SlacktivistFred
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Galatians 5:12
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This makes so much more sense than taking an oath while placing your hand on a book that forbids the taking of oaths.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
Rather than a religious text, newly-minted New Jersey Assemblywoman Katie Brennan, a progressive who beat a million-dollar spending disadvantage and the full force of the Hudson County machine, was sworn in on a printout of her district's entire universe of registered voters
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This makes so much more sense than taking an oath while placing your hand on a book that forbids the taking of oaths.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
This makes so much more sense than taking an oath while placing your hand on a book that forbids the taking of oaths.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
Rather than a religious text, newly-minted New Jersey Assemblywoman Katie Brennan, a progressive who beat a million-dollar spending disadvantage and the full force of the Hudson County machine, was sworn in on a printout of her district's entire universe of registered voters
January 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This makes so much more sense than taking an oath while placing your hand on a book that forbids the taking of oaths.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
"Place your hand on Matthew 5:33-37 and swear an oath ..." is just absurd and blasphemously stupid. Might as well cross your fingers behind your back.
Kudos to Brennan.
This picture from Billy Graham's 95th birthday explains so much about 21st-century America.
January 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This picture from Billy Graham's 95th birthday explains so much about 21st-century America.
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On you list of real af businesses that deserve unyielding support because they provide it to us, please include Ace Nicollet Hardware:
January 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
On you list of real af businesses that deserve unyielding support because they provide it to us, please include Ace Nicollet Hardware:
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
And everyone will already be carrying a whistle.
When he dies, there’s going to be such a celebration in the streets that I don’t think anyone will be able to deny the reality of how fervently and universally he was hated.
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM
And everyone will already be carrying a whistle.
🎵 Do you hear the people sing? 🎵
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 AM
🎵 Do you hear the people sing? 🎵
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it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
!["Sir! This is a warning!" the agent yelled as he punched the man's vehicle window. "Stop f—king following us! You are impeding operations! This is the United States federal government!"
"I live over here," the driver explained. "I got to get to my house."
"This is your warning!" the officer exclaimed.
"I serve the Lord; go to church," the resident replied.
"I will arrest you!" the officer threatened.
"Don't make a bad decision," another agent warned.
"I serve the Lord," the driver repeated. "Not a draft-dodging coward."
"Let these people go to church," the driver added. "Let these people serve the Lord and worship."
"You're not going to like the outcome of this, sir," the first officer said. "I guarantee that... Did you not learn from what just happened [when Renee Good was killed]?"
"Learn what?" the driver asked. "I serve the Lord, not a draft-dodging coward. I can't believe you'd take orders from a draft dodger."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreibjwvcxk2ptdafgbwfhk4rjalweyoz3d55gl72qhwhiudhu6aywcm@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
Well dammit. I preferred that thing the Eagles did last year, where they did not lost their playoff games. That was more fun.
Nevertheless, Go Birds.
Nevertheless, Go Birds.
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Well dammit. I preferred that thing the Eagles did last year, where they did not lost their playoff games. That was more fun.
Nevertheless, Go Birds.
Nevertheless, Go Birds.
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I know we all love "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" but I would really like to see some "Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual forces of wickedness that rebel against God?" energy in the parish newsletters too at this point
January 11, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I know we all love "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" but I would really like to see some "Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual forces of wickedness that rebel against God?" energy in the parish newsletters too at this point
Also Gen. Howe, a few months after "easily" conquering Philly: Wait, now we're also at war with *France*?
Yes, it would be "easy" for the U.S. military to conquer and seize Greenland. But in the same way it was "easy" for Gen. Howe to conquer and seize Philadelphia.
The redcoats ruled Philly, provided they never went out at night, never turned their backs, prepared their own food, etc.
The redcoats ruled Philly, provided they never went out at night, never turned their backs, prepared their own food, etc.
Why are Peter Thiel and JD Vance pressing Trump to invade and occupy Greenland? www.ft.com/content/21f3...
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Also Gen. Howe, a few months after "easily" conquering Philly: Wait, now we're also at war with *France*?
I have read that Jonathan Ross is a “conservative Christian.” Do we know where he went to church?
January 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I have read that Jonathan Ross is a “conservative Christian.” Do we know where he went to church?
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I’ve said for the last 6 years while training new colleagues and have written several times in the Washington Post: if you didn’t have a badge & a gun, how would you handle this 911 call? Whatever you come up with that is legal, ethical, and kind, try that first.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I’ve said for the last 6 years while training new colleagues and have written several times in the Washington Post: if you didn’t have a badge & a gun, how would you handle this 911 call? Whatever you come up with that is legal, ethical, and kind, try that first.
