-5, barracks.

I've been in the barracks my entire career.

Ib4 retention/recruitment stays trash, they keep bleeding numbers, and stop loss the entire force and keep me til I die in service of my country at the ripe age of 50 something

Easy, breezy, cover girl

My first console was a Genesis and I didn't even get that til 1998.

Never had a snes

MICHALECOLE posted...

Which is such a gross thing to say

It's literally just saying "you're a bitch/little boy if you don't"

Quorthon109 posted...

Queen playing in the background really just makes this perfect. Goddamn idiots.

I was hoping it'd be 'I want to break free' to be an ironic cherry on top of an ironic salad

https://youtu.be/Hxi1f0MoLFE

LightHawKnight posted...

Still find it insane that republicans are saying guns are not the problem and ban them at cpac or nra conventions.

"Guns aren't the problem but we don't want some LIBURL to walk around and SHOOT US UP"

without a hint of irony

If I woke up in Florida, I'd scream and then flee as fast as humanly possible

Dakimakura posted...

Old enough to work a full time job and give birth. Not old enough to know about gay.

If the children are gay, they won't have children that can become dead soldiers for the state.

So we can't let them know they can be obviously.

indica posted...

It's fairly apparent that Republicans only care about life before it's born. After that, they need to start taking care of themselves.

"If you're pre-born, you're fine. If you're pre-school, you're fucked."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nZdRMBTF-hQ

To carry life

https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1648844279748468738

Apparently 10 year olds bodies are designed to be capable of dealing with being raped and carrying a child to term, but not designed to have 'disgusting death instruments' remove said baby from their womb.

If you want these kids to be forced to have kids, you should be forced to support and/or adopt said kids.

SHRlKE posted...

Are they banning circumcising?

Bet it doesn't fall under 'certain medical treatments'

KStateKing17 posted...

I don't get being so scared or trigger happy that you start shooting at these kids. I say this as a gun owner near some MAGA's and Klan wannabes.

Because they're cowards who have no agency and power in their life and a weapon is the closest thing they feel they have to having even a sliver of the power that they crave.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/19/florida-legislature-kidnapping-trans-kids-protest-sb-254/

On Wednesday (19 April) a TikTok video was shared on Twitter which showed parents separated from their children while at the Florida Legislature.
In the video, which is a recorded version of a TikTok live by a user called Kyle (@bananabreadmuff1n), people can be heard chanting let them go and kidnappers.
It is explained in the video that the children were being held behind a door to the House of Representatives gallery.
Kyle is heard narrating the situation as it unfolded, saying: The parents are here, they are withholding them from the parents illegally.
The legislature has debated a number of laws which seek to crack down on trans rights, including banning gender-affirming care and revoking bathroom access based on gender identity.
Another law aims to prevent children from coming into contact with any form of drag performance.
The parents and their children were at the House of Representatives in the state capital, Tallahassee, on Tuesday (18 April) to protest against SB 254, which would see medical professionals banned from providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to trans minors.
During the session, a number of protesters adults and children threw underwear on to the lawmakers from the gallery, with messages not your business and leave my genitals alone written on them.
Speaking to PinkNews, Kyle explained those who threw the underwear were detained, including the youngsters.
The parents and guardians of said minors were not allowed to enter, which is illegal, he said. They withheld children who were queer from their parents.
Kyle added that one person was arrested during the incident for disturbing the peace.
The footage comes as parents of trans children are facing increasing concern that the state will seek to remove their kids from the family home.
SB 254 has been controversial from the moment it was introduced, for its ban on life-saving trans healthcare and because it stipulates that Florida courts could remove trans children from supportive homes.
When the bill was tabled in March, the legislations documents stated that courts could take emergency jurisdiction of Floridan trans youth to vacate, stay or modify a child-custody determination of a court of another state to protect trans youth from receiving gender-affirming healthcare.
The latest version of the bill on the Florida House of Representatives website no longer appears to contain such measures.
During the Tuesday session, Republican Randy Fine the sponsor of the bill reportedly said: Theres evil in this world and we face it here today.
Newsweek quoted him as saying: SB 254 would make it illegal to do certain medical treatments on children that have the result of amputating perfectly good body parts.
Last week, he seemed to suggest that he didnt care if the LGBTQ+ community was erased.
Earlier this month, human rights group Equality Florida issued an unprecedented warning to LGBTQ+ travellers planning to visit the Sunshine State.
The organisation warned that following the passage of several anti-queer bills in the south-eastern state, LGBTQ+ travellers face risks to their health, safety and freedom.
PinkNews has contacted the Florida House of Representatives for comment.

"We'Re JuSt PrOtEcTiNg ThEsE iNnOcEnT cHiLdReN!"

The only evil in this world is you, mother fucker.

Go deep throat Flaming hot suflur coals for eternity.

deoxxys posted...

I wish add some sort of interview from the guy that shot at them, like what went through your head to make you think it was okay to try to kill people who were getting in the wrong car?

I remember one time a woman at a bar got in my car, called me a weirdo and left.

It wouldn't be justified, but if he had shot them as soon as they opened the door, I could have at least understood (not agreed with) the logic of a flimsy 'I feared for my life and acted in the heat of the moment'

He followed them to their own vehicle and shot

deoxxys posted...

Now somebody got shot for walking up to the wrong car. Do we have a topic for that?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80417220

viewmaster_pi posted...

yeah, and considering bowser jr- a child- is behind it, it stands to reason that it is actually some kind of silly candy substance

although it still hurts you, so idk lol

I mean, enough candy can hurt you

HylianFox posted...

