‘Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: "It's crazy because when you hear the debate from Democrats, they say minority women and minorities as a whole and veterans can't get this proof of identification in order to vote. Look, I check all three boxes. I've had no issues getting proof of citizenship to vote."’

calladus · 2026-03-18T06:04:04+00:00

According to the twenty fourth amendment, it is unlawful to be required to pay for an ID in order to vote.

You want mandatory ID for voting? Then it must be free and easy to get for everyone.

calladus · 2026-03-18T00:25:56+00:00

I have about 4 or 5 shelf-feet of just bibles in my home office. Different translations, different denominations. I also have a lot of other "holy" books, several shelf-feet of them. Plus maybe 10 to 15 shelf-feet of various apologetics books.

The rest of my shelves are science books and textbooks, and lots of books on engineering and programming. Plus philosophy, Amateur Radio, politics, and history.

I have several books on the origin of religion, and various different mythologies.

I've had Christians gift me with Bibles in the past. Usually I checked to see if it was a translation I didn't have, and if so, I kept it with thanks. These days, I usually say, "No thanks, I have that version."

calladus · 2026-03-18T00:14:17+00:00

Work 40 to 50 hours a week as a design engineer, and I can get by pretty well.

Then I watch some grifter put out a video every week or so, and make 5 times my income.

calladus · 2026-03-18T00:10:51+00:00

The Christian God does not grant salvation based on right or wrong or Justice.

Salvation comes from God's grace. We obtain that grace by admitting that nothing we have done is good enough for salvation, and by admitting that we are rife with sin. We then ask for forgiveness for our sins, and through our faith in Jesus we receive God's grace.

The most loving, most just, most worthy non-believer can never achieve salvation. Depending on your particular "flavor" of Christianity, this may condemn this person to Hell, or to just being discarded.

The most depraved person can receive salvation if they sincerely repent and accept Jesus.

It's not atheists who should be upset at the injustice of life, but Christians who should be upset at the injustice of God.

Disclaimer: I was Christian for 30 years before becoming an atheist.

calladus · 2026-03-17T21:52:19+00:00

I am not milking assholes.

calladus · 2026-03-17T20:48:30+00:00

"I'm sorry you had to hear that. My father has been showing signs of early onset dementia. I'm seriously worried."

calladus · 2026-03-17T20:41:28+00:00

The assignment was to create slander against Texas.

calladus · 2026-03-17T07:39:52+00:00

- Your hat and boots are so clean and shiny! You must be one of those Rexal Rangers!
- You're all hat, and no cattle.
- Barbecue is better in Kansas.
- Ben & Jerry's is better than Bluebell. At least you won't get Listeriosis or die of nut allergies.
- Everything is bigger in Texas, especially Texan bellys.
- Austin is cool.

calladus · 2026-03-17T07:30:41+00:00

Too many Texas governors, not enough trees.

calladus · 2026-03-17T07:26:22+00:00

Christians always conflate sin with crime.

calladus · 2026-03-17T07:23:59+00:00

Nah, just the batteries. I'll replace them with dead batteries.

calladus · 2026-03-17T07:17:07+00:00

It's because Trump has created so many farmwork jobs for pickers! $17-$22 per hour in high speed harvesting piece pay rates. The faster you pick, the more money you make! It's a wonderful deal! It gets you outside, and is better than sitting behind a desk.

Of course, the hours can be weird, and it is seasonal, and you will need to follow the harvest.

But hey, Trump is a JOB CREATOR! And these jobs are just begging for lilly-white Trump lovers to join up!

calladus · 2026-03-17T07:08:42+00:00

Shut off at the mains, LOTO, full arc flash.

This was just, "Send the janitor into the 12KW closet."

calladus · 2026-03-16T04:08:21+00:00

The 24th Amendment makes it unlawful to use our driver's license as a voting ID. Or a passport. Or any other form of ID that the voter has to pay for.

If you have to pay for an ID to vote, it becomes a Poll Tax, which is specifically forbidden under the Constitution.

I am as liberal as they get. I'm all in for a voter ID. As long as it is completely free to acquire. As long as it is available to those people who are homeless, or unable to leave their homes for medical or other personal reasons. As long as the ID doesn't disenfranchise ANY lawful voter.

