Covfefe-19 The 10th Part: Might As Well Reject No Shirt, No Shoes While You're At It

[UCBadger]

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...hs-100000.html

[alfablue]

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This stuff gets me fuming. Poor kid.

Grandma can be sacrificed so that mom & dad's bosses can make more millions of dollars.

[Kepler]

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This stuff gets me fuming. Poor kid.

Darwin doesn't care that she's cute. And with parents like that she was already doomed to life as an ignorant brood sow dangling their lucky charm between her udders (yes, I'm sure it's the Death Cult), so when she dies horribly in August she'll be getting off easy.

Religion is the gom jabbar. Free yourself and you have a chance at being human.

[Kepler]

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Veterans Day is for living vets. Memorial Day is for dead ones.

Armistice Day was for peace. Veterans Day is for defense contractors. Memorial Day is for mattress sales.

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

-- Wilfrid Owen, 1893-1918

[state of hockey]

*Listened to a Rabbi the other day saying that they have a tenet in their Faith that clearly states the sanctity of life supersedes any religious requirement for following the rules of the Faith. It would directly go against this directive to have Service. It had a name but I don't remember.

Pikuach nefesh. Saving/preserving a life supersedes any religious rule.

That's what or synagogue is communicating as well. Stay home.

[Kepler]

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Pikuach nefesh. Saving/preserving a life supersedes any religious rule.

A lot is made of Hippie Jesus but he was explicitly against this.

[geezer]

Armistice Day was for peace. Veterans Day is for defense contractors. Memorial Day is for mattress sales.

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

-- Wilfrid Owen, 1893-1918

Lazy people, “ The line translates: "It is sweet and fitting to die for the homeland."”
Great poem.

[Handyman]

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Pikuach nefesh. Saving/preserving a life supersedes any religious rule.

That's what or synagogue is communicating as well. Stay home.

What synagogue do you belong to? I grew up in Beth El (with some friends at B'Nai Emet so I was there a lot) but now everyone seems to go to Adath.

[unofan]

Isn't Memorial Day celebrated to thank the vets?

No, but it's a common mistake. That's Veterans Day/Armistice Day in November. Memorial Day is specifically for soldiers who died in combat.

[state of hockey]

What synagogue do you belong to? I grew up in Beth El (with some friends at B'Nai Emet so I was there a lot) but now everyone seems to go to Adath.

Beth El. Davis did my conversion, Olitzky did our wedding.

[Handyman]

Beth El. Davis did my conversion, Olitzky did our wedding.

Very cool. Davis seems nice my dad likes him. I have only been back for funerals so I cant really judge.

I have a lot of cool memories of that place especially me and my cousins ditching out on high holidays and getting chased by old people yelling at us. If you ever look at the confirmation class pictures my class is the only one in regular clothes. We got caught gambling on our retreat (Rabbi Kahn was cool and joined in) and that was our punishment

[Handyman]

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Coronavirus: Ocean City boardwalk sees packed crowds as beach reopens https://t.co/UTpM0PsjOd

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) May 24, 2020

Their sacrifice for the economy is duly noted...

[Handyman]

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Second Missouri hairstylist may have exposed 56 clients to COVID-19: officials https://t.co/Ifwb7e8cVD pic.twitter.com/kuNGVd83Sv

— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2020

[rufus]

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Jesus Christ, people are stupid.

So much for all those whiners about, "we didn't need to shut the whole country down, people are perfectly capable of making the correct decisions without government forcing them to".

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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I’ve got a friend in myrtle beach who is hosting parties. No distancing, no masks. They said beach is as crowded as 4th of July.

Same friend wants to come visit me in MN soon. Imma pass