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My point was that Jesuits are religionists that are trained heavily in logic, and Communists are areligionists that are systematically broken.

Depends on the threat the DoT used. If the threat was publicity and details of their faults in excruciating detail, that's a good thing. If the threat was fines, jail, and extensive lawsuit party fun time, that's a bad thing.

I find that people who claim the identities "atheist" or "christian" to be an orthogonal vector to people capable of having logical discussions or not. Who would you rather talk to about ethics? A Jesuit or a Communist?

Do my ancestors get equal credit for being involved in the first European rebellion in the colonies, the Long Finn Rebellion? Do my ancestors get credit for being cheated out of land by Washington's war bonus scheme (yes, they lived in Virginia, and did get some land in Ohio, but what could have been)? If only Albert Gallatin had not talked the Whiskey Rebellion out of continuing their armed conflict, how differently would the world remember Washington?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/05/20/its-come-to-this-boyscouts-ban-water-gun-fights-n2001652 Won't somebody please think about the children?

Well, I certainly remember Annie Oakley, but I'm supposedly Gen X.

Are you trying to provoke people? That phrase is a hallmark of irrational exuberance.

Well, it's no surprise that Parson Weems's hagiography of George Washington produced some lasting urban legends... but there's a lot more gold in the video than just the cherry tree incident being apocryphal. Give it a listen and take heart in the idea that a bad apple didn't necessarily spoil the barrel, but that fame-seeking 20-somethings can sometimes spark international incidents.

Believe me when I say, "Definitions are important."

At the risk of committing what Stef considers a "dick move" please provide us a complete definition of God, as you see it. For bonus points, define any terms that you use with the simplest complete definitions you can.

It really depends on how "God" is defined. Most definitions of "God" (certainly all of the ones I've encountered) produce logical contradictions, similar to the idea of asserting "2+2=5". Therefore they cannot exist. That is the fact being referred to.

Substantial difference, pun intended.

I'm glad no one suggested Xena-philia. I probably should have included a trigger warning with that one.

Reviews are coming in. http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/18/8620967/inside-out-movie-review-pixar-amy-poehler

As a libertarian that got himself inserted into local county politics, specifically as a Republican, I can solidly state that the reward for your efforts is minimal. It is far better to spend the time making good friends and spreading the word than it is to try to move the needle by attempted to exert control. The initiative process, maybe, is more rewarding if your state or local area has them. Town halls that take all questions might have some merit, but a very small portion of the population goes to those. Small issue or service organizations with clear purposes may be more satisfying, but over time get taken over by process/control wonks.

Yeah, right place, right time, wrong person and all that.

Since the video covers voting and trials, I will loosely segue to...

If it is envy of virtue and horror of the consequences of failure, then your commitment to principle is very much an interview story. In fact, any interview story where you identify a weakness, analyze the possibilities, commit to a course of action, follow-through to a conclusion (even if it wasn't a total success), and re-analyze and course correct as it goes is already better than 95% of the other applicants that showed up to the office that day... ...and believe me if you are in web development you will know true horror when you look at other people's "code".

I am one.

Which appears to be "quit being a provider unless you get more than a flirtatious glance." I suspect that most men don't know the opening salvos of "girl game" is "what can I get for free?"

When i was a hiring manager, I didn't know enough about myself to ask the question "What motivates you?" to a potential employee, but I realize now it's a very powerful question to understand how much someone knows about him-(or her-)self. Heck, this is a good question to consider outside the scope of employment. I am disappointed in this Lifehacker treatment of the question: http://lifehacker.com/the-best-way-to-approach-the-what-motivates-you-inte-1704284162 There are some self-reflective questions in the article, sure, but I bet the gang here has some pretty good ideas on how to answer the question to their own satisfaction, let alone the additional step of whittling that answer down into something attractive to offer an employer. What say you all?

If you gained self-knowledge from considering the question, then it was worth it! Sorry we were a buncha sourpusses.

No matter how they are grown, apparently someone will get a sour grape.

Well, if you have chat on in multiplayer, it still allows them to be corrosive.

Remember, I was recommending that the psychopaths become addicted to video games instead of imposing tyranny upon everyone else. Not claiming it's perfect, but decently utilitarian.