Among the Maya if you wanted a divorce you had to live for 1 year with your in-laws before it could happen.

I imagine that dissuaded many divorces.

If the gov't can issue permits/licensing to allow one to "legally" exercise Constitutionally protected Rights for one (2nd Amendment) what will stop them from issuing permits/licensing for any of the other Constitutionally protected Rights. There is nothing that will stop them...

"oh woops your son died in a hunting accident we totally didnt revenge kill him

@ImNotGas totally agree as far as the state is concerned, a marriage is nothing more than a contract between two consenting parties. If you can register a business Partnership with the Secretary of State, why not just make corporate laws for a Domestic Partnership. Leave "marriages" to spiritual organizations to define as they see fit?

@Turd Ferguson preciesly why i tell people im against gay marriage, watch them freak out, then explain my position with a shit eating grin

Marriage originated in Genesis and is a religious union between two parties. State licensed marriages are a contract between two people and the government, composed of three parties.

Disappearing to catch up on life with someone.

Having the government as a party in the marriage gives the gov't authority in the marriage and all that derives from it, including any offspring. This is what gives them the authority to take children from parents and raise them as they see fit.

@ImNotGas lol have you ever heard someone say the government should do __________ and then ask them to explain how to coordinate everything needed to make a pencil?

@Turd Ferguson, you just advanced to level 2!

Q. *What is an elephant?* A. A mouse, designed by commitee and built to gov't specifications.

@Turd Ferguson i like how everyone says we should do x because sweden does it

like... brazil does the same thing, and our version is going to be closer to brazils than swedens

Many people do not realize that the Swedish model is the nation is, economically, capitalist and distribution is socialist. They tend to leave out the economic part of the "equation"

we should handle covid like sweden does.

everything else, let's do what Singapore does.

Speaking of covid, earlier today I found that the overall death rate in the USA for 2020 (so far) has either not changed or has gone down in comparison to 2019, 2018, etc. This is from the CDC, who has since, removed the stats from its website. One would expect a drastic uptick in deaths from all causes if covid was such a significant cause of death as is being pushed. Makes one wonder what the truth behind the "pandemic" really is.

@Turd Ferguson you know singapore is a model of a fascist nation but people tend to ignore that

in the actual definition of fascism not the "everything i dont like is fascism"

Hmmm... a thought... ever wonder why there is a fasces on the reverse of the Roosevelt dime?

fasces on the lincoln memorial?

wait wasnt roosevelt president before fascism was created?

my bad, the Mercury dime...

as a symbol it just represents state authority

FDR definitely not. Teddy, somewhere around then (give or take) probably.

about 360k excess deaths (above average) since Feb 1st of this year only about 270k of which attributed to Covid, data still accessible from CDC website https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm#dashboard

so.. basically exactly as much as predicted

250k~1m

@ImNotGas Um, no. Fascism was developed by Giovani Gentile (1875 to 1944) and picked by my Mussolini (1883 to 1945). Roosevelt (1882 to 1945) was aware of it, and practiced many of its approaches as a means of preventing the global Marxist revolution in the US. One of the reasons the Dept. of Ag. is so generously set was because rural America, then most of the population, had started pushing for a communist revolution just prior to his inauguration.

Well, night all.

2021 a space odyssey

Feat. Baron Trump and his dog Bulgur

Seriously would anyone care to explain this?? https://www.amazon.com/Baron-Trumps-Marvellous-Underground-Journey/dp/1725922746

And his dad's name is Don of Castle Trump???

Exactly how it feels to join Parler and listen to Newsmax...like everything is going underground. 2020 has been most bizarre in so many, different ways!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/wuhan-china-covid-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2020-11-30T22%3A07%3A10&fbclid=IwAR0eMfu-gHHPmOa55u1e9_QOZ9l0PgchGDo7GdXUbWNSPukZZVEPjzW6TG4

Maybe inappropriate. But am i the only one who has lost all appetite and desire to do anything previously thought of as fun after being locked in for months?

Ive always had recluse's tendencies. But nowadays it's all just like a dark cloud hanging overhead. Consuming all other thought.

The grass is always greener on the other side I guess

@andrasol product of perception and perceived purpose. I prefer the world in lockdown.

This app really needs work. The sign up process is horrible.