It’s seems that way from the inside, too.

Previously, Manchin and Sinema opposed ending the filibuster. Manchin opposed codifying Roe v Wade.

Benny and the jets!

If it’s even 3.7%, that takes care of everyone.

Yeah, you’d need a whole-ass Power Glove for something like that.

Is Oregon going forward with an RCV referendum? Or are we talking about the STAR voting initiative voted on recently?

From the article

University of Illinois professor Nicholas Grossman wrote:
Biden’s age isn’t among voters’ top issues in polls, but the NY Times made it a recurring top story anyway. Voters sure didn’t say they care about the president of Harvard, but the Times made that the number one story for days. When NYT editors care, they don’t defer to polls.

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
“THE CLOSET INCIDENT”
INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

PICARD (turning to Geordi) Mr. La Forge, we need more power to the shields.

GEORDI On it, Captain.

Geordi hurries to a small, inconspicuous closet at the side of the bridge. He opens the door and steps inside. The closet is cramped, filled with various cleaning supplies and equipment.

INT. CLOSET

GEORDI (whispering to himself) Alright, let’s see what we’ve got.

The lights in the closet flicker, and a low hum of machinery can be heard.

INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

The crew on the bridge looks puzzled

WORF (raising an eyebrow) Did he… Go into the closet?

PICARD (trying to maintain composure) Starfleet decided the production was too expensive.

Riker stifles a chuckle. Suddenly, the console beeps and the shields increase power.

PICARD (exhales with relief)

Geordi emerges from the closet

GEORDI (tapping his combadge) La Forge to bridge, power levels are stable.

PICARD Nods awkwardly.

PICARD Excellent work, Mr. La Forge.

The crew exchanges amused glances.

FADE OUT.

“Anybody but X!”

picks y

“Anybody but Y!”

The first Qur’an was written within two years of Muhammads death. The Qur’an was standardized under caliph Uthman several years later, and all other copies were ordered to be burned or buried, or however one would respectfully retire a holy book. The closest English word for Qur’an is generally regarded to be ‘recitations’, as it was not originally meant to be a text. So, to maintain the integrity of the Suras (chapters, sort of), each one was required to be verified by multiple independent witnesses. Written Arabic was even elaborated to include information about how it was to be read (literally read aloud, not interpreted).

The relative speed with which this all occurred meant that some of these sources were indeed very close to Muhammad during his life. His wife A’i’sha, for example. Still, you can raise doubts by pointing out that the Suras may not have survived oral transmission fully in-tact, or that changes may have occurred over the 20+ year gap between Muhammads death and it’s final transcription, and indeed many scholars do. I believe there is some degree of variation in manuscripts and sources.

But the general view among believers is that the Qur’an is the literal, unadulterated word of God, and we know that great care was taken to preserve it.

Not an expert, just took an Intro to the Qur’an course.

That sounds a little bit frightening.

I knew at least one kid in high school who was told that weed was as bad as heroin. Then he saw his friends doing weed and everything seemed fine. So then he did weed and everything seemed fine. Then he started asking about heroin.

Bumblecat is welcome in my garden anytime.

Construct more pylons

WHO-OA BLACK BETTY!

It’s Lemmy. It’s always like this.

Everyone in that room knew but OP’s dad.

Personally? It’s like making fun of your little brother, whom you love, but are secretly afraid might be better than you.

On to Zip drives, then?

Ew, Canada. Gross.