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NSFW Married 38 yrs, Retired @ 48 Doing things that interest me, rather than just pay me! Moved back to Iowa 7+ years ago No auto follow back. #Atheist

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Bonsai Bean
3 years
@Numbers28 Too much teaching has been exactly that though - memorizing dates, names, & numbers. Never actually learning anything ABOUT the things along the way. We need to teach kids HOW to think, not WHAT to think.
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7 years
@seanhannity Life comes at you pretty fast, eh buddy? Even harder to keep up when you hitch your wagon to a sociopath!
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5 years
@davidhogg111 I know it's a bit chilly there, but it's amazing how many of them seem to need to hide their faces. Aren't they proud of what they're doing? And if it's legal, why not show off?
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2 years
@BettyBowers Yep, the pageant culture is the strongest all along the bible belt.
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2 years
@Kdubtru Atheism isn't a worldview. It's a position on a single topic. Q: Do you believe a god is real? A: No, I don't believe ANY gods are real. But, I am not miserable. I'm happily married, retired, healthy & active. It's sad that you think people need to believe in god to be happy.
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5 years
@VeraMistral A good number of straight folks were molested as children too. Terrible things that happen in childhood can indeed have a lifelong impact, but I know of no studies proving this particular link.
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2 years
@HHamaschiach 2 problems here: If there is a god listening to all those prayers, he still lets all those planes crash! Loving god? But beyond that, just because some people (not all people) pray to a god, that doesn't make the god real. They WISH it was real, but it's just not.
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6 years
@QuancyClayborne And us white folks are doing what we can to represent crazy lately!
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1 year
@JoJoFromJerz Yeah, you'd think it would be super safe in Alabama with all those guns & responsible gun owners around. No one would dare pull a gun in a place like that.
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3 years
@EmeraldRobinson So, they engineered this virus, killing literally millions around the globe, all the governments & agencies in on it, cooperating in some super mega global plan for control? WTF? You should really seek help right away.
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3 years
@pricekeith The data is quite clear, the shots DO help. 99% of those still dying from Covid are NOT vaccinated. Damn near the levels for hospitalizations. This is pretty clear stuff. If you get the shot, your quite safe, but if you don't, you're taking chances you don't need to take.
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3 years
@ErinLouis666 @RCReed40 @sara_carrion_ Yes, the dollar figures are always WAY too high. For big enough money, damn near everyone would do damn near anything. Make it $100 so we can actually sort folks out.
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3 years
@livechristian1 What kind of nonsense is that? If you don't believe in Thor, is it really Thursday? Come on, you've got to have better stuff than this.
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7 years
@m27731630 @Just1MoreAshley @RyanAFournier No they don't. My mother died of cancer 10 days ago, and all the thoughts and prayers in the world don't change a thing, or comfort me a bit. People who can bother to come over, talk with me, help dad clean things out, THAT comforts me.
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4 years
@HoarseWisperer Picked my first strawberry of the season this morning
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2 years
@SamInspired At the core, we think/hope every woman is flirting with us. But over time, we figure out that we are wrong about damn near all of them, then become so skeptical that we miss the real thing when it finally happens!
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3 years
@ksorbs Even if your numbers were right, that would lead to nearly a million deaths in the US alone. Are you cool with that?
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2 years
@kensmit69321950 @lorraine_luv1 We think about purpose, but we know it doesn't come from a non-existent god.
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@itsJeffTiedrich @KwCongressional Nope, he really doesn't. He might actually believe the crap he spews.
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6 years
@QuancyClayborne I agree completely, but I must also add that some black folks are also crazy! I think we all have our fair share, the rest of us just need to figure out how to keep the crazies in line!
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2 years
@rclouser1960 @lorraine_luv1 So nice of you to speak for millions of people you've never met. I've never believed in god, but I find my purpose in my wife, kids, grandkids, friends, neighbors, pets & hobbies. We each find our own way, with or without religions.
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@thatgottabecori @maally2tall They should be respected simply for existing. They shouldn't have to earn their safety.
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@missin4mati0n @EssentialBusin7 Women also have facial hair. All of them.
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2 years
@lorraine_luv1 We each make our own purpose in life. There is no purpose imposed from above, as god's aren't real. Unless you're hard core religious, few believers get their purpose in life from religion either.
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2 years
@WolfTheRed @BeatTheCult I'm not aware of ANY supernatural thing or superstition that I believe in. No gods, demons, angels, ghosts, heaven, hell, karma, luck, horoscopes,...NONE of it. But I'm also not arrogant enough to claim to know what "Every human on the planet" believes.
