Are you up on the mountain? That looks like twice what I got next town over.

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Yup. I remember as soon as they started talking about the dangers of BPA, suddenly there were 50 more "alternatives" that companies started using, some of which were actually worse. The plastics industry is gargantuan, and well funded politically. It feels hopeless, honestly. A forever game of whack-a-mole.

We are going to have to have a "come-to-jesus" moment with our love of cheap and useful plastics.

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Hi Five for being screwed by st gobain! i got a pfas removal system put in my house that brought my water from 17 parts per trillion to undetectable

That's the GOP playback in a nutshell lately. When is the last time any Republicans in national office actually came up with a workable plan to address any issue facing their constituents? It's either tax cuts or culture wars and talk about "the evils of government," and that's all they got.

I don’t know if it was me because I’m sure other people did. Either way , I’m glad it worked out!!! Yay!! I’ve had my guy almost a year and I am his 4th home counting spca. Took him until a few months ago before he’d curl up on me in bed. He’s a great cat but was timid for a while but never really too scared. I love that place !!

I don’t know if they did for you , but I was given a voucher for a free checkup at fisherville vet and that was good. I didn’t feel like they were trying to sell me on anything and only offered suggestions.

So happy to hear this.

Same, maybe about a foot here? Over by the Manch/ Hooksett line.

No, but I heard a hadoken around 4:30.

Making jokes about something doesn't mean you can't also treat it seriously.

You must be one of those people that takes offense at everything.

"Life free or die except if it's something I don't explicitly approve of or agree with"

-The right side of the isle.

I am a library trustee. Tho I wish I was a librarian. Such an amazing job! The trustees do get some say in stuff tho.

I grew up catholic and have read the Bible a few times. It is really not appropriate for children.

Also consider myself a removing catholic. It is a lifelong affliction I take day by day!!

I appreciate this. Planes fascinate me and I'm finding I want to learn more and more. Thank you!

Your ignorance isn't my problem. Don't make it my problem with stupid shit like that bill or your comment here.

Nice that's pretty metal for a librarian. Power to you

Thank you for sharing. So crazy.

When I was younger I took a Bible study course with some friends (as a way to hang out with them more, not because I actually believed in God or wanted more religious education).

I will never forget listening to one passage where these townspeople watched an Angel fall to earth and they hunted it down to this old man's property. The old man, wanting to protect the Angel, offered up his daughter to the townspeople, telling them they could basically use her for all their sexual gratification instead of the Angel. The townspeople passed on that offer and instead chose to repeatedly sodomize the Angel.

If you needed a more perfect example of the Chritians in their prime, that story was it right there.

Making jokes about how we should handle voting should tell you all you need to know about how serious he takes our political system. He thinks it's all a great big joke. But that's not much of a surprise, since he's a big fat joke of a politician.

And yet it is at least partially based on actual events that happened in Elmore City, Oklahoma in 1979.

Yeah this is what? The 3rd decent snow event we’ve had this winter and it’s already 50 two days later? It’s bs

Didnt gloss over that part, its part of the complaint process. If the person who filed the complaint is dissatisfied with the 1st response, they can escalate the issue to the next person in line, that individual can determine whether a hearing in court is necessary. Alternatively, they can support the first response and agree that the complaint is unneeded.

The bill is still only in the House, so there is ample time for both politicians and citizens like you and I to make our concerns heard and have amendments made to ensure that this bill has all the grounds covered. It may get drastically changed in the senate.

I used Andy Dufresne as an example because it's again a situation i figured most people are familiar with because it was an incredibly popular piece of media. The CONCEPT which is the important part to focus on, is that in a world without these types of rules that require an answer be given and be given by a particular timeline from your government or educational systems, they can simply ignore you unless you flood them with complaints or publicity. You shouldnt have to resort to those measures to get something as simple as an answer and/or a direction to go if dissatisfied with the answer. Especially from a branch, portion, or individual in your government.

Ill try a different example:

A public school History teacher decides that for the beginning of the Ancient Civilizations portion, hes going to have the class read/study The Old Testament of The Bible and is teaching them that what happened in The Bible is Historically accurate. Or teaches the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction only from the perspective of the Confederacy and tries to malign principles of the Union? I can guarantee you that there's a group of people who would view these as Obscene and theyd have every right to complain. Youll probably say that the Separation of Church and State solves the first one, but if the school doesnt even need to address your complaint, how do you get the ball rolling? You'd have to file a lawsuit or contact a governmental body thats above than the school. This law looks to make that easier to do. It forces the institution to address that you have a concern, and if they dont do the correct thing, it'll open them up to larger amounts of trouble if they are actually in the wrong.

That premise sounds so absurd...

Karen has something to say.

It's gotten nuts honestly. People are going to have to move away for more freedom from the facists.

https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-librarians-push-back-against-proposed-bill-ban-certain-books-schools-gender-queer-windham-raymond