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It’s almost as if he’s only in it for the grift…

That’s the most accurate article on the subject I’ve read in years.

The sad truth is, Americans are so damned dumb, he might be right.

Do we officially call them the US Gestapo yet or do we wait until they resort to torture on US soil?

I’m all for MFA, but ultimately, a GOOD password - or rather, a good password recipe - that resides in my brain must be included in the mix as far as I’m concerned. Because unlike other forms of authentication, that one can never be extracted, stolen or recovered without torturing me.

So you can have your passwordless future: I’ll keep my passwords - in combination with other forms of authentication of course. Passwordless is lesser security for the lazy.

Abuse is going to happen In any organization that works with children

Abuse is going to be 10x worse in organizations that specialize in brainwashing and bigotry, emphasize hierarchy and cultivate secrecy.

That’s why, while you’re correct, child abuse cases almost always come from cults (including the widely recognized cults we coyly call churches), sketchy historical children indoctrination outfits like the Scouts, much less often from schools, and rarely from pediatricians and other medical professionals.

Aah, traditions… Joseph Smith and Bring’em Young would be proud.

For what it’s worth, here’s the list of teenage brides of those two holy pedos:

• Teen Brides of Joseph Smith Jr.:

Fanny Alger—16 (JSJ—27 ) Sarah Ann Whitney—17 (JSJ—36 ) Flora Ann Woodworth—16 (JSJ—37 ) Emily Dow Partridge—19 (JSJ—37 Lucy Walker—17 (JSJ—37 ) Sarah Lawrence—17 (JSJ—37 ) Maria Lawrence—19 (JSJ—37 ) Helen Mar Kimball—14 (JSJ—37 ) Melissa Lott—19 (JSJ—37 ) Nancy Mariah Winchester—14 (JSJ—37 )

• Teen Brides of Brigham Young:

Miriam Angeline Works—18 (BY—23 ) Harriet Elizabeth Cook —19 (BY—42 ) Clarissa Caroline Decker —15 (BY—42 ) Elizabeth Fairchild —16 (BY—43 ) Diana Chase —17 (BY—43 ) Emmeline Free —18 (BY—43 ) Ellen Rockwood —16 (BY—44 ) Mary Ann Turley —18 (BY—44 ) Lucy Bigelow —16 (BY—45 ) Mary Jane Bigelow —19 (BY—45 )

Well, somebody had to pick up where the Catholic church left off…

Cloud, silver lining and all that…

I guess what I meant was: when I buy a local store-brand cola, does my money go to a company in the same country and contribute to local jobs, or does it make disgusting multinational agro businesses even richer?

Republicans, like religious authorities and fascists of all kinds, are entirely too concerned by the contents of other people’s pants.

I’m curious about cola:

In all the countries I’ve lived in, I’ve always bought store-brand colas - mostly to avoid giving any of my money to Pepsi and Coca-Cola, but also because they’re usually a lot cheaper. Most store-brand colas were denominated in the local language.

I always assumed they were made locally because… well, cola is just water with sugar really. But are they? I doubt Cola from Aldi in Germany or K-Market in Finland are made in China or the US, but in fact I don’t know. Does anybody know?

I think he’s just plain senile, but still functional and not at the dribbling stage yet.

I admire her, but… Good luck with that.

That’s insulting to preschoolers.

Can’t we do both?

“check for violence” for any comments that contain the word “Luigi”.

This is gonna make Nintendo retro-garming discussions really awkward.

Define ambition.

My ambition is to do right by my family, my friends and my community, work and live decently and going to my grave being reasonably proud of the life I lead.

If you mean ambition as in rising in the ranks of an organization and earning more money, yes, I believe the higher / richer you go, the worse human being you are, for one simple reason: to rise to the top in our society, you have to trample someone further down, and decent human beings don’t do that. And if you want to rise without doing that, someone will trample you and beat you to the top.

In society the way it’s structured, I believe the more “successful” you are, the more despicable you probably are too.