They’re allowed because who’s going to stop them?

They’re not allowed by law - they’re allowed simply by being in control of who enforces the law. This kind of government corruption would normally be investigated by the DOJ… Except it’s the DOJ doing it, and the only people who might be able to anything about that (the legislature and judiciary) are complicit.

Eh, yeah, we know what they’re doing. But making a public statement of the pretext isn’t for our sake, it’s just to appease the executive.

And you can set up a pin code which, when entered on the unlock screen, erases the device instead of unlocking it.

So… What happens when you look in a mirror?

As a Ben, I think I speak for all of us when I say that this Ben does not represent us or our Benly sensibilities.

This. They’re told, e.g., that the Epstein stuff is all a smear campaign by Democrats. And they believe it because it’s hammered into them and because of tribalism.

If my father believed Trump was involved with Epstein and the raping of children, he’d never have voted for Trump. But instead he’s convinced that Trump is God-appointed to save America from those evil Democrats who want to corrupt kids with trans ideology. He’s stuck in an algorithmically-secured propaganda bubble.

The majority at least? Where I live, people say we have a church on every corner. Because we almost literally do. I drive past 5 just on my way to work every day. They wouldn’t be there if people didn’t attend. In my experience, even most of the non-affiliated will say they believe in a “higher power” or somesuch. In the Pew survey, only 6% out of the 29% non-affiliated identified as agnostic, and only 5% as atheist. Living in the south, having grown up in the bible belt, I can say with very high confidence that more than 5% of Christians actually believe in god. I’m sure some do maintain a facade for social reasons (I did myself for a few years, though would have been honest on an anonymous survey), but certainly not 95%+.

I’m sure it varies by location (obviously, the bible belt was thusly nicknamed for a reason), but the idea that less than 5% of Christians anywhere actually practice / believe in god just stretches credulity.

Where is “Pew” to save this one?

Right here: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/religious-attendance-and-congregational-involvement/

https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/

341,784,857 (official population estimate from 2025) * 62% (proportion of people who identify as Christian per Pew survey from 2023-2024) = 211,906,611.

So… You’re right, but they were in the ball park, but also about spot on if you include the 7% “Other religions” (who presumably mostly also believe in a god).

Yes, but given that anyone can contribute anonymously, verifying every edit is a practical impossibility. Wikipedia relies on good faith in a world where bad faith isn’t exactly rare.

Especially when airports are considered borders.

Dickbaskets have an annoying habit of getting into positions of power.

Haiku. It’s a reimplementation of BeOS.

Alternatively, you could use ReactOS and make it look as windows-like as possible, and then go and post on Windows support forums with solutions to problems that work for ReactOS but not for actual Windows, and then play dumb while calling them dumb when it doesn’t work for them.

I use arch btw.

I did! I looked on ebay just now out of curiosity, and saw a few which were less than that replica set. It’s Bodum’s “Bistro” tea/espresso cups, for anyone who wants to look!

About 2 years ago I found a set of 4 originals plus a tea pot and matching cream/sugar cups on Ebay for half of that…

What do you propose? Go out and shoot a few ICE agents? They far outnumber and outgun those who are willing currently to protest violently. The opposition shooters would be crushed swiftly, and give the administration pretense to increase ICE funding/presence and push harder for military presence. Not to mention, it’d give them perfect ammo for their bullshit cannon about how “the left” are all violent lunatics (Good was a “domestic terrorist” according to them - can you imagine the “official” narrative if she actually had done something aggressive?!)

Half the voting population is still drinking the FOX news koolaid and think all the people getting detained/deported/murdered by ICE are actually murderers and rapists. Nonviolent protest raises awareness. No opposition will accomplish its goals if no one even knows there is a problem.

I heard he was out building homes for the homeless and raising money for child cancer research.

It really is frustrating how hard it can be sometimes to tell the difference. Nothing sounds too ridiculous anymore.

Hitler was worse so far. I do believe the only thing that might prevent Trump from becoming as bad on a numbers basis is his deteriorating health. I’m not entirely confident that someone won’t be able to pick up wherever he leaves off, though.

I can’t speak for other professions, and it might help that there’s more demand than supply for nurses in most places, but nobody in hiring has ever seemed to care what school I went to. I went to a small private school, and I passed the same certification exam and have the same professional license as anyone who went to an ivy league school or a state school. 🤷

They were raised to be terrified of it, and so they raise their kids to be terrified of it, and the cycle perpetuates. It’s hard to break. The reasoning is usually that seeing nudity will tempt them to sin. As someone who abandoned his puritanical upbringing nearly 20 years ago, I still have a hard time just being ok with human bodies - even after being a nurse for some years, I’m still not entirely desensitized to nudity.