Ceorlyle

@wiscofirst My life and sacred honor for redland

This is a litmus test: in which hypothetical country would you rather live? I’d personally rather live in blue.

@HabCorpLinguist Counterpoint: sometimes it’s funny

Judges should not be elected. Sheriffs should not be elected. DAs should not be elected.

@Ethelbrait1941 @jkrowlingmutant “Sick days” are for the spiritually sick. We who are spiritually healthy never suffer a sick day. God is with us always.

One of little Munchkins @ church group got me sick..oh no. ETHEL DOESN'T TAKE SICK DAYS . I will sweat it out..some take sick days,,you hate America? Appears so. it's called ..PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC. ! I endure,,"into the shadow of the valley of death". Chicken noodle & ginger ale

I know pine isn’t native to y’all in New Orleans, but it is here in Mobile. I’ve always been fond of pinewood. I used to have a little copse of crepe myrtle in my yard, but it seemed mostly dead; someone had trimmed it to the bone. It occasionally sprouted a few leaves, but never flowered. Maybe it could have had a second life as a bench. Alas, it’s not mine anymore.

@Ceorlyle @hegelpill Of the various timber species native to the area, which is your favorite for furniture/wood paneling etc?

Everyone talks about the live oaks and magnolia trees of New Orleans. And rightfully so. The Crepe Myrtle however, I believe more than any other tree sets the ambiance best.

@augustinepatch Did you remember to check in the penumbras and emanations?

Japan fines company’s for having fat employees and I think about that quite often. I’m trying to think of some “constitutional right” that would violate in America. Can’t think of one.

@hegelpill @steppedenizen God made together the mighty oak and its gentle moss; apart, each would have been incomplete.

@steppedenizen Spanish moss WITH the live oaks.

@HabCorpLinguist @RedLLBinTX Now, hold on, let’s not let Justice Kavanaugh catch such cruel strays…

@RedLLBinTX Deduce it from what, exactly? Her siding against the administration one time, despite siding with Justice Thomas 81% of the time on contentious cases on the last term? That’s more than Kavanaugh btw

Justice Barrett never said that. She said there are threats against her life and requested increased security. She did not in any way indicate that she changed her vote or opinions in response to these threats. You schizos are just making that up.

@CanadianNjgga @slomdumballs @AFpost The SAVE Act isn’t compromise or centrism

@Ceorlyle @slomdumballs @AFpost So always accept compromise and centrism without question?

Randy Fine, who has positioned himself publicly as a staunch ally of President Trump, became the only GOP “NO” vote for the SAVE America Act for voter ID. Follow: @AFpost

@slomdumballs @AFpost Same shit that Massie tried to shovel down our throats. Vote for the bill or get out of the way

He voted no bc he wanted the SAVE Act to be passed as a stand alone bill He didnt want them to bundle it with a bunch of other crap that we dont want. Like Amendment 219 & others. Randy Fine has proved to be one of the only smart Representatives. Blizerian is dumb AF to be targeting Randy Fine. Fine is solid on 94% of everything. Theres 420 other reps that would have been way smarter to run against.

The cool part about reading history books written 50 years ago are the hypothetical comparisons they use to illustrate something unthinkable.

It surely does, but I think you’re using it overly broadly in the quoted post. Neuroticism is inappropriate, unreasonable, disproportionate. The vast majority of discussion that I’ve seen about daylight saving time or seat reclining seems reasonable and proportionate. Maybe you’ve dealt with a lot of people treating these issues as life-or-death, but—aside from a few neurotic weirdos who insist that permanent daylight saving time would gravely endanger schoolchildren—I haven’t seen a lot of neuroticism there.

@Ceorlyle Does neuroticism exist?

In virtually every conceivable issue—from a small good like returning your shopping cart, to a great evil like trafficking enslaved children—the status quo benefits some and harms others. For bystanders who experience neither benefit nor harm, these issues might seem innocuous. They’re free to opt out of the discussion; they’re also welcome, despite their material disinterest, to honestly express their strong feelings on the subject. This user disavows both material interest and strong feelings (indeed, he describes those who profess either as “neurotic”); still, he sticks up for the status quo. Is there an explanation for this behavior other than bad faith?