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7 months
@err_aticAF @BlackKnight10k Really? Who spent all that time with Epstein & friends? Who publicly lusted after their own daughter? Save your breath.
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11 months
@check1too @Angry_Staffer @LuckReigns He's cancelled as much student loan debt as the Republicans would allow so far. No one gets everything they want & it's childish to think you should. There is no perfect candidate, never will be. So in the real world, you pick the best of what you have to choose from.
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3 years
@NetflixUK @JHamillHimself And here I thought the "F" in F1 was for Formula!
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2 years
@NoLieWithBTC @MeidasTouch They're bringing a ton of people to the state to spend money & pay taxes. I think they both win here. Changing their minds now, & moving it to CA instead would be the win for Disney & true loss for DeSantis.
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10 months
@IMAO_ @StockUnit Legal abortion is NOT murder. Murder is a legal term, with specific legal definitions. LEGAL abortion, by definition is NOT murder. I know you feel otherwise, but that is not how law works.
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1 year
Venting time. Grandkids are visiting for a few days and tonight the other grandparents picked one up (13) to take her to youth group at their church. This is what she brought home I didnโ€™t say anything but give this a read Holy crap!
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6 months
@BlackKnight10k I wish I thought that was true. I doubt he'll even come in, but if he does, I still expect it won't go anywhere because none of this shit ever seems to. It's still the right thing to do, I just don't hold out much hope for positive results.
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1 year
@FonchiaZamaChi @ChurchofSatan @Mildon666 @AstroidFire @PragmtcSanction @Satan101Oficial @Mr_Balsamico_ Were they? These stories were written by fallible men. Men with agendas. Men who didn't know where the sun went at night, or what caused storms or disease. Maybe some of us modern day humans have figured out what utter nonsense it all was? Ancient superstitions at best.
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2 years
@alkivari @iamAtheistGirl Sex is for whatever those participating want it to be for. Sorry to break it to you. It may serve a reproductive purpose but that's not the only thing it's good for. Much like eating. You can do it ONLY because it's needed to survive, OR you can also enjoy it. Wild, huh?
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2 years
@Trad_Wife_Mom Your bio starts off saying that you despise feminists. Sounds kind of "angry, bitter, insecure, hateful, and unintelligent". Crazy part is, I'll bet most of them don't hate you, they've just moved on with their lives, without whatever baggage you seem to carry.
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2 years
@humawithanA The child was rescued by humans. Working together for other humans. No gods needed, or found.
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@stumc910 @March_for_Life We ๐Ÿ‘Don't ๐Ÿ‘Care ๐Ÿ‘Because ๐Ÿ‘god ๐Ÿ‘ Isn't ๐Ÿ‘ Real
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2 years
@AnniePoo10 @StormyDaniels Is that how YOU do sex? Lay on your back & do nothing? Your partner must be thrilled.
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3 years
@pricekeith It's not experimental at this point. Literally 100's of millions of shots around the world, VERY few issues. Much less trouble from the shot, than from the disease, so it should be an easy choice. Most countries on earth begging for the shots we can't get idiots to take.
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Bonsai Bean
3 years
@ShimonPiamenta He walks by that cone every day, and today, it wasn't how it normally is. Being an order loving bear, he just had to put it back?
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10 months
@Straight2Burner @piper4missouri For the most part, it seems we don't have good info on some of the private schools, because they don't have to report in the same way. More money, less oversight. What could go wrong?
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7 years
@Yasamin35532731 @ArminNavabi @Tasnimnews_Fa @Twitter Everything could be insulting to someone, but we can't ban everything. If you find it offensive, then you shouldn't share it, but others should be allowed to do as they wish. No true harm in sharing a video of paper being burned, & words being said.
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1 year
@DaveBondyTV @OccamsComb @IlhanMN I'm ok with that. They pay taxes too.
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1 year
@UnkieMonkie HOLY crap! Even with your warning I was also not prepared! This is what happens when you home school & skip the science part.
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2 years
@ahmuhdayus If it makes you feel any better, I'll turn 60! this year. Yikes.
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2 years
@iamAtheistGirl Very opinionated atheist here. I don't debate matters of fact. Either you can prove your god exists, or you can't. I don't want arguments or word games which is all most believers seem to have. Follow me only if the occasional ass pic won't offend you! You've been warned.
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1 year
@ABC If there was really a god, it wouldn't let that happen.
