But Kevin - you clearly said you like pancakes. Why do you hate waffles so much, KEVIN‽ 😤

We have binding arbitration here, and it’s the same here with a lack of appeal (except in some extreme circumstances). Most companies here add arbitration clauses to contracts, which is especially atrocious when it’s an employment contract. Ask me how I know!

You don’t. Your first “appeal” is actually to the district court judge overseeing your case, but you can still appeal to the appellate court after that.

Magistrates in the US are sometimes called “judge”, but they are not Article III judges. They have no power to do anything in criminal cases except make recommendations to the district judge, but they can preside over civil cases when all parties agree. It’s a very different system here.

She’s doing the DJT signature hand signal for “I’m making this shit up on the spot.”

Picking a fight with an astronaut is only slightly safer than picking a fight with a librarian.

I was in at around the same time, and we got maybe twice that, with a brief mention that it would be on us to show the order was unlawful. That doesn’t exactly encourage enlistees to refuse an unlawful order while being pressured by their entire chain of command to follow it.

It’s *almost* like their understanding of the world comes from their rage over the world not revolving around them.

I don’t always (read: often do not) agree with you, but at least I’ll actually read what you have to say before responding to it. Geez, some people… 🙄

I get a strong impression that efficiency wasn’t the real concern behind their response…! 😮

I’m an atheist with a similar - if not identical - viewpoint, so I’d say it’s a reasonable way to approach human complexity. ❤️

It’s *so* tiresome, too. 😮‍💨

The problem with Christian fundamentalism is the beliefs in univocality and inerrancy of scripture, which leads them to some truly bizarre conclusions about the texts. Most of the time, they just end up excusing their own hateful beliefs with what the texts supposedly endorse.

Yes, I agree with this. The texts are contradictory, both within and between each other. People reading them must negotiate with them and decide which parts to emphasize or minimize to arrive at a set of beliefs around them. There’s no way to believe *all* of it at once.

Yes, that’s what the canon plainly shows. It’s fundamentalism when people believe that whatever God does is definitionally good, though. That seems to be what Dale Partridge promotes, but most of Christendom would disagree with his viewpoint for one reason or another.

I think there’s a lot of confusion among people in the US as to what “most of Christendom” looks like, and vice/versa for those elsewhere. Christian fundamentalism is popular in the US (and parts of Canada), but it’s looked upon with bemusement elsewhere.

Like… you print things in batches…? So why not just print batches in different colors? You’re going to “waste” some filament every print cycle anyway, so why not just take advantage of that and do something fun with it? There is no significant increase in efficiency with less fun here.