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I got this very welcome message today (shared with permission), and it's a big part of why I'm so public about what I've been through and am continuing to work on with depression.
Comforting lies are much more appealing to many people than complicated truths. That’s why revivalist preachers can get so rich peddling them. You’ve answered your own question quite perfectly here.
This is my final night following Nigel Farage around the country. He is being greeted like a revivalist preacher by large crowds.
MPs who dismiss him and patronise are misguided. They have to ask: why is he selling out halls across the country? Many of them won't like the answer
Ah yes, they problem is that Amazon delivery people aren't all in uniform, and not the notion that someone approaching your house with a package has done something that justifies being shot.
Well, so far this is proving impossible, because part-way through the uninstallation it fails with a "file not found" error. What file isn't found? I have no idea, the logs (both dism and cbs) don't appear to actually say.
Pro-lifers have unintentionally sowed the seeds of injustice by exempting mothers who get abortions from prosecution. They, too, should face consequences.
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NEW: When you see the briefs filed on who agrees with Trump to repeal the ACA, it’s an amazing list:
Roy Moore
Anti-vaxxers
The president’s personal lawyer
Citizens United
Gun Owners of America
Every credible health & patient organization is against this.
On November 25, 2017, Yang Song died after falling from a 4th floor balcony during a targeted police raid. Her personal messages revealed that in 2016, she was raped at gunpoint by an undercover police officer and she tried to report the incident 1/