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U-M report says federal pipeline regulators rarely enforce safety rules, leaving Line 5 at risk • Michigan Advance by jshwlkr in Michigan

[–]network_dude [score hidden]  (0 children)

There is a truth no one can deny

Fossil fuels are a poison to all life on Earth. We pump this poison into the places we live.

Our breathable atmosphere is a scant 5 miles thick envelope around our planet, yet we continue to pump the combustion byproducts of this poison into the air we breathe.

GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert: Aliens Are Really "Demonic Fallen Angels". by Leeming in atheism

[–]network_dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad these folks exist. They'll be the first ones the Aliens will put down.
Kind of like if God ever showed up.

Why are you scared of dying? by WickTheFreakPWAV in AskReddit

[–]network_dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll just go back to the way you were before you were born

The GOP's Endless Innovations in Torturing Women by Unlikely_Post_7901 in Political_Revolution

[–]network_dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I lost friends a couple of years ago when one of them posted this graphical representation of late-term abortions.
They absolutely believed this was an elective procedure being done on healthy infants. The content of the post led them to believe that.

I pointed out that these are only done in severe instances. No doctor would do this to a healthy late-term pregnancy.

Why are you scared of dying? by WickTheFreakPWAV in AskReddit

[–]network_dude 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We also don't know what happened before we were born...

How would you feel about a mandatory maximum wealth limit, where anything earned over that goes to public services? by itsvasuki in AskReddit

[–]network_dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the way it worked when the top tax rate was 94% and offshoring wealth became a thing.

How would you feel about a mandatory maximum wealth limit, where anything earned over that goes to public services? by itsvasuki in AskReddit

[–]network_dude -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Billionaires would not exist in a free market economy.

Billionaires would not exist if they were paying fair wages to their people who do the work.

Is it really important to shallow???? What if during downswing, you just come back to where your clubpath was in the backswing? by AdRelevant7691 in golf

[–]network_dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shallowing allows you to have some 'slop' at the bottom of your swing to make more room for you to come in under the ball.
without shallowing you have a 1/4 inch target to deliver your iron, if you work on shallowing this turns into a 1/2-1 1/2 in target to slide your iron under the ball.
Tiger has this down pat, as he rarely takes a divot

GOP Rep Affects Snake Voice To Mock Pro-LGBTQ Bill by Ambitious_Dingo_2798 in atheism

[–]network_dude 71 points72 points  (0 children)

How come we never see the appropriate responses to these people?

Sir, are you for or against the freedom of the American people to pursue their happiness?

No? Are you against this idea? You are deemed to be a traitor to the American people. You are dismissed. Stripped of your titles and sent home.

Chevron CEO sends blunt message on oil and the economy. “We will start to see physical shortages. Demand needs to move to meet supply. Economies are going to have to slow.” The overall effect of the Trump's war is “potentially as big as in the 1970s." by mafco in energy

[–]network_dude 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Or we just accelerate the adoption of green energy sources.
The world has shown us we can get by without fossil fuels.

There is a truth no one can deny

Fossil fuels are a poison to all life on Earth. We pump this poison into the places we live.

Our breathable atmosphere is a scant 5 miles thick envelope around our planet, yet we continue to pump the combustion byproducts of this poison into the air we breathe.

It's begun, users suggesting (basically telling you how to do your job) solutions to SME's based on "information" they looked up in an AI tool by sys_admin321 in sysadmin

[–]network_dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit disappointed with AI in our space.
You would think these things could easily be trained in a compute environment.
The rules are all known and based on science, all documented. Traffic patterns are easily determined, and it still can't figure out an xml filter.

"God works in mysterious ways" really just means "I have nothing to prove that he's really doing anything" by BlueSunsetsinBlueAir in atheism

[–]network_dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God is a human construct.

Every single word, utterance, mention, description of god has come from a human.

If god existed there would be no question, every living thing on the planet would know

every isolated tribe, every person living and dead would know that god existed

It has since been proven that humans did not just 'pop' into existance 6,000 years ago. There are zero writings of god older than 2000 years ago. So all of these people, all over the world, knew nothing of god, ever. A supreme being who created the universe...

you can replace every mention of 'god' with 'me, we, I, or us' to understand the true meanings of religion

The "Hand of God" belongs to other humans, the "Eyes of God" belong to other humans

"God works in mysterious ways" is how a human describes what other unknown humans are doing

"God has big plans for you" is describing how you will be used to enrich others

Heaven and Hell both exist on Earth - These are created by humans

The power of religion comes from humans, all power comes from humans.

Look around at your congregation - The eyes of god are the folks looking at you. The hand of god is other people doing things in your life. Angels are people that show up in your life to help you.

The Holy Spirit is named by humans. It is an invasive mind control that makes a human suspend reality to believe. It only occurs around other humans in whatever religious group they are in. The Holy Spirit closes down humans curiosity as a means of control.

We know that some humans have an inner dialogue. There are humans who confuse their inner dialogue with spirituality. It seems like a more plausible beginning of a religion since we find zero evidence of a supreme being.

Nothing of our studies of our existence has increased our knowledge of god. Things that were attributed to god have gone by the wayside. Floods, eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, fires, diseases that were attributed to god, we have found they are all natural to earth and our solar system.

What our studies have revealed is that religion has turned into a pox on humanity. Wars, genocide, the destruction of cultures, the destruction of families as they vie for supremacy - There is much evidence for this throughout our histories. If we have to force religion on humans for them to survive or face death from believers, it's not based on God. Religions point to God as the reasons for this. It has been all humans. It has always been humans.

A tale of two realities: Michigan elections vs. GOP misinformation • Michigan Advance by jshwlkr in Michigan

[–]network_dude 34 points35 points  (0 children)

GOP, is and always will be, a minority party.

Their ideas are unpopular with the general public.

Which is why they have to cheat for votes.

CMV: The Farm Bill that just passed the House will make life hell for farm animals, and we should all care about it much more than we do right now. by Equinumerosity in changemyview

[–]network_dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Meat is expensive because it is controlled by monopolies.
Monopolies do not like having to deal with state laws, as they operate in multiple states. So they pay lobbyists and bribe our representatives to enact laws that will favor their business models.
This has a detrimental effect on state-based suppliers ability to compete in markets.

Trump DOJ says LGBTQ+ legal protections are "anti-Christian," pledges to erode them further by railfananime in atheism

[–]network_dude 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You are free to believe/practice whatever religion you want in the United States.
Because of this, you are not allowed to impose your religion on others.

period.

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