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Off-Topic / Re: Do you use your garbage disposal regularly?

« on: December 01, 2018, 05:00:39 am »Message ID: 1249517

We use ours fairly regularly - most vegetable peelings and egg shells go into the trashcan, but all other table scrap food items generally get rinsed down the disposal.

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Off-Topic / Re: What Are Your Favorite Christmas Movies?

« on: December 01, 2018, 04:57:33 am »Message ID: 1249516

A Christmas Story, with Ralphy & his Red Rider be be gun plot.

You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

This has to be my favorite Christmas based movie.

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Off-Topic / Re: Can you really be born evil?

« on: November 29, 2018, 09:39:18 am »Message ID: 1249211

It is not wrong to defend yourself even if you have to defend yourself up to taking another person's life. You cannot tell me if some thug forces entry in to your home and is raping your young daughter you would stand there and let it happen.  You would do whatever you had to in order to stop the actions.

Not sure if this part was directed at me, but on the chance that it was, you are 100% correct and I am in full agreement. Self defense or the defense of another from imminent bodily harm is absolutely legitimate in taking the life of another person.  I didn't spell it out completely, but that was what I meant when I said: "(absent a justifiable defense - such as self defense or to prevent serious bodily harm to another)".


If I encountered a man hurting my wife or child in a violent way, I would do anything (including killing him) to protect my wife or child - with the goal/intention = to stop the harm.  But to kill that man "after the fact" when the violent act is no longer being committed (as much as I might want to do that) is wrong.


Vengeance or retribution killing (including capital punishment) is murder in my opinion.  But like you said, we are getting pretty far away from the original post.

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Off-Topic / Re: Can you really be born evil?

« on: November 26, 2018, 12:16:09 pm »Message ID: 1248743

OH...1 last thing.Does the bible say poopy bags are allowed in heaven?

I believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God and a tremendous testament of both the ancient Jews and the early Christians and the common denominator between the two - Jesus. But I do not believe that it is the sole and only complete authority of everything.  What I mean is that it does not contain every possible rule, experience, scenario that we might encounter in our earthly lives nor does it give us a complete understanding of what we will experience in Heaven or Hell.  Does it give us imagery and representations that we can relate to based upon our human earthly experience? Yes Absolutely! But it does not give us an absolute and complete blueprint of Heaven or Hell because we cannot fathom the afterlife experience with our limited human minds. So the Bible puts it into images that we can understand and relate to in our own human experiences.


It is with that understanding (and others may disagree) that I believe it is impossible for the Bible to contain every last tiniest detail of what is or isn't awaiting us. Just because the Bible doesn't address the presence of poopy bags in Heaven - I don't believe that is definitive evidence that there are no animals in Heaven.  (This doesn't even consider the idea that whoever and whatever is in Heaven - they aren't there in the same physical earthly bodies. The Bible also doesn't discuss toilets and sanitary sewers, but that isn't definitive proof that people aren't in Heaven).


I'm not saying that there are or are not animals in Heaven - I'm just saying that I don't think the Bible tells us for sure - nor is it meant to tell us for sure. It is intended to teach us how to be good to each other and how to get ourselves and our loved ones into Heaven.


So coming full circle back to the original question - we can never know what is in a person's heart = whether an unborn child or a convicted death row inmate. God is the only true judge and He is the only one with the clean hands to decide whether someone is good or evil and when is the proper time for that individual to be called forward to be judged.


Abortion is wrong. Murder is wrong. Euthanasia is wrong. Capital punishment is wrong. Any act of killing another (absent a justifiable defense - such as self defense or to prevent serious bodily harm to another) is wrong.

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FusionCash / Re: Tap Research

« on: November 22, 2018, 06:00:50 pm »Message ID: 1248191

I managed to get my 5¢ PTC today from Tap Research, so no problems here. Hope you get it worked out. Did you submit a ticket?

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Support / Re: Surveys not loading on Windows but okay on Chrome

« on: November 22, 2018, 05:59:23 pm »Message ID: 1248190

I have a mac and I have been having problems with other sites regarding surveys and videos.  I get server message problems. This has been going on a lot of the day and I have just finished rebooting my computer.

On another site I had a survey (guaranteed to qualify and get paid) that stopped working. It would not let me continue after making a selection on a particular page. Support said to try a new browser. I switched from Chrome to Safari and it did the same thing. Support then said - try a PC instead of a Mac.  What happens if I don't have a working PC?

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Off-Topic / Re: Quiet

« on: November 22, 2018, 05:51:42 pm »Message ID: 1248189

Some days it is super quiet and other days it is so loud I cannot concentrate on anything. It all depends on the day, the schedule, and the activity levels.