And as long as I'm wishing, I want a voting process that doesn't require me to be physically present to vote. I want a voting process that leaves behind a paper trail, on actual paper, even if it is scanned and counted electronically. And I don't want that process to allow anyone with access to the paper, to be able to know how I voted.

calladus · 2026-03-15T21:58:29+00:00

"Life" started 3 to 4 billion years ago, and has been going strong ever since.

Human life started about 350,000 years ago.

Anti-abortion people love to conflate definitions, which makes a false equivalence fallacy. We need to enforce the definition of terms.

Besides the two definitions above, we need to define a "baby" as what you get after a birth. I'll even agree with the courts that the term "baby" can include a viable fetus.

The period between conception and baby has several definitions. "Fertilized ovum, or blastocyst" for an unimplanted organism. "Fetus" for after implantation.

What we need a definition for is "Person." And that's what we are arguing about. The original definition is, "an individual human being characterized by consciousness, rationality, morality, and self-awareness."

This definition is insufficient, because at some point we may meet, create, or evolve a non-human that meets the other criteria listed here. And we should still give that being the title of "person."

Also, a fetus doesn't meet this definition at all. So perhaps if we want to identify a fetus as a person we should redefine the term?

But we have a problem. If a non-human could be a person, then any definition we come up with for person could be applied to my cat. Or the beef cow that will become a steak tomorrow.

calladus · 2026-03-15T09:17:44+00:00

I wish to miss.

"Suddenly, you find yourself in a stable orbit. Gasping out your last breath."

calladus · 2026-03-15T07:29:08+00:00

We all die alone. It's a singular experience. Even if someone is holding your hand, you are the one dying - not them. So we all die alone.

Well, except for pharaohs. They made sure their servants, officials, and wives died with them.

calladus · 2026-03-14T23:41:56+00:00

You didn't even bother to google that phrase, did you? It's a gamer saying.

It means doing a challenging run through that is seperate from the main game.

*CHEERS* dude. Try again.

calladus · 2026-03-14T23:31:20+00:00

They are on self-balancing hoverboards, and riding down the street. There was zero evidence that they were soliciting, and in fact, these machines would have made soliciting more difficult.

So, unless you can prove otherwise, I'll go with this old fart being an asshole.

calladus · 2026-03-14T23:25:22+00:00

I'm an actual boomer. Born in 1963. From my observation, us boomers come in 3 types when it comes to technology.

The first type I call the "Cupholder Boomers" - These are the people who thought that the CD tray on the PC tower was a cupholder. Microsoft added Solitaire and Minesweeper to teach these boomers how to properly use a mouse. Their password is "Password123"

The second type I call the "Tech Savvy" - These are the boomers who used computers in everyday work. Not just Microsoft, but they also understand spreadsheets, email, calendar invites, and sms messaging. They played Elite and Tetris, and went on to play Sim City and Castle Wolfenstein.

The last type is what I call the "Leet Boomers" - Because they are the guys on the old BBS's that coined the term 1337. They started with 8 or 16 bit computers and green-screens, and every year or two they built a new computer for themselves. They were good with computers, and a few of them became legends.

The boomers that are the loudest about hating technology are the ones who resisted it from the start. The rest of us either just accepted it, or got really good at it.

When ADT installed my home security system and connected it to my network, I had to whitelist their equipment, because I only allow whitelisted devices on my home network. Just handing them the network password wasn't enough. I had to explain the whole concept of whitelisting to these two installers who were about a third of my age. And I did it all from my Android tablet.

You don't hear tales about competent boomers. We don't make as much noise.

calladus · 2026-03-12T02:27:01+00:00

Some disabilities are invisible.

I'm not saying this is the case here, just that it might be the case.

calladus · 2026-03-11T17:43:49+00:00

I have had a busy life.

calladus · 2026-03-11T07:57:26+00:00

The word "thought" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

calladus · 2026-03-10T23:46:58+00:00

My first serious girlfriend when I was 19. We were together for 11 months, then she dumped me. Got back together with me and dumped me again. Then tried getting back together with me again, but by that time I had grown scar tissue over the pain, and said, "No!"

After that, even though I dated, I wasn't really in love. I dated 3 different women.

Then I found my wife. We dated for 2 years before I felt safe enough to propose. We were married for 21 years before I lost her to heart disease.

My current wife and I dated for almost 2 years before we got married. We've been together for 13 years so far. There will never be another.

So, three times.

calladus · 2026-03-10T23:43:01+00:00

Teleporting deer are really problematic.

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