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2 years
@thebereanmillen Most Christians I know do NOT read the bible every day, but pay to have some guy read the good parts to them on Sundays. Most atheists I know, including myself, have actually read the whole bible & often other "holy" books as well. Stop trying to lie about what's in them.
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3 years
@JustinMoldow Because your personal experience is exactly what every other human on earth would experience? Millions really have died, even if you didn't. Is that concept so hard to grasp? If everyone just got a stuffy nose, do you think anyone would have ever cared?
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2 years
@SamiScheetz @IndivisibleCRIA @IowaGOP "the laws of nature and nature's god"? Shouldn't they need to prove that there IS a god, in order to claim it has laws. And laws that WE should follow? I'm am SO damn tired of ancient superstitions getting in the way of modern living.
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2 years
@BeatTheCult Sufficient evidence? Of course first, we'd need a solid definition of a god, such that one could ever prove it were real.
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5 years
@realDonaldTrump All is well? WTF is wrong with you? Our soldiers & bases are under attack from a hostile country, and you start your message with "All is well!"? WTF man?
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5 years
@NoahPaulLeGies @jose__cortes7 @ChurchofSatan Actually ALL of us live without gods! Some of us realize it, but some are still convinced otherwise.
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2 years
@GeorgeTakei They don't understand that his gun ownership is a PLUS. He's a long time Texan, long time gun owner, but still thinks we need to improve our laws to make people safer.
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Bonsai Bean
3 years
@AllHallowsNight @Drstevenhobbs There is great satisfaction in growing your own food. My garden is only 8x16ft but I get all the tomatoes, potatoes, onions, & peppers I can eat, plus store plenty of them all for use all winter long. Then I grow strawberries, cherries, raspberries, blackberries & apples.
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1 year
@GrowYall @pinkheretic There is nothing to prove with atheism. Some people claim that there is a god or gods. Atheists are simply the people who don't believe those claims. If your god was real, there should be some kind of way to prove it, but even with 1000's of years to work on it, no one has.
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@gaming_petty @iamAtheistGirl Technically you're wrong.
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5 years
@Dan77714 @eddievanheinous My ego is real though.
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7 years
@MattWalshBlog If it wasn't for the religious nuts telling them that they can't have vaginal sex, but anal sex doesn't count, this wouldn't be an issue.
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9 months
@Lilith_Atheist Much like what I say when people ask why fight against religion if we don't believe in god. It's not the gods I'm worried about, it's the believers.
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@RachieRach429 It's off to a good start!
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5 years
@JAaustin23 @APoulikakos @skepticgeorge @IamRubberYerGlu @TheMovieMadman @pokrcat @WilliamMarran Bullshit! What kind of god would share his most important message in a language that he knew was going to die out? I'll tell you what kind of god. A MAN MADE god! Time to ditch your ancient book of superstitions, and join the real world. There is ZERO evidence your god is real.
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@GregBahnsenFan @GodlessLiz Answers in Genesis isn't a good place to learn anything, but it does explain where you're getting some of your lines. Why don't you show us some of this evidence you claim is out there. Not direct us to a nonsense website.
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2 years
Hey @KimReynoldsIA what are you doing to collect this money owed to the state?
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9 months
@erichovind That's a claim. Now, can you back up that claim with some evidence? We know that MEN wrote the letters & stories that were assembled into the bible. We know those men CLAIMED to have been inspired by god, but why do you believe such a wild claim? Where's the evidence of this god
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2 years
@ask_aubry They really think it's just some recipe you follow & then they are entitled to female companionship. "But I followed the checklist!!"
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11 months
@eyepodster @iamAtheistGirl Utter nonsense. Until you can prove ANY god is real, claiming that the spirit of this unproven god guided some MEN 2000 years ago in the writing of some stories & letters sounds silly. FIRST - Prove ANY god is real THEN - Prove that god does the stuff you claim.
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7 years
@CaseyCagle @Delta @NRA Delta has no responsibility to do business with the NRA, or any other company. You can't just abuse your position like that! What happened to the free market?
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3 years
@hyperplanes They won't take an "experimental" vaccine, but they'll take livestock meds. Gotta love it.
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3 years
@EuropeanWill @AlfredDolan1 Old, just like everyone else old. Folks have scars, tats, wrinkles, all kinds of stuff. When you're old, you deal with whatever body you have left. She won't care a bit.
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6 months
@AngelMelly 100 times yes!
