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#1128346
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Tyrphanax said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

I don’t know that he was saying never pray publicly, just don’t do it if you are only doing to be seen doing it.

Even so, that is what they were doing; or if it was not, it is unclear that it was not. Which makes it a bad idea either way and means it still is relevant.

It is unclear to YOU. It is not unclear to person doing the public praying or to God. If I pray publicly and my motivation is unclear to You, I am still going to pray. I know my real motivation and so does God.

Let me be clear about “publicly.” There is a difference between you praying and being in a place where people see you do it, and doing it with the intent or in the knowledge of people watching or else calling other people to do it in a non-worship setting.

Calling fellow believers to pray in a setting among them is different from calling anyone and everyone via social media or television broadcast.

Sorry but asking for prayer via social media or television broadcast doesn’t seem wrong to me(unless done disingenuously).

Everything Paul Ryan does is disingenuous.

If you look up “Wet Noodle” in the dictionary, it’s a picture of Paul Ryan.

Are you sure it’s not a picture of Eddie Munster? 😉

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#1128271
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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chyron8472 said:

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

CatBus said:

Since it’s too late to change the name on the ballot, Republicans may attempt some sort of “refuse to seat him/he resigns/appoint new Senator” gambit, which basically amounts to “you’re just voting for the Republican ticket, not this particular Republican. Trust us to sort out the details.”

mayhaps.

My mistake. This is the tactic they’re taking.

“Take the Bible. Zachariah and Elizabeth for instance. Zachariah was extremely old to marry Elizabeth and they became the parents of John the Baptist,” Ziegler said choosing his words carefully before invoking Christ. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.”

Umm… nevermind that a) their culture is not our culture; and b) Joseph was not with Mary until after Jesus was born. So I don’t see how those could possibly correlate to this.

Unless somebody can dig up some birth certificates, I’d take the actual ages of people in the Bible with a pillar of salt. 😉

That somebody is already whipping out the It’s in the Bible defense is a strong indicator the guy is probably guilty as hell.

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#1128268
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

CatBus said:

Since it’s too late to change the name on the ballot, Republicans may attempt some sort of “refuse to seat him/he resigns/appoint new Senator” gambit, which basically amounts to “you’re just voting for the Republican ticket, not this particular Republican. Trust us to sort out the details.”

mayhaps.

My mistake. This is the tactic they’re taking.

“Take the Bible. Zachariah and Elizabeth for instance. Zachariah was extremely old to marry Elizabeth and they became the parents of John the Baptist,” Ziegler said choosing his words carefully before invoking Christ. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.”

Actual quote from the Alabama State Auditor, defending Roy Moore. Not denying it, just saying preying on teenagers is Biblically justified.

Holy crap. Let’s remember the Bible has been used to justify slavery, outlawing mixed race marriages, and probably whacking off in a tool shed on a Sunday.
But you can still legally marry your cousin in Alabama. 😉

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#1128013
Topic
Disney to buy 20th (21st) Century Fox? (Disney has now bought them - 14 Dec '17)
Time

YodaFan67 said:

Going to be honest–
Besides X-men, what popular movies/ franchises does 20th century own? This is actually a serious question. I have no clue.

Off the top of my head…

The Day The Earth Stood Still

A good chunk of Marylin Monroe’s body of work.

Alien and the Predator films.

The Die Hard movies.

Planet Of The Apes original films, tv series and reboot.

M.A.S.H tv series and film.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The 1960’s Batman tv series and feature film.

Every Irwin Allen 1960’s SF/fantasy tv show. Lost In Space, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Land Of The Giants Also his biggest and best disaster flicks such as the original *The Poseidon Adventure.

And a back catalog of old movies and tv shows as impressive as MGM or Warner.

Something I don’t think any of us have pondered before. Who owns the Holiday Special? Fox or Lucasfilm?

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#1127608
Topic
Disney to buy 20th (21st) Century Fox? (Disney has now bought them - 14 Dec '17)
Time

Unless someone can prove it’s going to hurt independent films from getting made and released or something, I doubt the Feds are going to care that much. Disney might have to shed some of it’s other assets, (they had to sell a local L.A. station they owned once they bought ABC) but the Fox film library is probably what they’re after.