Omega powered [chat]

Regina Fong

When things seem bad and life has you down, remember that there is a being of unlimited compassion who loves you.

I am speaking, of course, of Omega Kitten
The true source of all justice in the universe



All hail Omega Kitten

Coinage

http://www.nature.com/news/poverty-shrinks-brains-from-birth-1.17227?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

Spoiler: don't be poor

Hahnsoo1

Hail Omega Kitten.

No, wait, please... I have a family! I... *graaa*

DasUberEdward

Omega Kitten IS.

matt has a problem

I voted for Bush Jr. in both elections and Obama in both elections.

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Chanus

LoserForHireX

matt has a problem wrote: »

I voted for Bush Jr. in both elections and Obama in both elections.

*notes in file*

Regina Fong

And now since this is my [chat] and my rule is blessed by Omega Kitten, you are all required to view my pet photos from the snow day a few months back.







(Not everyone actually likes snow it turns out)

TL DR

Kevin Sorbo killed a guy in the Louisiana bayou.

Thomamelas

TL DR wrote: »

Kevin Sorbo killed a guy in the Louisiana bayou.

A career isn't a person.

Chanus

TL DR wrote: »

Kevin Sorbo killed a guy in the Louisiana bayou.

is this like a chuck norris thing

Echo

Coinage wrote: »

http://www.nature.com/news/poverty-shrinks-brains-from-birth-1.17227?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

Spoiler: don't be poor

HG Wells was right and one day we'll have a sub-species of morlocks.

Deebaser

Echo wrote: »

Coinage wrote: »

http://www.nature.com/news/poverty-shrinks-brains-from-birth-1.17227?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

Spoiler: don't be poor

HG Wells was right and one day we'll have a sub-species of morlocks.

poorlocks

Harry Dresden

Gooey wrote:

also what is wrong with kevin sorbo?

Where to begin...

http://www.eonline.com/news/571555/kevin-sorbo-rant-about-ferguson-protests-cites-animals-and-losers-t-i-also-weighs-in

"Ferguson riots have very little to do with the shooting of the young man," wrote Sorbo, best known for his past title role on the hit 1990s syndicated action series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the prequel to Xena: Warrior Princess. "It is an excuse to be the losers these animals truly are. It is a tipping point to frustration built up over years of not trying, but blaming everyone else, The Man, for their failures. It's always someone else's fault when you give up."
"Hopefully this is a reminder to the African Americans ( I always thought we just Americans. Oh, well.) that their President the voted in has only made things worse for them, not better (sic)," he said.

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/27/kevin_sorbo_atheists_don’t_like_the_fact_that_there_is_a_higher_power_out_there_that_is_judging_how_they_live_their_life”/

“The atheists are such a small group of people, and they get on Fox or CNN and they rant and they rave,” Sorbo told Wiles, “and I pretty much based my character [in "God Is Not Dead"] off of these guys that I see who are just angry — they’re just filled with anger and hatred.”

“On the one hand I feel sorry for them, but then I kind of laugh at them,” Sorbo explained. “Why would anybody spend so much time ranting and raving about something they don’t believe in?”

Stay classy, Sorbo.

emnmnme

TL DR wrote: »

Kevin Sorbo killed a guy in the Louisiana bayou.

Killed a guy in Greece, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKmEL4TL93Y

Eddy

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

There is a dark, dark comedy in changing the religion in "religious freedom" from native american beliefs to christianity

Organichu

so shooting was real fun. that gen4 glock 19 sure is nice. kind of makes me want one, but i am a long way from having 500 bux to throw at a toy. also got to fire a couple ar-15s and a tavor that was nicely spec'd (up to ~$4,000). good time.

also doctor went well. won't get my blood test results for a few days but showed my bp and bg logs, doctor was mouth-agape impressed. told me he's fine cutting my metformin in half and pending my a1c results, 'we'll see about further'. did a cardiac stress test which also went well. he is thrilled with every data point we saw so far.

emnmnme

Eddy wrote: »

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

Who has been cut by the sword so far?

TL DR

Haha wow, I actually hadn't heard shit about Kevin Sorbo but it's good to know that he peaked decades ago and is in actuality a racist piece of shit.

Chanus

what if we just abolish any relevance of religion to our legal system?

i mean

it's not going to be like, oh hey no more religion, now no one discriminates

but at least they'll have to have a rational explanation for their exemption from the law i guess

Kid Presentable

Harry Dresden wrote: »

Gooey wrote:

also what is wrong with kevin sorbo?

Where to begin...

http://www.eonline.com/news/571555/kevin-sorbo-rant-about-ferguson-protests-cites-animals-and-losers-t-i-also-weighs-in

"Ferguson riots have very little to do with the shooting of the young man," wrote Sorbo, best known for his past title role on the hit 1990s syndicated action series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the prequel to Xena: Warrior Princess. "It is an excuse to be the losers these animals truly are. It is a tipping point to frustration built up over years of not trying, but blaming everyone else, The Man, for their failures. It's always someone else's fault when you give up."
"Hopefully this is a reminder to the African Americans ( I always thought we just Americans. Oh, well.) that their President the voted in has only made things worse for them, not better (sic)," he said.

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/27/kevin_sorbo_atheists_don’t_like_the_fact_that_there_is_a_higher_power_out_there_that_is_judging_how_they_live_their_life”/

“The atheists are such a small group of people, and they get on Fox or CNN and they rant and they rave,” Sorbo told Wiles, “and I pretty much based my character [in "God Is Not Dead"] off of these guys that I see who are just angry — they’re just filled with anger and hatred.”

