tom sarbeck

Yeah…I’m not touching the definition of life (or even death) with a 10 meter poll.

I’ve mentioned before, years ago even, “beginning of life” definitions and “end of life” definitions are related in ways.

There’s not as much end of life controversy over definitions, although many here will remember opportunistic politicians jumping into the fray over Terry Shiavo falling into a coma in 1990 in Florida, which she never came out…[Read more]

What does a Jewish Pirate say?

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
“Oh, you would probably argue with the Pope to try to proof a point”

Oh no! I clearly need to find a website out there that backs Jon and I up. This shouldn’t take long…

While to be honest, I actually avoided watching Jon for a while after he said on Colbert’s late night show something like [coarsely par…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Let me stop…probably gonna bore the hell out of anyone who read that far.

I dunno about that. Even as a dedicated meat eater, I feel very uncomfortable with animals being bred for human vanity (e.g. in the “Toy” group of AKC breeds), barbaric entertainment (e.g. pen fights), or any other type of gambling scenario.

Hmm, maybe MA…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:

jakelafort wrote:
Maybe the MAGA’s need their own nation. Secede already.

I would love to help them with that: https://www.caverbob.com/usalong.htm

During MAGA month, especially. MAGAmonth.com is a website, but I’m not risking a visit to it. MAGAmonth.org might be available… would anyone here like to pitch in to start it up s…[Read more]

Enco one can make a critique about something without unnecessarily being a douche in the process. I cannot fathom the value of making light of suicide within the context of geo-political discussion.

As for your conflation of “hurting someone’s fragile feelings” with things like harassment or spreading vile trash that makes the lives of…[Read more]

Reg, you’re awesomely up on US politics. I had to look up Nunez! While I lived in Florida for about ten years, and my brother owns property and lives near Gainesville. (I can never go back to that level of humidity. The most dehydrated I’ve ever gotten was while sweating a bucketful there, barely cooling off.)

Here’s Jon Stewart’s positive take on the hearings, broadcast on June 29th. Maybe we won’t get taken down to the lowest depths of Hell, but some level above it.

I start it at about 27-1/4 minutes in so there’s only about 17 minutes left but it has meat. (Before the point where it starts, I learned that Merrick Garland is Judy Garland’s son, and…[Read more]

Jake, everything you’re saying makes perfect sense, and I’d love it if our future could go that way.

This Trump era’s changed my expectations of what’s possible. I’ve seen how political arrogance and thirst for power have prodded a populist hate movement that can take over. What’s still gaining ground now is a political thirst for power, so…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
It’s already clear from what the GOP-dominated state legislatures are discussing that they sense a green light to drag the country back to the 1950’s.

I’m the guy with the odd opinion, here.

For years I’ve believed the US Constitution was never clear on these “rights” whether pro-life or pro-choice.

Right to lifers seem to act…[Read more]

My first impression after looking a bit into the coach and the Maine cases is that the SCOTUS rulings weren’t as broad as I first feared.

As mentioned here above, already, what might matter more is how future cases similar to the coach case are ruled. I would expect to see more cases, or even more extreme cases, where religious practices at…[Read more]