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Congress Won't Let The Navy Purchase Biofuel For The Great Green Fleet by maxxusflamusin politics

[–]Pandaemonium -6 points-5 points ago

You don't understand, all of those things will still happen if we make ethanol. Making more corn-based ethanol increases our demand for foreign oil, it doesn't decrease it.

Congress Won't Let The Navy Purchase Biofuel For The Great Green Fleet by maxxusflamusin politics

[–]Pandaemonium -7 points-6 points ago

Biofuels do less than nothing to make us energy independent. For every one joule we get from corn-based ethanol, it actually takes more than one joule of gasoline to produce that ethanol, if you include fertilizers, transportation, and processing. There is literally no advantage to it.

PolitiFact backs author's claim, "Obama has indeed presided over the slowest growth in spending of any president" by Anomaly100in politics

[–]Pandaemonium 3 points4 points ago

does nothing to protect them.

Yeah, that guy who passed universal health care - why isn't he doing anything to protect us???

double headshot! by Wabbajackerin funny

[–]Pandaemonium 1 point2 points ago

That's what they call "gun shy". Keep hitting them until they decide sacrificing the body just isn't worth it anymore.

My friends decided to warm up their new outdoor pool. by S_Eltronin WTF

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

Even more work and higher efficiency: Build the fire in a stove (add an afterburner for extra fun,) and pump the exhaust through copper tubes that run through the pool.

The colder the exhaust is, the more joules are going towards heating.

Some Amish men are in court for refusing to install smoke detectors in their homes: "I use this," he said pointing at his nose, "or him," and his finger pointed upwards. "I don't need a devil on the wall to tell me if my house is burning." by mepperin politics

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

Not at all - the reason smoke detectors are mandatory is because if your house lights on fire, it can very often spread to your neighbors' homes, causing death, including of those outside your family.

The difference with the murder example is mainly whether those deaths are caused by negligence or by malice.

Tennessee Man loses $22,000 to cops. No charges filed, no arrest made. "If somebody told me this happened to them, I absolutely would not believe this could happen in America." That was the reaction of a New Jersey man who found out just how risky it can be to carry cash through Tennessee. by Mind_Virusin politics

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

How does this not fall under "unreasonable search and seizure"????

Some Amish men are in court for refusing to install smoke detectors in their homes: "I use this," he said pointing at his nose, "or him," and his finger pointed upwards. "I don't need a devil on the wall to tell me if my house is burning." by mepperin politics

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

My example holds: if it's an exercise of your religion to murder adulteresses, should that surely be protected?

The way the Supreme Court has interpreted it is something like "Free Exercise Clause requires accommodation of religious conduct except where a state could show a compelling interest and no less burdensome means to achieve that end."

In this case, the "compelling interest" is to stop deaths by burning, and there seems to be no reliable means towards that that's less burdensome than a smoke detector.

Some Amish men are in court for refusing to install smoke detectors in their homes: "I use this," he said pointing at his nose, "or him," and his finger pointed upwards. "I don't need a devil on the wall to tell me if my house is burning." by mepperin politics

[–]Pandaemonium -1 points0 points ago

I agree with you, but this still doesn't have anything to do with the constitutional right to freedom of religion.

I present to you, my badass 91 year old grandpa mowing his ditch banks with his mower handle extender by Alien_Originin pics

[–]Pandaemonium 9 points10 points ago

When a man is that badass, treating him as less is an insult.

The President's Office aboard Air Force One. by cantaloupesin pics

[–]Pandaemonium 21 points22 points ago

Nothing needs less Dennis Kucinich!

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Yale student defies odds after accident, graduates (wtnh.com)

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Some Amish men are in court for refusing to install smoke detectors in their homes: "I use this," he said pointing at his nose, "or him," and his finger pointed upwards. "I don't need a devil on the wall to tell me if my house is burning." by mepperin politics

[–]Pandaemonium -1 points0 points ago

Well, similarly, not a right.

Some Amish men are in court for refusing to install smoke detectors in their homes: "I use this," he said pointing at his nose, "or him," and his finger pointed upwards. "I don't need a devil on the wall to tell me if my house is burning." by mepperin politics

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

But that has to be done legislatively, not judicially. It's not a right. They still must obey the law.

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An Open Letter To All The Men Who’ve Politely Informed Me I’m Not Wearing A Bra (thoughtcatalog.com)

submitted ago by Pandaemonium to misc

Did you hear about the plastic surgeon who hung himself? by Pandaemoniumin humor

[–]Pandaemonium[S] -1 points0 points ago

Think about an operation a plastic surgeon might perform, and the various meanings of the word "hung".

Did you hear about the plastic surgeon who hung himself? by Pandaemoniumin humor

[–]Pandaemonium[S] 0 points1 point ago

I already told the whole joke.

Cloak of invisibility: Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector by OldOhioPlayerin science

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

Calling this "invisible" seems like a stretch - the material is absorbing light and will appear darker than its surroundings, although it may be transparent and non-reflective.

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Did you hear about the plastic surgeon who hung himself? (self.humor)

submitted ago by Pandaemonium to humor

Visiting Connecticut for a conference at Yale, curious what sort of things I should knock out while I'm there? by StopThinkActin Connecticut

[–]Pandaemonium 2 points3 points ago

The other great place for live music is a bar called Stella Blues. Doesn't have the big acts like Toad's, but has great live local music and often without a cover charge.

Visiting Connecticut for a conference at Yale, curious what sort of things I should knock out while I'm there? by StopThinkActin Connecticut

[–]Pandaemonium 7 points8 points ago

No, Modern!

Some Amish men are in court for refusing to install smoke detectors in their homes: "I use this," he said pointing at his nose, "or him," and his finger pointed upwards. "I don't need a devil on the wall to tell me if my house is burning." by mepperin politics

[–]Pandaemonium 1 point2 points ago

Freedom of religion means the government can't make laws targeting a certain religion, but it certainly does not mean that you can claim religious exemption from obeying the law.

As an extreme example, the Bible mandates that fornicators and adulteresses be stoned to death. If you murder a woman because she had sex, you can't say "You can't arrest me because I was only following my religion."

As for smoke detectors, you could actually envision a scenario in which houses are built next to each other, and refusing to install a smoke detector actually does put your neighbors at mortal risk. In this case, if the neighbors want you to install a smoke detector, there's nothing wrong with the government forcing you to. However if your neighbors share your religious convictions and are willing to accept the risk of their house burning down, then it's a lose-lose for the government to push the issue.

Visiting Connecticut for a conference at Yale, curious what sort of things I should knock out while I'm there? by StopThinkActin Connecticut

[–]Pandaemonium 1 point2 points ago

Miya's is my top choice for a must-do. It will change how you think of sushi forever. (best deal is their late-night special on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:30 pm until closing, which is 5 different rolls (chef's choice) for $5, and 40% off pitchers.)

Latest adventure from the Republican that replaced Grayson: get rid of part of the Census "for Liberty" by unquietwikiin progressive

[–]Pandaemonium 10 points11 points ago

"especially since in the end this is not a scientific survey. It’s a random survey."

cringe

It makes me so, so sad that someone this phenomenally ignorant is the replacement of Alan Grayson.

Dramatic loss of 50% to 90% of the bee populations in Europe and North America has now been proven to be the result of poisoning from two known pesticides manufactured by Bayer. by ImJulianAssangein politics

[–]Pandaemonium 0 points1 point ago

More like the fallacy fallacy.

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