“On the one hand I feel sorry for them, but then I kind of laugh at them,” Sorbo explained. “Why would anybody spend so much time ranting and raving about something they don’t believe in?”

Stay classy, Sorbo.

"Ferguson riots have very little to do with the shooting of the young man," wrote Sorbo, best known for his past title role on the hit 1990s syndicated action series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the prequel to Xena: Warrior Princess.

Sick burn.

P10

kevin sorbo is a genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O1hM-k3aUY

DiannaoChong

emnmnme wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

Who has been cut by the sword so far?

US Gov V. 'bong hits for jesus' is incoming, I'll let you know.

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Thomamelas

Organichu wrote: »

so shooting was real fun. that gen4 glock 19 sure is nice. kind of makes me want one, but i am a long way from having 500 bux to throw at a toy. also got to fire a couple ar-15s and a tavor that was nicely spec'd (up to ~$4,000). good time.

also doctor went well. won't get my blood test results for a few days but showed my bp and bg logs, doctor was mouth-agape impressed. told me he's fine cutting my metformin in half and pending my a1c results, 'we'll see about further'. did a cardiac stress test which also went well. he is thrilled with every data point we saw so far.

I find I prefer my 17 to the 19.

Eddy

emnmnme wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

Who has been cut by the sword so far?

all the women who don't have full health care coverage due to hobby lobby, but that's largely incidental to the tidal wave of anti-gay stuff that's gonna come out of this.

e.g., http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/pdf/HB02553I.pdf#navpanes=0

Ludious

TL DR wrote: »

Haha wow, I actually hadn't heard shit about Kevin Sorbo but it's good to know that he peaked decades ago and is in actuality a racist piece of shit.

I dunno if I'd describe a guy i kinda liked in a thing turning out to be a jerk as good. It kinda sucks.

Chanus

Eddy wrote: »

emnmnme wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

Who has been cut by the sword so far?

all the women who don't have full health care coverage due to hobby lobby, but that's largely incidental to the tidal wave of anti-gay stuff that's gonna come out of this.

e.g., http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/pdf/HB02553I.pdf#navpanes=0

i think he meant people eddy

you know

white dudes

Surfpossum

emnmnme wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

Who has been cut by the sword so far?

Women who would like to have access to contraception as was previously guaranteed under the ACA, for example.

edit: gog dammit, Eddy.

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P10

kevin sorbo is probably in mensa

emnmnme

Chanus wrote: »

what if we just abolish any relevance of religion to our legal system?

i mean

it's not going to be like, oh hey no more religion, now no one discriminates

but at least they'll have to have a rational explanation for their exemption from the law i guess

No more marriage licenses, no legal right to refuse medical treatment, no more Christmas tree lightings on the WHite House front lawn.

Regina Fong

Chanus wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

emnmnme wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

Religious Freedom Restoration Acts were created in response to Scalia's opinion that religious practices should generally not trump state laws (for fear of the obvious anarchy that would follow if religions could carve out large exemptions to secular law) - federal RFRA was a shield for minority religions to practice as they saw fit, unless the state could prove a compelling state interest and that their method of enforcing this compelling state interest was the least burdensome way possible, with state RFRAs generally furthering the notion to include for-profit corps post-hobby lobby

Originally, the concept was supposed to be a shield, protecting minority individuals from unjust intrusions etc etc. Once given to a giant majority religion, however, one can easily see how it turns into a sword that precludes justice from those who would be negatively affected by the beliefs of that majority religion, particularly if those who would be negatively affected are neither a protected class nor loved by the majority

Who has been cut by the sword so far?

all the women who don't have full health care coverage due to hobby lobby, but that's largely incidental to the tidal wave of anti-gay stuff that's gonna come out of this.

e.g., http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/pdf/HB02553I.pdf#navpanes=0

i think he meant people eddy

you know

white dudes

Straight white cis dudes

specifically

Chanus

my cats need to learn how to tell time

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Gooey

Ludious wrote: »

TL DR wrote: »

Haha wow, I actually hadn't heard shit about Kevin Sorbo but it's good to know that he peaked decades ago and is in actuality a racist piece of shit.

I dunno if I'd describe a guy i kinda liked in a thing turning out to be a jerk as good. It kinda sucks.

i think it's possible to separate a character from a person who played the character

Chanus

Vanguard wrote: »

Chanus wrote: »

my cats need to learn how to tell time

the chinese can tell time by looking in the eyes of a cat

well yeah they reflect light to give them better night vision so you could, like, see the clock on the wall behind you if you looked in a cat's eyes

Chanus

emnmnme wrote: »

Chanus wrote: »

what if we just abolish any relevance of religion to our legal system?

i mean

it's not going to be like, oh hey no more religion, now no one discriminates

but at least they'll have to have a rational explanation for their exemption from the law i guess

No more marriage licenses, no legal right to refuse medical treatment, no more Christmas tree lightings on the WHite House front lawn.

well, you can still have a civil contract through the state that provides the benefits of marriage

and you can refuse medical treatment for non-religious reasons (so, like, fewer dead kids)

and it's a holiday tree the war on christmas is over and satan won

RiemannLives

the dumbest thing I have ever done politically was vote for Nader in the 2000 election.

I can only plead that I was a stupid college student who made a terrible mistake

luckily my state went the right way (Gore) so my idiocy was cancelled out but still I think us Nader voters are even worse than the Bush voters in 2000.

Chanus

RiemannLives wrote: »

the dumbest thing I have ever done politically was vote for Nader in the 2000 election.

I can only plead that I was a stupid college student who made a terrible mistake

luckily my state went the right way (Gore) so my idiocy was cancelled out but still I think us Nader voters are even worse than the Bush voters in 2000.

nader was the nadir of your voting record