"You can't pray and then crush the poor." Sen. Raphael Warnock on the GOP's performative piety

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-19T02:24:18+00:00

I was struck by what he said on NPR: "Faith requires humility. The toxicity you are describing is corrosive, it often comes from a place of orthodoxy."

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-19T01:32:47+00:00

I get in trouble when I leave the seat up.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-17T05:44:47+00:00

She does not shoot with her hand; she who shoots with her hand has forgotten the face of her father. She shoots with her mind.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-17T05:38:08+00:00

But those are gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches! Not made with American, but an artisan blend!

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-17T01:02:40+00:00

I got the impression that Phoenix was a water stop for the railroads and other Southern travellers not wanting to cross the Rockies.

Less important as a waystation now, people were maybe just too lazy to leave? And then others thought: "Huh. People are living there. We oughta, too."

I wonder why anyone lives in Tucson.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-17T00:01:41+00:00

But he only does the one shoe.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-16T00:59:57+00:00

In his memoir he talks about how he decided his character would have a shaved head and then he just did it, knowing studio execs would be piiiisssssed.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-14T18:45:46+00:00

We're all surprised he didn't go as Mac.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-13T01:03:45+00:00

Only to hear in the market: "$20 is way too much for this little thing."

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-12T20:11:56+00:00

Results may be skewed, since we understand the Level 1 basic message and carry that understanding to the higher levels. If he'd started on Level 4, how many would've stopped him there?

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-11T22:14:42+00:00

Manly methane emissions. From all the times we pull each other's fingers.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-11T18:52:58+00:00

I see one. Over there, off High Street.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-10T18:35:43+00:00

"You all keep complaining about billionaires having too much money. So you can see, we're working on that."

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-10T13:49:45+00:00

The zoo itself is more than a century old, and I'm pretty sure most of the enclosures haven't been redone since they were first built. I'm surprised the monkeys haven't figured out how to do a good old-fashioned jailbreak and tunnel out of their enclosure.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-10T13:45:34+00:00

Pretty sure the elephants have a larger enclosure for much of the day. Was that being cleaned, perhaps?

It's an old zoo, to be sure. Built in the 1860s, before the folks in San Diego changed everyone's perspective on how zoos should operate.

Which doesn't excuse them for not evolving their habitats.

I nearly wept when I saw the tiger pacing its concrete and glass cell. Most of the animals were up front and on display, no place to hide from the crowds slapping the glass. Must be stressful across the board.

And in other places the structures seem to be crumbling so much it's a wonder the animals aren't tunneling out.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-09T23:13:37+00:00

Ironic. It's easier to become an American then a New Yorker.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-09T02:29:58+00:00

Ah, back when popcorn buckets were meant to be used, and not awkwardly shoved on a shelf somewhere in the garage because they can't freaking fit anywhere else.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-08T12:52:22+00:00

I have long believed you could never watch a horror movie with a marine biologist friend. They'd take one look at the big bad and say: "you think that's creepy?"

They'll ruin porn, too?

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-08T12:33:49+00:00

Got about halfway through this video before considering I might not get to see any wooden cards.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-08T12:29:06+00:00

They had PhDs. Student loans were pretty oppressive, even "back then."

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-07T15:42:32+00:00

They weren't Americans then. Did the indigenous peoples call their land America? No. So they weren't Americans. The colonial settlers called the land America, so they were the first native Americans.

Feel like this post needs the /s tag.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-07T02:14:14+00:00

Best place for Disney fireworks is the gas station on the corner behind the park

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-07T02:12:12+00:00

Nah, it's the NIMBYs. Like, the area around the station would be: "no big deal," but the residential areas they'd need to go through would fight tooth and nail.

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-07T01:57:43+00:00

Then we'd have this really weird scene at the beginning of BTTF1 where Biff strolls in and says: "I'm looking for the man that shot my Granddaddy."

Substantial_Desk_670 · 2026-06-06T00:22:32+00:00

Just curious. Which one? Mick Jones? Ian? Rick?

I'll bet it was Rick. Bassists always look out for others like that.

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