@HabCorpLinguist Voted yes on everything because I’m a patriot

Two Chinese citizens legally come to the United States with temporary work permits. They have a kid in the United States. It is then discovered that they were Chinese government spies the whole time, and they are deported. Can the U.S. government strip their child of citizenship?

@ChudYork I will press the blue button so that all other blue-button pressers will get too hot and leave the South.

Every 4 years there's a red button and a blue button you have to press. If you press the blue button they close down nuclear power plants and everyone's thermostat is 95* If you press the red button they build a nuclear power plant, your energy cost goes down and you get 64*

Lindsey Graham was a specific type of neocon most people don't understand, and actively demonize. He didn't just wanna stuff his pockets with defense contract money. He didn't wanna just run around bringing gay sex and democracy to desert shitholes. Lindsey Graham, from the bottom of his heart, despised America's enemies. He wanted to blow up our enemies because they hated us, because they were contemptible creatures, and because he loved this place we call home. His love of America could make him look like he hated the world at times. And even as we leave the neocon era and move onto greener pastures, we do need a public and a Congress filled with people of a similar passion. Not a passion to change the world, but to bomb the shit out of it until it does things that benefit us. I obviously don't recommend every American hold this attitude. But it's obvious one of the cardinal sins of the Left and the global economy is to prop up the rest of the world at the expense of everyday Americans. If we can stop hundreds of thousands of drug-related deaths by bombing cartels, we should do that. If we can maintain a higher standard of living for Americans by protecting our hegemony, the hegemony should be protected with confident violence. And if we need to be respected and feared on the world stage by foreigners plotting to destroy us from within, then Americans need to have the part of Lindsey Graham's spirit that enabled us to be something those people fear. They need to believe the American public will support the American government using force to protect our interests and well-being. That we will retaliate if Americans are harmed by them. And right now, the public is far, far gayer than Senator Graham could ever be accused of being on this issue. So, that is my message on the late senator. He loved America enough to be ruthless towards our enemies. And as we get smarter, and pick our battles more wisely, we must keep that same fervor and willingness to be the world's superpower once again. God bless, and Rest in Peace.

@steppedenizen @AnaKrivolapova If he’d ever taught me, he would’ve blown through thousands of dollars in smashed-desk expenses that year

@AnaKrivolapova I had an English teacher in high school. He allowed us to use 2 semicolons a year. He kept a tally on a board. He had a sledge hammer in the corner of class with a spray painted semicolon on it. If he saw a semicolon he’d hit the paper and give it an F. What’s wrong w semicolons

This fridge doesn't even know how Incurable Graphomania it is

Someone who’s good at economy pls help me balance my monastic budget. My monastery is a million florins in debt to the Medici. … Please stop saying “drink less wine.” The wine is nonnegotiable.

“Jerry, we’ve been incorporating all wrong!” “Cmon, George, what difference does it make whether it’s the due process clause or privileges and immunities?” “Privileges OR immunities, Jerry. There’s a BIG difference.” *Kramer bursts in* “Hey, Kramer, you ever incorporated?” “Oh you’d better believe I incorporate.” “How do you do it?” “NINTH AMENDMENT, BABY!”

@dixie_cavalier Thank you!

Good afternoon Sir. Indeed! Jefferson himself addressed this in Notes on the State of Virginia (Query XIV): “These [vestrymen] are usually the most discreet farmers… originally chosen by the house-keepers of the parish, but afterwards filling vacancies in their own body by their own choice.” That self-perpetuating aspect seems key to how the system kept its local character. I’d recommend checking out books on colonial Virginia by Philip Alexander Bruce esp: “Institutional History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century.” Also - “The Old Dominion; her making and her manners” by Thomas Nelson Page Charles Sydnor’s writings are also worth checking out. [Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg]

Virginia governed her parishes before she governed her counties. The vestry was twelve freeholders, chosen for life. They bound out orphans, relieved their own poor, presented moral offenders, and walked every man's bounds. No distant bureaucrat issued their writs. Lose the habit of face-to-face judgment, and self-rule goes with it.