That’s a fantastic way to guarantee my TV will not be connected to the internet

Nice

I honestly can’t tell the difference between real news and satire sometimes.

That’s a great argument and I completely agree. You are addressing the actual problem.

I’m 100% on board with separating church and state, and forbidding taxpayer funds to be used for religious indoctrination. But couching that intention in an argument about private schools stealing money from public schools is disingenuous.

“religious institutions shouldn’t get taxpayer money to teach religion” is an exceptionally valid argument. But the meat of this article is about schools being funded by enrollment. They’re saying money is being taken away from public schools, and the schools are suffering.

Money intended to be used for educating children, is instead being used for…

Educating children.

If the dollars per child amount isn’t enough, raise taxes. It’s ridiculous to complain about not getting money for children you don’t have to teach.

Edit: if you want to argue that taxpayer money shouldn’t be used for religious education, or that private schools need to be held to educational standards, I completely agree. But that’s not what we’re talking about.

When I was a kid I went to a non-religious STEM School for 2 years. It was fantastic. They had all kinds of science stuff, computer programming, gifted classes. But after 2 years my parents couldn’t afford it anymore so I went back to public school. I was doing so well and learning so much. Now when I hear about voucher programs I think of myself as a kid.

I’m an adult now and my kids go to public school. I can’t afford to send them to private school. I have a passion for reading and math, and have passed that to my kids. They’re both several grade levels ahead, and their teacher is struggling with the kids who aren’t going to be able to meet grade level. It breaks my heart to see how bored and lazy they are getting at school, because same damn thing happened to me.

The voucher thing isn’t all about Christians.

I have a book recommendation for you. Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

That is SO very much not a solution.

You’re describing an alternate reality where heavily armed people are able to recognize corruption and rally against it. The most hate-filled, firearm fanatics I know of have Trump 2024 signs in their yard. And they’re waiting with bated breath for an excuse to murder any person who says they should have the right to health Care.

The people with the most guns are the ones with the least brains.

I’d love to see a source for that assertion.

Not really about an endorsement of the two-party system. When you go to the gas pump and see a picture of biden’s face with an I did that sticker, it’s a pretty safe bet that the person who put that up is a Republican.

Likewise, when you see someone criticizing the Biden administration for things that county jails are doing, safe bet it’s a Republican.

But apparently your definition of enlightened centerists includes people who know what the executive branch actually controls.

Biden doesn’t have a gas price dial on his desk, and doesn’t set visitation policies for county jails.

The article mentions a lot of county jails, but are federal prisons doing this? I’m pretty sure the executive branch isn’t in charge of county jails.

I think the supreme Court could probably decide that this is cruel and unusual punishment. Or that Congress could pass a federal law setting regulations for local jails.

I’m not a jail expert, but this sounds like something Biden has no control over.

I live 15 minutes outside a small town, 1 hour away from the city.

Love it.

That’s more about you than about organ donation. Your experience is not anywhere near normal.

Tasmania is like Oregon?

He commented without even watching the 25 minute long video? The nerve of this guy.

I didn’t either, but this is the real answer

I use implayer on android TV.

The real question is, can we change the financial incentives so that killing the climate isn’t the most profitable short term strategy?