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Cēterum cēnseō factiōnem Rēpūblicānam dēlendam esse īgnī ferrōque.
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” -Adam Smith
The inspiring part of this story is that somebody got paid to write that.
On top of it they didn't even research the article. From the picture, there's a splash. Non puddles produce no splash. That's what you would expect if you avoided a puddle. No splash. It's obvious from the photo there was puddle steppage involved. I will submit to mediamatters.org.
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Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the night. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.
I tried running it through Google Translate, but there's no selection for Dwarven Gibberish.
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"Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction." - Eleanor of Aquitaine
Why isn't this a big ole case of "Duh!" It never even occurred to me that it couldn't be omitted
Big old duh. We also have the option to either swear or affirm the oath, as it is actually against some peoples religion to swear an oath like that. First amendment, FTW!
Why isn't this a big ole case of "Duh!" It never even occurred to me that it couldn't be omitted
Big old duh. We also have the option to either swear or affirm the oath, as it is actually against some peoples religion to swear an oath like that. First amendment, FTW!
It's not a big ole case of "Duh!" because, as noted in the article, the optionality is a change of policy: This appeared in today's Salon.
I was easily able to affirm for jury duty. I was the only one who did and noborty batted an eyelash at me.
A thrad I'm reading about the Air Force hubbub has a few people saying they've never had a problem either with the Air Force itself or other services. They're also suggesting that it's more about this guy's bosses not liking him and making a stink trying to find or make any excuse to be rid of him.
I was easily able to affirm for jury duty. I was the only one who did and noborty batted an eyelash at me.
A thrad I'm reading about the Air Force hubbub has a few people saying they've never had a problem either with the Air Force itself or other services. They're also suggesting that it's more about this guy's bosses not liking him and making a stink trying to find or make any excuse to be rid of him.
It’s official – again — you can serve your country without serving God.
It’s an abrupt and welcome turnaround. This month, the Air Force found itself with egg on its collective face after it was revealed that an atheist sergeant at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was told he could not reenlist unless he agreed to include the phrase “so help me God” in his military oath. He was informed of the decision after he’d crossed the words out on his contract. Amazingly, as Raw Story noted earlier in September, the God requirement was a recent innovation – the Air Force changed its previously optional policy to compel oath takers to include God only last October. Other branches of the military traditionally leave it to the oath taker’s choice. Air Force spokeswoman Rose Richeson told Air Force Times two weeks ago that “Reciting ‘So help me God’ in the reenlistment and commissioning oaths is a statutory requirement.” And as American Humanist Association attorney Monica Miller noted at the time, “This is the only branch to my knowledge that’s actually requiring everyone in all instances to use the religious language.”
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