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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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I enjoy the way the 90 day Huawei extension makes clear that there's no actual problem with the company, just presidential bloody mindedness.
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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.
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OK, *enabling* the already-enabled feature with dism, and then re-disabling it seems to have fixed this, now it's all disabled.
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This is a consistent position and I wish more forced birthers had the honesty to adopt it
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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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Brexit supporting MP David Davies called a liar while giving TV interview bbc.in/2WVK6cp
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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.
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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/
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Windows 10 May 2019 Update now rolling out to everyone… slowly arstechnica.com/?p=1509109
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buttery mails!
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Enjoy Stranger Things 3 with a delicious can of New Coke
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Microsoft: Gaming should be for everyone, shouldn’t be toxic stew
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LMAO is this his first time in NYC? We don’t have time for this foolishness and certainly not from FOX News
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