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Off-Topic / Re: Can you really be born evil?

« on: November 20, 2018, 02:38:54 pm »Message ID: 1247867

^ But is that really "born evil" or just a manipulative person taking advantage of others' generosity? I wouldn't really call that person evil. Either way, it sounds like a good call on your part in distancing yourself from this person.

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Off-Topic / Re: Long Time No See

« on: November 20, 2018, 02:35:47 pm »Message ID: 1247866

Yep, it's all pretty much the same as before except for there being slightly less in the way of easy PTC earnings with the lack of single click penny earning ads- but still plenty of other ways to earn.
 
(Lots of lively forum discussions here as always)

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Off-Topic / Re: Can you really be born evil?

« on: November 20, 2018, 04:53:35 am »Message ID: 1247778

The majority of people in this world are not good. This world is a mean evil place. No not everyone is a murderer but most people in the world today are not good people.

I'm going to disagree with this one. I do not deny that there are many bad and misguided people in the world. We do not live in a utopia and there is evil like the world has never seen before... but there is also plenty of good! I think deep down that most people in the world ARE good. I also think that many of the people whose ideals and politics I strongly disagree with are still good people (just infuriating and sometimes short sighted).


I am not aways right and I sometimes do stupid things or say stupid things or am insensitive to certain causes or people, but I am a good person. I like to think that most people are as well - even those I disagree with.


There are most definitely some exceptions and some extremely evil exceptions - I will not deny that!

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Off-Topic / Re: Legal marijuana

« on: November 20, 2018, 04:35:07 am »Message ID: 1247775

It's a bad idea and will have a detrimental effect on society as a whole, but when majority rules over common sense at the ballot box - this is what you're going to get.

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Off-Topic / Re: Michael Avenatti

« on: November 16, 2018, 07:47:08 am »Message ID: 1247197

You have all restored my faith in the due process of law!   


I must confess that my initial post was made partially tongue in cheek. Regardless of the ultimate truth or any political slant - Yes Absolutely! this man deserves to be considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.  The fact that he was unwilling to provide that same standard and due process to another political opponent makes no difference.
    Thumbs up to you all!
Democracy WORKS when it is not abused. This is also the reason why shady/shifty criminal defense attorneys should easily be able to sleep well at night and look at themselves in the mirror in the morning.  Everyone deserves a fair shake and no rush to judgment (both in the courtroom and the public arena/media).


It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

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Off-Topic / Re: Winter Weather Ugh!

« on: November 15, 2018, 10:55:01 am »Message ID: 1247120

We had a dose of sleet/freezing rain here this morning (I can never remember which is which).  Schools were on delay and then canceled. I went out and did my morning walk in it at 6:30. It wasn't tremendously slippery, but there was a bit of accumulation on the sidewalks.  I then had to drive an hour west this morning for an out of office appointment.  Roads were slushy, but drivable.  I left 1:45 early just in case.


I normally welcome the first batch of bad weather as part of life in the midwest. But I usually don't have to drive that much in it.

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Off-Topic / Michael Avenatti

« on: November 15, 2018, 03:23:38 am »Message ID: 1247072

Am I the only one who thinks this guy should be considered guilty until proven innocent?    


For those unaware, this is the attorney who has been a militant anti-Trumper (representing Stormy Daniels) and who was involved in the "Trumped up" charge against Brett Kavanaugh by the woman who claimed he was a gang rapist. I am not talking about Christine Ford who made the initial assault claim, I am talking about the very suspect woman, Julie Swetnick, who came out of the woodwork and literally accused Kavanaugh of taking part in gang rapes.


Avenatti (and many others) refused to give Kavanaugh a fair hearing and was hell bent on trashing his reputation. The shoe is on the other foot today after Avenatti was arrested on a domestic violence accusation. It may be true or it may be a vendetta by a crazy ex. I don't know which it is, but based on how Kavanaugh was handled, how will he be viewed by the media and the Me Too movement?


My guess is that he will be given a pass on some sort of double standard excuse and that his vehement denials and effort to maintain his [questionable] reputation will be met with strong support.
  

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Off-Topic / Re: Deer in the Road

« on: November 14, 2018, 09:18:01 am »Message ID: 1247022

I use to have deer protectors on my car years ago. I only had them about 3 years because I had some body work done on my car and they where taken off. I don't know if they worked or not.

It's one of those things where you will never know for 100% certainty if they worked or not because the very fact of them working is something that you cannot see/notice.  You can only know if they don't work in that one instance where you hit a deer.