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1 year
Poked a stick INTO my eye while picking the final cherries. Hurt like hell but I think Iโ€™m going to live
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1 year
@KrauseForIowa How did public education become such a bad thing? Here I thought it was something that made the country better, stronger. Having a well educated populace seems like a good thing to me, but clearly not to ANY republicans.
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@Meidas_Sam2732 Congratulations, you're figuring it out. It IS fake. There is ZERO decent evidence for ANY gods, but they are happy to convince folks to pay them every week to read cherry picked portions of the bible to them. Don't look for a new church, just lose the whole religion thing.
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5 years
@sfwood17 @FlorioGina You can certainly be a fierce feminist, but still enjoy cooking. They aren't even mildly related in truth. Cooking is just like any other activity or hobby, but you get to eat the rewards!
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2 years
@KPlorable @BNNBreaking Did anyone suggest that is what happened? Do you, in any way believe this driver feared for their life? Or are you just so supportive of the driver that you really don't care?
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@JaclynGlenn My wife did. She had an abortion at 16, due to a momentary lapse of judgement with her boyfriend at the time. Years later, we met, married & had 2 kids. They've now had 3 grandkids. None of them would have been born had she NOT had the abortion. She made choices each time.
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@CapturingChrist None of that is evidence. At best it's claims or arguments. Arguments need to be supported by actual evidence if you want anyone to care.
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2 years
@SlowToWrite There are bigots in every culture, & there are non-bigoted folks in yours as well. No matter what your culture may teach, YOU still have the ability to make up your own mind about such things. Don't try to play the race card here, it won't work.
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@mycroftbholmes @ScrapFighter @ArnallLabrador Homosexuality occurs in many species other than humans. Nature made lots of gay things. Sin is just a religious construct with no meaning to non-believers. Each religion has it's own set of "sins". Some people are just gay. How does it hurt you? Deal with it.
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@KaitMarieox Of all the things in the world, and those are your favorites? Sad.
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@Trad_Wife_Mom @Logically_JC That's ok, we don't know who the hell you are either.
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2 years
@ContraNarrativ3 Some people claim that there is a god, or gods. I don't believe ANY of those claims. That's all there is to atheism. Nothing to do with ethics. The others, n/a. I just don't believe ANY of the gods men have proposed are real. What is wrong with being skeptical of such things?
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@DavidRoss173629 @pinkheretic I'm not sure what Darwinism is, but if you're referring to evolution via natural selection, all you're really saying is that atheists in general accept the findings of science. I'd have to agree with that statement. We do tend to like facts & evidence.
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@jacelala Perhaps not a fairy tale, but clearly NOT based in fact. A collection of stories & letters, written by men who didn't know where the sun went at night, or what caused storms or disease. They made up gods to "explain" things they didn't understand, which was a lot.
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2 years
@Jazzie654 @grit16451 If your car is going to get hit, it might as well be by a government vehicle, since they have great insurance!
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2 years
@vivekagnihotri The one who makes a claim has the burden of proof. If you claim a god is real, AND you want ME to believe, YOU need to provide some good evidence to back up your claim. I don't make any claim, I just don't believe yours. A god might be real, I just need evidence to convince me.
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3 years
@DBrodyReports Too bad no one asked the Republicans be involved. Oh wait, they did ask, but were turned down!
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2 years
@TaylorRMarshall You may believe this, but you most certainly can't prove it. Because it's simply not true.
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2 years
@joncoopertweets They should pay taxes anyway, just like any other business, which they are. If they do good charitable works with all the money they take in, they can deduct that, & still pay no taxes. Maybe an incentive for them to actually use that money on something good.
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7 years
@SkepticNikki Spent yesterday with Dad, reaching out to friends & relatives, letting them know of the passing. My Dad, wife & kids, are going to help me through this, and I will help them. It might be easier with some fantasy afterlife, but I know that's bullshit.
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@DaveBondyTV @OccamsComb @IlhanMN So what? "Free" lunch for all kids is the simplest solution. No means testing or games to be played.
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@GodisntaHo @PastorAlexLove Exactly why we love him!
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Among conservative Christians, home schooling became a tool for binding children to fundamentalist beliefs they felt were threatened by exposure to other points of view.
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@SkepticNikki Not wasting that energy allowed me to focus more on the reality of the situation. She was indeed going to die, and now has. It truly sucks, but I KNOW that I'll never see her again, & she's not in heaven looking down on us,, etc. Reality bites sometimes, but it is, what it is.
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