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jakelafort wrote:
“Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.

This is the latest move taken by the group in its repression of women since the U.S. and its allies pulled out of Afghanistan in February 2020.

The Tal…

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From a Newsweek article:

The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes.

“Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.

This is the latest move taken by the…[Read more]

Is sugar addictive?: Oh, absolutely. (as I sit here binging on egg nog)

What will humans look like in 50,000 years?:
We won’t necessarily evolve ‘better’. There are several flaws in us that are not being bread out. But instead being compensated for.
Take my poor eyesight for example. Maybe that trend can be halted with a gene therapy. But if Lazer surgery is cheaper, maybe not.
Lazer surgery being another way to…[Read more]

moral blank slates at birth?:
Babys are notoriously selfish. Not moral.
In the study, babies favored the ‘helper’ puppet, not out of morals or empathy for the ‘struggling’ puppet. But out of self interest.
We all want to be cared for. “Help me too”.
Morals in the test babies would have been reaching for the ‘struggling’ puppet, to help it also.

Atheist chaplains:
Working for the other side is still suporting the other side. Justifying religin’s existance.
He never challenges the believers he minesters.
“especially as humanity grapples with existential threats”
What ‘existential threats’? Climate change in spite of ‘god’s will’?

Thanks, Reg!  Happy new year!!!

Happy New Year to all!

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence.

Bertrand Russel.

Jake, if ape-like humans of a million years ago hear a sound from some bushes, the ones who runs without checking the facts will live, while the one who want to know what made that noise might not. So most of the tribe runs off together. The curious one gets eaten alive.

How many times have i read/heard people ejaculate with conviction how this group or that group is terminally stupid? Trumpers. Progressives. Aborigines. Hicks. Chicks. Chicks with dicks. Is there any native difference in intelligence between groups? Almost certainly but it misses my point and even the crem de la that is good soup group is…[Read more]

@Strega – Too many people are afraid to live on their own for even a short period of time. I highly recommend it.

Maybe just don’t start writing a novel about what can happen to Jack when he spends too much time at work and not enough time playing. 🙂

For those with terminal illnesses, assisted dying is a powerful quality of life option. For most, just knowing that they have the legal option in place in case they want or need to avail of it at some future point, immediately improves their quality of life. It also allows their love ones, who would assist them, the peace of mind knowing they…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
How a young Dutch woman’s life began when she was allowed to die.

I don’t think that assisted dying on the grounds of depression should be legal, because depression is always in theory reversible.  On the other hand, it took being genuinely offered to die for this lady to want to live again.  It’s a difficult one.

@Strega I’m sorry to hear about your divorce. Acreage in the woods  sounds lovely though. Glad to hear you’re feeling positive about the future in 2025!

Strega wrote:
As part of my divorce, I gave the whole house and contents to my almost-ex wife. I then landed the perfect place to live. I’m ‘caretaker’ for my friends spare house (the mother died a while back) sort of like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. I pay a peppercorn rent and have a four bedroom house in the woods with 6 acres of land, and h…

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As part of my divorce, I gave the whole house and contents to my almost-ex wife. I then landed the perfect place to live. I’m ‘caretaker’ for my friends spare house (the mother died a while back) sort of like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

I pay a peppercorn rent and have a four bedroom house in the woods with 6 acres of land, and heating from…[Read more]

Thanks Strega, hope you are warm and cozy where you are. I was almost going to fly to Atlanta today but skipped it this Christmas. Weather is better here!

Hey Reg!  Thank you!  Great year of Sunday School 🙂

Have a great week everyone and a very Happy Christmas!