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The transition from entirely reasonable "I'm Afraid and Don't Know What to Do, I Just Wanted to Get Some Food I Don't Need This Right Now" to "I Will Kill All of You for the Ancestors If Necessary" in about a 10 min span should tell these goons how this is gonna go for them if they had half a brain.
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
The transition from entirely reasonable "I'm Afraid and Don't Know What to Do, I Just Wanted to Get Some Food I Don't Need This Right Now" to "I Will Kill All of You for the Ancestors If Necessary" in about a 10 min span should tell these goons how this is gonna go for them if they had half a brain.
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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I adore this guy so much... if you are on Tik TOk follow him
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I adore this guy so much... if you are on Tik TOk follow him
American idioms can be confusing for outsiders.
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 PM
American idioms can be confusing for outsiders.
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
Like how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing.
Or how "I'm a small government conservative" means "I think government agents should be able to shoot citizens in the street for no reason with total impunity."
Also too, if you were planning a military invasion & occupation of Greenland, you know what would be really useful? A fully funded and functional NWS and NOAA.
It's like the first act of the sabotage campaign that will ultimately doom any such occupation has already been done. By us, to ourselves.
It's like the first act of the sabotage campaign that will ultimately doom any such occupation has already been done. By us, to ourselves.
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Also too, if you were planning a military invasion & occupation of Greenland, you know what would be really useful? A fully funded and functional NWS and NOAA.
It's like the first act of the sabotage campaign that will ultimately doom any such occupation has already been done. By us, to ourselves.
It's like the first act of the sabotage campaign that will ultimately doom any such occupation has already been done. By us, to ourselves.
Yes, it would be "easy" for the U.S. military to conquer and seize Greenland. But in the same way it was "easy" for Gen. Howe to conquer and seize Philadelphia.
The redcoats ruled Philly, provided they never went out at night, never turned their backs, prepared their own food, etc.
The redcoats ruled Philly, provided they never went out at night, never turned their backs, prepared their own food, etc.
Why are Peter Thiel and JD Vance pressing Trump to invade and occupy Greenland? www.ft.com/content/21f3...
January 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Yes, it would be "easy" for the U.S. military to conquer and seize Greenland. But in the same way it was "easy" for Gen. Howe to conquer and seize Philadelphia.
The redcoats ruled Philly, provided they never went out at night, never turned their backs, prepared their own food, etc.
The redcoats ruled Philly, provided they never went out at night, never turned their backs, prepared their own food, etc.
Greenland played an indirect role in America's acquisition of one of Donald Trump's favorite places, Little St. James.
(That was in 1916, so it wasn't Epstein Island yet.)
(That was in 1916, so it wasn't Epstein Island yet.)
In 1916, the United States ceded any interest it had in Greenland to Denmark as part of its compensation for the Danish West Indies, which are now the US Virgin Islands. News you won't hear on Rupert Murdoch TV, nor, indeed, any actual facts or history. www.diis.dk/en/research/...
Why is Greenland part of the Kingdom of Denmark? A Short History
From the Vikings to Trump: Greenland’s historic development negates recent White House territorial demands.
www.diis.dk
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Greenland played an indirect role in America's acquisition of one of Donald Trump's favorite places, Little St. James.
(That was in 1916, so it wasn't Epstein Island yet.)
(That was in 1916, so it wasn't Epstein Island yet.)
We're just one store & I don't know if we're representative of everywhere in retail, but ever since ICE started its massive hiring campaign with higher pay and signing bonuses, we're finding it MUCH harder to recruit young, alienated sociopaths who are a danger to customers and other associates.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
We're just one store & I don't know if we're representative of everywhere in retail, but ever since ICE started its massive hiring campaign with higher pay and signing bonuses, we're finding it MUCH harder to recruit young, alienated sociopaths who are a danger to customers and other associates.
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The pastor’s answer, btw, was no.
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The pastor’s answer, btw, was no.
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"It would be hard, but not impossible, to try the ICE shooter on state charges and obtain a state-law conviction that Trump couldn’t wipe away. It might seem like the longest shot in the world, but honestly, we have to try something, anything, to stop this — not just in Minnesota, but everywhere."
Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted
Doing nothing is not an option.
www.publicnotice.co
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"It would be hard, but not impossible, to try the ICE shooter on state charges and obtain a state-law conviction that Trump couldn’t wipe away. It might seem like the longest shot in the world, but honestly, we have to try something, anything, to stop this — not just in Minnesota, but everywhere."
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Me, listening to the new Amy Grant song.
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Me, listening to the new Amy Grant song.
Me, listening to the new Amy Grant song.
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Me, listening to the new Amy Grant song.