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Missouri, not Georgia. Anyway, before we get excited about this, let's remember it's just a bill. Almost every state has at least a few crazy people in government who come up with crazy extremist bills that never become laws. Wake me up if it passes the Missouri legislature and their governor signs ...

[quote=""lpetrich""]Did those studies compare cursive to other sorts of handwriting? Like italic or block? Unless they do so, then there is a serious possibility that the causality in reverse, that the students with the best-developed brains are the ones who are best at cursive. ...

I confess that I am too lazy today to read my entire linked article but it does seem as if there "may" be some important benefits from learning to write in cursive, even if it's not very useful anymore. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274624/ In an age of increasing technolog...

Dear gawd Koy. You're making atheists look like complete assholes. When you describe religious indoctrination as the worst sort of child abuse, that says something quite disturbing about you. If you want to clear things up, just admit you were being hyperbolic and stop trying to rationalize what you...

Lying to your children and making them believe that something fictional is non-fictional is the worst form of child abuse possible; the first unforgivable sin. Yes, that includes Santa as that is just the cult gateway. And, yes, that form of child abuse is worse than incestuous rape, because destro...

Nonsense. If any parent were teaching their children to murder or to commit any number of criminal offenses and it were to be discovered, the pararents would be accused of child abuse. Jesus Fucking Christ on a stick, Koy. You know damn well that's not what I was talking about. I despise that some ...

[quote=""Politesse""] To all. No children were removed from their parents when the courts threw I.D. out of schools. No children would be removed from parents if the lying priests, preachers and imams were forced to stop lying either. We do not let schools lie to our children and...

As to you having a comparatively lax indoctrination/parent upbringing, so did I and that’s of course great for us, but then it’s not about individual success stories. You have no idea what you're talking about. I had anything but a lax upbringing. Do you think being told that dancing, playing cards...

I'm with Poli on this. My parents told me that Jesus was the Son of God and I must believe or go to hell etc. This wasn't a lie to them. They really believed this. They told me that Santa was real too. When I realized he wasn't at the age of 4 and a half, I was proud of myself. When I realized that ...

Why do you think it's helpful to tell anyone that they are stupid? Smart people sometimes believe things that we may think are stupid, but I promise you there is no nice way to tell someone that they are stupid, or almost stupid. If you must engage believers in debates about theism, I suggest that y...

I know we are not the we that the OP means, but humans are really good at believing things that they want to be true. How else do you explain how the orange mess became president of the US? And then there's the old line from an old "Seinfeld" episode. "It's not a lie, if you believe i...

While I realize that social science isn't always correct in its interpretations of human behavior, my understanding of intro and extroverts is a bit different from your's. From what I've read, an introvert isn't necessarily shy or reticent at all. An introvert is just someone that is energized by hi...

[quote=""Hermit""]Prompted by Sohy's comment I think it's a good idea to add to my previous post that I hardly ever feel lonely, especially not when I am alone. Almost six years ago I went through the most desperately miserable time of my life so far, but even then loneliness pla...

Being alone or preferring a lot of time alone isn't the same thing as being lonely. Some introverts might prefer to be alone most of the time, but even a strong introvert can experience loneliness. I've read many medical articles that associated the lack of social engagement as a strong risk factor ...

[quote=""Politesse""]Sorry Sohy, I think we all decided that the answer to the question in the OP is "It doesn't". :d unno:[/quote]

That's not important. Entertaining me is what's important.

Poli is correct. For one example, bonobos don't have a single leader. All of the older females are the leaders and they know how to put any nasty male in his place.

So, come on back guys, my popcorn is getting soggy.

Yeah. I saw it on the news and it's about time your backwards country made same sex marriage legal. Naturally, the US already did this awhile ago when it was still a fairly sane, somewhat tolerant country. Anyway, Congrats to all the gay Aussies who benefit from this change.

[quote=""Jobar""]This is the author of that quote. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P-XSbjMBHOc/Wa3Ztq-pXVI/AAAAAAAAP1E/24QS1GI6o-sRqn83ucVfvcJwYa_dDgUOwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/fullsizeoutput_56.jpeg Given the utter lack of any evidence of humor in all that, I suppose it isn't a Poe. But it do...

I actually live in the "Iris City", or so it's been nicknamed. Maybe I can wear purple without making myself look too suspicious. I just can't believe that my neighbors to the west are finally on to us. Now that I think about it, the pansy is often considered a symbol of freethought. And w...

The link was also in the Atlanta Journal today, under local county news. http://myfayettegop.blogspot.com/2017/11/chairmans-pen.html It's time to take a stand against left-wing ideology and the progressives who are hellbent on destroying America. They present themselves to the most vulnerable in our...

Let's be honest here. There are multiple reasons that could be used to impeach Trump. There doesn't even have to be an actual crime to do it. The "high crimes and misdemeanors" isn't to be taken literally, but rather it means what the Congress decides those crimes are when it comes to impe...

http://www.newsweek.com/tax-plan-social-security-medicare-welfare-republicans-rubio-729133 Florida Senator Marco Rubio admits that the Republican tax cut plan to aid corporations and the wealthy will require cuts to Social Security and Medicare to pay for it. Rubio told reporters this week that in ...

I understand and you could be right. Meanwhile Fox News is saying that this is very worrisome for Trump. I don't watch Fox. This was just reported on MSNBC.

It's also been rumored that Kushner may be implicated in this. Who knows? At least things are heating up a bit.

LOL! Trump just tweeted that he's not firing Tillerson. They work well together and all of this was just fake news. Yeah right!

That sounds a bit much to me, Koy. Trump appointed people that were mega wealthy and had lots of experience in the private sector. Trump probably wanted Tillerson because he knew Tillerson would downsize the state department. There is a pattern of Trump appointing people that want to downsize the de...