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Have you heard of purchasing alms, or who Jesus chased out of the church with a whip?

Ask them what? To pay 1% of nothing?

Thank you for uploading this. Carbon County is one of those counties in northeast PA that hides in plain sight. It's the lower Poconos. Some (very) rich people know that if you want the real Poconos these days, you either go far northwest or far southeast. tnonline.com is its only news outlet, and it's excellent. which is sad, because much more that is newsworthy happens in this county than one might suspect. tnonline.com never gets the credit or funding it deserves. Those American Recovery funds should go to it.

A much larger county's media confided in me they rely on pure chance to cover what happens in the courthouse in Jim Thorpe. This credentialed reporter confided County leaders know that trips by media from out of the area are arduous, time-consuming, and--in Jim Thorpe.

I made this comment however for another reason. A friend is experiencing a very similar problem regarding the federal government overlooking enforced religion. (FWIW, I'm a practicing Christian.) Religious icons of a very distinct religion are allowed to be hung on the walls and placed virtually all over a government--HUD--subsidized building, and management has been made aware of it. The building is funded by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, which apparently is a-okay with the silent preaching.

The religious icons are only getting more numerous. (Hint: the believers aren't Jews or Muslims.)

I'd go to Church in basic training for candy.

Big sad :-( I don’t have to forgive any you are ridiculous. If your don’t like religious associated social services then don’t use them. No one cares.

Yes, I agree. He would probably not forgive someone like you.

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How so

When Reagan was prez, Dianne Feinstein did the same. She brought to that shelter a yuge ton of $$$. Wasnt happy and complained. She defended it.

Christ you folks are argumentive. SE, Ops, and technical PMs are all paid easily double if not triple the cost than a warm body standing at a desk. Per my other comment, a site like this can easily be a few million a year to build and maintain.

This take is really shockingly ignorant

“Demanding they go to a service of a specific religion is bullshit and abusive” - you can disagree with the approach but words matter, equating a relig. service requirement to abuse is absurd. The majority of people would not agree with that characterization.

“People who aren’t christians are SOL” - No, they will still be offered services discrimination free but are still subject to this private organizations mass requirement if they want to participate. If they are Muslim or another religion they can find Muslim orgs or mosques to render them aid, I imagine many do. If you give aid you are allowed to attach conditions to it.

Would this include Punxsutawney?

Thank you so much, this is exactly the explanation I was looking for. Just to satisfy my own curiosity, is there a link or article that mentions rates going up? I googled before posting this and found nothing.

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Look in a mirror.

You are a bigot

Oh the irony.

Ain't no love like Christian love.

Yep there were down here as well, seems to be ok for now...

Groupthink is strong here. You're absolutely correct! Even the manufacturers publicly mentioned early on that the vaccines weren't tested for whether they were sterilizing (preventing spread) and that their main purpose was reducing severity of symptoms.

So, it's no surprise many still caught it. Some debate whether the vaccines reduced symptoms, but that's another discussion. For those in high-risk groups (ie. over the age of 60-70), the general medical consensus is it's worthwhile getting the shots regardless.

The bigger question is whether young people, especially males, should get the shots. Many differing positions on that with some health agencies taking a more nuanced approach. One can search the web for more details.

Again, as you observe, none of the vaccines were intended to stop spread. Many news sources and politicians, including the CDC (lost a lot of credibility), oversold what the vaccines were tested and intended for. Reducing severity of symptoms. That's it.

P.S. You could just mail payment in. Presumably, they'd honor the $30.50 rate. Very bizarre situation.

Rates went up January-9th and appears to be retroactive. If you had paid before then, it would be $30.50 as expected. One would think the rate quoted would be what's due, but PA is desperate for revenue. Very shady!

Chalk it up as a learning experience to pay government related bills promptly. Not something I'd given much thought too either. My DL expires in December of next year and is something I will be keeping an eye on. May be worth upgrading to Real ID this year, which may extend another 2-4 years or just renewing early (think one can do so up to around 6 months ahead).

But PenCor has a monopoly on internet access and owns the only newspaper and cable company in the area. Apparently they are fine with capitalism as long as they don't have to deal with that pesky, pesky competition part of it.

I'm tired of seeing people hide behind religion or, more particularly, religious persecution when there are so many other, obvious reasons for why people and/or programs aren't bending over backwards to award things to them.

They have to pay for buildings and actual people in meat space. What’s your point?

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