refugee from lemmy.sdf.org
Cf. Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez:
Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping account of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, showing how American evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism, or in the words of one modern chaplain, with “a spiritual badass.”
I mean, potato cannons already existed. Get those artillery tables out and fire up the compressor.
The state Libertarian Party, chaired by Jeremy Kauffman, lost its national affiliation in May, for violating the party’s rules and ideals.
Good. Sounds like Kauffman and crew have lost their minds (and lost their sight of the non-aggression principle).
the Republican “I swear we’re not secretly gay” convention.
I don’t think Trump has ever thought about consent in any context.
I had to look it up. The wikipedia article on it is worth the read.
what country do you live in?
United States. This occurred in Rains County, TX.
if it was a cheap solution everyone would just install batteries but guess what?
I’d say it can be a cheap solution (see below) but folks don’t want to decrease their power use to do it. Tiny Home dwellers and vanfolk can live offgrid indefinitely because they plan their use and electrical systems mindfully.
I lived off-grid for over 6 years with a power setup that cost about $1,350. And even then I was using a premium solar charge controller and semi-premium battery bank. If I were building out the same capacity today it’d cost about $850.
I personally haven’t ever heard of someone being “forced” to connect to the grid but if so that’s a sad thing.
I used to live in a tiny rural town, pop. ~700. Town council passed an ordinance that everyone had to be connected to the grid. This happened about a month after the mayor (and town plumber) stood on my porch and talked about how gummint should stay out of people’s business.
He’s like someone’s obnoxious 5-year-old in a movie theater that can’t STFU
I’d say any “bollard” you can drive over isn’t a bollard.
is that all-caps moron still jabbering?