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Israel eschews the peace process at their own peril.

Unfortunately, this is a fairly serious topic. Achieving orgasm with a committed partner is beautiful on its own merits without the explicit blessing of the Catholic Church, but the very fact that Church has to announce it points to the deep rifts that currently run through the entire ecclesiastic community. The Roman Catholic Church has been an unexpected hotbed for conservative extremism with some unpleasant parallels to the early 14th Century lead in to the Western Schism, such as the apocryphal vitriol directed at Pope Francis. Many of the common sense adjustments the pontiff has made within the tight constraints of church doctrine have riled a vocal and powerful minority of high ranking bishops. It comes at a time when the Church is struggling to not just recover from the sexual abuse scandals but also adapt to a world where LGBTQIA2S+ identities are more established and income disparity has become a prominent issue again. (It's worth noting that these conservative voices in the Church are being backed by wealthy Catholics.) We are at somewhat incongruous and untenable place where the Pope maintains huge popularity among his flock while weathering abuse from the upper echelons of the Vatican.

Well, a lot of people are jerks in general.

Because no one remembers Mad Men memes.....

Me neither.

Not if he has the power of clairvoyance.

Sort of… They blame easily identified dysfunction, but that blame manifests as bigotry. For instance, the concept of the “welfare queen” is an easily identified anomaly in society that has negligible impact on those who depend on social safety nets yet presents a glaring example of society’s failure to function. People blame their circumstances on failures unrelated to and beyond their control, and use blatantly racist, bigoted, misogynistic, and ableist stereotypes totems of those failures.

There must be a correlation between this and mom-always-told-me-I-didn't-have-enough-sense-to-come-in-out-of-the-rain.

I think I've mentioned it before since this topic repeats itself periodically, but it probably bears repeating. In an ideal world, people would be naturally inquisitive and invested in their governance. There are plenty of inequalities that are built into the system, and not all of them are related to concerted efforts to marginalize or discriminate against a class of people. A lot of the time, people are disenfranchised simply because the architecture of the local free market system hasn't adapted in real time. Living in a society is fundamentally about adapting as challenges arise, something we all rarely do. Therein lies the problem: most people don't have the natural inquisitiveness (a euphemism for intelligence in this instance) or the time to properly investigate their own circumstances. Now, I'm not suggesting you aren't doing that - I'm merely pointing out that the root cause of out hyperpolarized social state is the inability to grasp the basic mechanics of our communities like the local economy, social hierarchy (in a sense of social roles, not in a sense of authority), resource allotment, and infrastructure. Complicated as that might sound, the simplest expression is that when we don't understand what we need to survive in our homes, we tend to blame society as a whole rather than identify the local dysfunction., This is why previously rational people support tin-pot dictators, express stridently xenophobic attitudes and openly berate people with disabilities. It's also why government is the first thing we blame when there is a breakdown. The short, but less palatable, answer is that government isn't to blame for people being shitty. The long answer is it can't correct for a populace that doesn't do the work to investigate their own circumstances and, instead, channels frustration into ideological totems. What you're experiencing is people who are making you a target of their own failures, whether it be intellectual or just temporal, to be aware of their personal responsibilities.

Actshually..... Well shit.

Why do people hate black licorice so much? I don't get it.

Not enough.

Just in case no one gets the joke… It’s because no one washes balls better than a Dallas Cowboys fan because they’ve been deep throating Jerry’s junk for 34 years.

It’s not even immediately obvious his selections are bad. They all take like two years to evolve into disasters.

He’s awful, but that defense… Anyway, I was suggesting that Jerry himself is the problem. Trading for draft picks means he’s going to make a drafting mistake which will haunt the Cowboys in two years time.

Dak isn’t the problem.

I saw a few in the stands at Jerry’s World who would love to be anywhere but Dallas right about now.

Let’s talk about this a bit…. You have any brunettes interested in the job? That’s why it’s a dungeon. Will ghosty conquer his questionably endowed jailers one g-spot at a time? Will he collapse into a puddle of girl sauce, overcome by an unending chain of orgasm? Will he sit in the corner of his cell? So many possibilities! …. *Turns on the Cowboy game as Dak throws his second pic of the half*

Lol. It’s enough only when a Democrat does it, especially when he’s facing the extremely scary prospect of cancer.

I would just like to point out that Joe Biden has not exhibited any of the physical or mental traits of someone with dementia. While Trump has confused cities before, that isn’t indicative of cognitive impairment just as reading from a teleprompter isn’t. It’s not even a sign of feebleness. What is a sign of dementia is an obvious lack of impulse control. In fact, people with Alzheimer’s often appear to be energetic in moments where they’re confused or emotionally unstable. Trump is clearly suffering from some form of dementia, even if his core personality is odious to begin with.

A sex dungeon right?

There’s a whole lot of suck in that post.

He did them dirty for sure. Anyhoo… the NFL isn’t a magical wonderland for coaches, but it’s one hell of an escape hatch. Lincoln isn’t anywhere near the escape stage, especially after two seasons, but things change fast.

No, I get the perception. People still think that Lincoln left Oklahoma because he was dodging the shift to the SEC, so it's natural to predict he'll jump to the NFL now that the going has gotten tough. I don't think it's a fair perception - everyone knows he came to USC because they threw a shitload of money at him and he gets to move to NotOklahoma all while escaping the inevitable decline of his Sooner teams. He's only two years into his USC campaign and he has a hot shot new defensive coordinator behind a backup qb that lit up a decent Louisville team - he has plenty of time for a steady decline before he needs to flee the burning ship.