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[Sleeping in EQ]

This quote seems relevant again:

Everywhere in the West there are subversive minorities who, sheltered by our humanitarianism and our sense of justice, hold the incendiary torches ready, with nothing to stop the spread of their ideas except the critical reason of a single, fairly intelligent, mentally stable stratum of the population. It varies from country to country in accordance with national temperament. Also, it is regionally dependent on public education and is subject to the influence of acutely disturbing factors of a political and economic nature. Taking plebiscites as a criterion, one could on an optimistic estimate put its upper limit at about forty per cent of the electorate. A rather more pessimistic view would not be unjustified either, since the gift of reason and critical reflection is not one of man's outstanding peculiarities, and even where it exists it proves to be wavering and inconstant, the more so, as a rule, the bigger the political groups are. The mass crushes out the insight and reflection that are still possible with the individual, and this necessarily leads to doctrinaire and authoritarian tyranny if ever the constitutional State should succumb to a fit of weakness.

--Carl Jung, 1956

[Jeff Lebowski]

God bless Tanner Ainge.

[myboynoah]

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[wapiti]

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Utah only becomes a swing state if the GOP continues with Trumpism and the dems stop moving left. It would take a special set of circumstances to turn Utah blue. But Trump has proven that it isn't impossible.

[Applejack]

Utah only becomes a swing state if the GOP continues with Trumpism and the dems stop moving left. It would take a special set of circumstances to turn Utah blue. But Trump has proven that it isn't impossible.

Haha! Utah is a swing state! 18-24 year olds voted in equal numbers for trump and Hillary! Never mind that a weird bald Mormon mid-level cia guy with zero chance of winning took 24% of the same demographic.

Utah will be a swing state when it is an lds-minority state.

[wapiti]

Haha! Utah is a swing state! 18-24 year olds voted in equal numbers for trump and Hillary! Never mind that a weird bald Mormon mid-level cia guy with zero chance of winning took 24% of the same demographic.

Utah will be a swing state when it is an lds-minority state.

I voted for the bald guy. If he had won Utah there was a greater than zero chance that neither Hillary nor djt got to 270 and the vote would have gone to the house. The Republican controlled house could then fail to get consensus around Trump and a compromise candidate would emerge to spare us from Hillary or djt. My vote for McMillan made perfect sense.

[old_gregg]

I voted for the bald guy. If he had won Utah there was a greater than zero chance that neither Hillary nor djt got to 270 and the vote would have gone to the house. The Republican controlled house could then fail to get consensus around Trump and a compromise candidate would emerge to spare us from Hillary or djt. My vote for McMillan made perfect sense.

ok.

[MartyFunkhouser]

YEEZY 2020!!!!

[New Mexican Disaster]

I voted for the bald guy. If he had won Utah there was a greater than zero chance that neither Hillary nor djt got to 270 and the vote would have gone to the house. The Republican controlled house could then fail to get consensus around Trump and a compromise candidate would emerge to spare us from Hillary or djt. My vote for McMillan made perfect sense.

His name is McMullin. A well considered vote.

[Donuthole]

Mos getting some burn with today's HONY post:

“My brother and I were both placed into foster homes at a young age. He was lucky—he went to a family called the Ripleys. I went through four different homes in three years, and each one was worse than the next. I’d get to see my brother every few months. Ms. Ripley would take us for lunch at McDonalds, and that’s when she first noticed the scars all over my body. She immediately made arrangements for me to join their family. Back then the word ‘family’ didn’t mean much to me. But the Ripleys made me feel welcome in their home. Whenever I did something wrong, Ms. Ripley would sit me down and explain why it wasn’t OK. But then she’d say: ‘You’re not going anywhere. Because you belong to us now.’ Shortly after I joined the family, Mr. Ripley was diagnosed with cancer. And later that year he passed away. Ms. Ripley’s entire world fell apart. They’d been high school sweethearts. And now she was alone with two foster kids. Nobody would have blamed her for taking us back. But instead she took us to court and made it permanent. The three of us moved into a single wide trailer in Mississippi, and that’s where she raised us. She worked whatever odd jobs she could find. We never had much, but we went to movies. We had family game nights. She kept us busy with little league and Boy Scouts. She must have been super stressed, but that’s not at all what I remember. I just remember the affirmation that she gave me. It was always: ‘You’re smart.’ And ‘You’re handsome.’ And ‘You survived all that stuff because you’re strong.’ She cried when I joined the Marines, but she knew it was my best chance for a college education. And eventually I graduated from law school. Last year I had a daughter of my own. And that really put me into an emotional tailspin. Because I realized how every little choice I make is going to affect her future. And then I started thinking about how different my life could have been. Because my early development had been the opposite of what a child’s should be. I should be broken, but I’m not. Because thirty years ago my Mom decided to keep me. And somehow, despite all her sadness and heartbreak, she poured enough love into me so that I could heal.”

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[Eddie]

Mos getting some burn with today's HONY post:



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That's awesome. Foster parents do some very cool stuff.

[chrisrenrut]

Mos getting some burn with today's HONY post:

Dang, I just watched Lion last night for the first time, and now this. There are some foster/adoptive parents out there on a whole other level of goodness than me.

[Eddie]

Dang, I just watched Lion last night for the first time, and now this. There are some foster/adoptive parents out there on a whole other level of goodness than me.

I work with a guy who has 23 kids. Yes - 23.

Not all at the same time. Some of the older kids had moved on before the younger kids came into the home.

He adopted the first couple from LDS Family Services. Then he became a foster parent. They would take kids in and care for them, working with the parents to try to get them back home, and in his words - if you're doing your best for them, you grow to love them, and if they can't go home, you just can't see them ever going anywhere else.

Their last 5 are all a sibling group. They started with 3 kids, then the mom had two more babies after that and they took them both in, one at a time, as they were born and mom was found unfit still.

At one point he had three 13 year olds, when I had one, and I remember feeling all kinds of respect for the guy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I work with a guy who has 23 kids. Yes - 23.

Not all at the same time. Some of the older kids had moved on before the younger kids came into the home.

He adopted the first couple from LDS Family Services. Then he became a foster parent. They would take kids in and care for them, working with the parents to try to get them back home, and in his words - if you're doing your best for them, you grow to love them, and if they can't go home, you just can't see them ever going anywhere else.

Their last 5 are all a sibling group. They started with 3 kids, then the mom had two more babies after that and they took them both in, one at a time, as they were born and mom was found unfit still.

At one point he had three 13 year olds, when I had one, and I remember feeling all kinds of respect for the guy.

We know a family like that. I am always in awe of them.

[MartyFunkhouser]

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news...red-education/