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  1. V Chip

    Supreme Court rules prayer led by coach is A-OK

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-coach-public-school-prayer-case-rcna31662Surprised this one wasn’t posted yet; in another precedent-ignoring decision, the SC ruled 6-3 that prayer led by coach after football games is not an establishment or endorsement of...
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    Discussion of rights — natural, societal, etc.

    This deserves its own thread. If other posts can be moved here or copied here that would be helpful.Are there such things as “natural” or “god-given” rights? Which rights would qualify? Which rights that are very common wouldn't? Who/what grants or enforces such rights?
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    Thomas and Gorsuch call for Reconsidering Libel/First Amendment ruling

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/us/supreme-court-libel.htmlI found this part of Gorsuch's dissent interesting.I find that interesting, because to me both are arguing in direct opposition of their supposed deepest Constitutional beliefs -- that of Originalism. The two most devout...
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    How to Approach Politics [Video]

    I just watched this video by Andy Stanley (founder of North Point Ministries, mostly in the Atlanta area I believe) and it has some excellent points. It delivers them from a Christian viewpoint, but I think they're good even without that viewpoint (thus why I modified the video's title). It has...
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    What's this thing?

    I've noticed on the boards these weird images in between posts -- is this a placeholder for ads maybe? They seem to be random images, nothing that I can identify as a pattern or subject.
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    Article Barack Obama challenges 'woke' culture

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50239261?ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1ZGvg9Fg-z3uZIzho_2VxnwJmqrbIusj2YL03sqFLE7qExQBY2cJRLVbcI think he hits on some important points: just calling out others is not activism. People...
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    Community The Far Side: The Agenda of the _____ (Topic one: Immigration)

    OK, going off what is in the other thread, I'll pick the first issue of immigration, since that was one of the issues in that bad thread over there...Not sure on what the time frame should be to hash out the details on the private boards before coming back to the MCB to post the results. A few...
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    Community Assignment: The Agenda of the [Opposing View]

    From the Other Site's thread started by what I called a shirt grenade... I thought maybe we could try an assignment here, if people are up to it.Instead of creating a caricature of what people think the opposing view wants, why not try an actual thoughtful representation of what each side...
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    Ads vs. Ad Blockers: Who Ya Got?

    I've been meaning for a long, long time to write a post/something about Ads and Ad Blockers and websites/apps that utilize ads. I have a half-finished Open Letter to websites asking me to turn off my bandwidth theft device that I'll pull from here to start this discussion.Way back When™, ads were...
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    Tech Request

    Here is a screenshot of the board as I see it on mobile:Is there a way to include the name of the person who made the latest post in the thread on this view? I would find it helpful when going back to this list to see if I have read up until the latest post.
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    As seen on TV

    Nothing better than a @LEBassett 😁
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    News Ethics Complaint Filed Against Judge Who Gave Bible to Amber Guyger After Murder Trial

    https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2019/10/03/ethics-complaint-against-judge-who-gave-bible-to-amber-guyger-after-murder-trial/?slreturn=20190904182947Strange enough the sentence Amber Guyger received for murdering a man in his own apartment, but now this?This was a clear overstep by the judge...
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    Tech Issues with the board

    Once I saw a couple myself, figured I would start the thread.Jim's post shows up oddly in https://madaboutpolitics.com/threads/russian-attitudes-taking-hold-in-us.20267/page-6#post-22619Also, typo in the pulldown for prefix for posts:
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