State sanctioned dilution of what it means for things to be true. It’s not about the vaccines, it’s about getting people to accept falsehoods.

No no and fucking no (pun intended).

https://geologywriter.com/streetsmartnaturalist/stories-in-stone-blog/rock-or-stone-is-there-a-difference/

Rocks are natural. Stones are rocks that have been worked/shaped by humans.

When I was in the army, …

Consider, too, that the military needs every sack of meat to be able to shoot straight, load mags, clear malfunctions, clean and maintain. By extension, the light arms they use are designed to be as dead simple as possible.

That’s abridgement of the First Amendment.

First Amendment guards against state repercussions for speech, with exceptions. Careful not to conflate the legal and colloquial usages.

“Yeah yeah, that - but more importantly, MEEEEEE!”

Brass Against cover

Thank you for your service, Etsy Witches.

So do I.

Wouldn’t be hard to build a paper board and play on that.

I’d think that having an empty 2x2 right in front of any of your pieces would limit your options for moving pieces. So I would put it in front of White, not in the middle, but on one of the edges. Also, White would not be allowed to shift the tile on their first turn, since that would just put the disadvantage on Black, who would shift a tile, yada yada. Maybe … maybe you would only be allowed to shift a tile if you didn’t shift a tile on your previous turn.

Another thing - would Queens, Bishops, Rooks be able to “jump” the empty space to cross from one side of an empty 2x2? I’m thinking yes.

There would need to be two missing 2x2 board pieces for symmetry.

That card lock isn’t to keep someone else from stealing your card, it’s to make you take it. As long as the machine will only do what you’ve asked after you take your card, the bank isn’t responsible for your card at all.

I’ve seen machines that still hold the card so it can’t be removed (even though it remains visible), and will only release the card before completing whatever transaction you’ve asked it to do. Like, you have to take the card before it’ll tell you your balance or give you cash or whatever. This is 100% a “we’re not taking responsibility for you leaving your card in the machine” thing.

OP is clearly conflating “Americans” with some very specific people they have a fair beef with.

I have yet to see any evidence americans will “use their guns” against fascists.

The people who have traditionally yelled about 2A and “the gubmint” taking their guns are today’s fascists. Besides that, using firearms to topple a fascist regime that controls the most powerful military the world has ever seen will require a great deal of organization, planning, coordination, supply, and about ten times as many people doing non-“infantry” stuff to have a snowball’s chance in hell of being successful - let alone the political support of a whole lot of state and local governments.

Not sure what you think should be happening short of a full civil war. I mean, that’s what it’s gonna take, and that’s what’s gonna happen, but you can’t seriously think that the practical foundations are yet in place for it.

Source?

No, we’re making fun of stupid people.

After some exchanges, the scammer one day told her he was “in space on a spaceship right now” but was “under attack and in need of oxygen,” the official said.

The scammer then urged her to pay him online to help him buy oxygen, and successfully hoodwinked around 1 million yen ($6,700) out of her.