Man I totally forgot about Photobucket, that was ages ago

I sitll get emails from them. Or was last year.

They want you to pay at least $5 a month or more to simply store photos

Damn_Underscore posted...

^I know there is a large faction of Christians who believe that, but sorry no. If you're a terrible person but say "I believe in Jesus" or whatever on your deathbead, you aren't fooling any person. Why would you be able to fool God?

Read John 3:16 in context and you'll see it talks about the importance of good works. You could even argue that "believing" actually requires you to do good works.

I mean, if you believe and advocate that others should believe as well but you do not perform good works in the name of said belief, then you're little more than a hypocrite. And God hates hypocrites.

Imgur has been trash since 2015 or earlier.

So this isn't surprising

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/6/6/AAPw6aAAEZjy.jpg

Which goop?

I like Plain, Lemon Pepper, Garlic Parm, and Honey BBQ.

I don't like spicy food, so I never bother with much anything else.

I've missed all of them so far, so I'm basically just "Well I've missed everything else so I feel no impetus to play at all and seeing the increasing pile of things I've missed subtly reinforces 'Why bother?'"

I've been a handful of times.

It's okay.

Tad expensive for my tastes, but their naked chicken breast(? maybe tender) thing they have (or had) was p good food

Surprised at the amount of Yes votes.

People I asked in person were No and one 'depends on the person'

Someone let you borrow their car when you were in a pinch but you didn't need to go far (the amount in the tank more than covers how far you need to travel)

Given a scenario where gas is free and the only cost to you is time and little over a mile out of your way, would you fill it up for them?

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Yo, why did this topic by a banned SMAL alt get bumped after three days?

There was a link of time that brought it back from the brink

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/19/us/texas-cheerleaders-woodlands-elite-shooting/index.html

Authorities have arrested the man they say shot two teenage cheerleaders after one said she mistook the suspects vehicle as her own in a supermarket parking lot near Texas capital at least the third incident this week in which young people whod made an apparent mistake were met with gunfire.
Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., 25, was taken into custody early Tuesday, the Elgin Police Department said in a news release later that morning.
Officers responding just after midnight Tuesday to an H-E-B supermarket parking lot found two people in a vehicle whod been struck by bullets, police said, citing preliminary reports. One with serious injuries was rushed by helicopter to a hospital and in critical condition, while the other was treated at the scene, the release said.
The latter girl had gotten out of a friends car and opened the door to a vehicle she thought was hers, only to find a man sitting in the passenger seat, she said during a livestreamed prayer vigil Tuesday night at her cheer teams gym, CNN affiliate KTRK reported.
I see the guy get out of the passenger door, and I rolled my window down, and I was trying to apologize to him, Heather Roth said, fighting tears. And then halfway, my window was down, and he just threw his hands up, and then he pulled out a gun and he just started shooting at all of us.
It was yet another case this week in which young people were shot after apparently going to the wrong place in error, including a 16-year-old struck in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell in Kansas City and a 20-year-old killed by the owner of a home whose driveway shed inadvertently turned into.
The United States is the only nation with more civilian guns than people, with about 120 guns for every 100 Americans, according to the Small Arms Survey. Elgin is a city of some 10,000 people about a half-hour drive east of Austin.
Rodriguez is being held on a preliminary charge of deadly conduct, a third-degree felony, the police release stated, with more or enhanced charges also possible. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney.
The supermarket manager witnessed the incident, and police have surveillance footage from the parking lot, could see the license plate on the suspects car and later observed him at his home, police said, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Elgin Detectives contacted Pedro Tello at the residence. Pedro Tello was still wearing the clothing that was observed by Elgin Detectives in the surveillance footage, the affidavit states.
Four Woodland Elite Cheer Company athletes were involved in a horrific incident on their way home from practice Monday night, the cheerleading and tumbling organization said in a Facebook post.
We are asking for your prayers, it said.

America is not okay.

PowerOats posted...

Was light-year even good?

It was okay.

Idk who thought it'd ever fly as a Toy Story universe story

Your daily driver

GrandConjuraton posted...

Lightyear advertising was everywhere, x.x . It was even on cereal boxes.

I literally had no idea Lightyear existed til either the weekend before or the day it released.

The first piece of marketing I saw for it was one of those movie standups/cutouts they put up in theaters, either the weekend before or the day of release (I went and saw it day one)

I'm fucking chronically online when I'm not at work and I totally missed every single marketing related to it.

Though I was busy during March/April/May so I missed when it would have been on cereal boxes lmao.

90 minutes later, I'm only at 49% downloaded of 2.87 GB <_<

Man, this is beyond parody.

If you wrote this as satire, it would be too absurd to be believable

VampireCoyote posted...

is it complimentary

Cost you about $5

Fascists and their sympathizers.

(I consider them the same thing)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/8/AAPw6aAAEZVw.jpg

Someone posted this, saying it was on desktop.

YouTube hasn't fundamentally changed on the video page... Like ever.

Damn, rented plenty of movies via the subscription service before streaming really took off.

Do wish they had advertised it more, though. It was easy to forget it even existed. Honestly, if you only ever accessed Netflix via the App on a phone or console, you wouldn't, or even couldn't, know

I saw this earlier in passing.

This is murder. Point blank.

He murdered a fleeing person.

He's a fuck stain of a coward.

Offworlder1 posted...

I would not put myself in such a stupid fucking situation by having all that debt.

Life hits like a truck sometimes.

Sometime you can have a perfectly logical, reasonable plan and then life is like "Haha but like fuck you"

1/3 of ce just eating interest

In theory, underwater breathing

In practice, talking to animals.

I don't like deep water