THE MORNING RANT: Slippery Slopes – The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Will Not Prohibit Polyamory Among Its Clergy

When I left the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) a quarter-century ago, it was not specifically due to the assertively left-wing politics of the church. Rather, it was the realization that its clergy and leadership were not believers in the core tenets of the faith, and had substituted biblical teaching with political preaching. There was no longer a focus on Jesus’ divinity and resurrection, in large part because much (most?) of the clergy did not believe in it. The mission of the church had become left-wing politics, not heavenly salvation.

But because the Presbyterian Church of the 20th century (before its full political capture) was where I learned The Word as a child, and where I observed Christian role models showing me how to lead a life of Christian witness, I still monitor its heretical antics in the 21st century. I’m heartbroken by the actions of those wearing its vestments while desecrating its legacy, but I’m also fascinated as to the lengths they will go in mocking traditional Christian values while still calling themselves Christians. By the way, this is the church of U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D – TX).

Although there were battles in the PCUSA about “gays in the pulpit” that went on for decades, it was only in 2011 that the church finally abandoned its previous doctrine regarding fidelity in a heterosexual marriage (or chastity if single) for clergy. Homosexuals were now welcome in the pulpit, and by 2014 the church was fully on board with gay marriage.

But what about fidelity in marriage?

The denomination’s biennial “General Assembly” conference is occurring this month, and there is a proposal to be voted on that would require clergy of any sexual orientation to only engage in monogamous sexual relationships. The proposal is not being well received, and will almost certainly not be passed.

“As Polyamory Gains Visibility, Monogamy Faces a Vote in the Presbyterian Church (USA)” [Religion News Service – 6/04/2026]

The overture has generated strong reactions online but has not yet earned broad support from PCUSA groups. A separate proposal asks for theological studies on gender and sexuality, life-giving relationships and the Christian vocation of family that would support the denomination’s commitment to inclusion of different familial realities. Together these overtures show that as polyamory gains visibility in broader culture; it may have policy implications, especially in theologically progressive denominations.

Polyamory is now a part of the inclusive tolerance of those wearing the skinsuit of the (formerly-respectable) Presbyterian Church (USA). Polygamous marriage will almost certainly become a church sacrament in the near future.

“Seminarian” James Talarico attended the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which is more of a woke indoctrination camp than it is a place to learn about the Christian faith. As crazy as Talarico’s six genders and non-binary God may sound, that is what is being taught at this “Christian” seminary: “James Talarico Trained at Seminary that Teaches Social Justice Activism” [Washington Examiner – 3/13/2026]

Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother. If he can cut those apron strings, find some mates, and get elected to the U.S. Senate, he can perhaps become the first member of Congress with six spouses – one for each of the genders he learned about at his polyamorous-friendly seminary.

To be fair, the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary doesn’t explicitly state that there are just six genders, it leaves open the possibility that there are actually many more “gender expressions.”

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Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot; It would be a statistical anomaly not to have numerous record temperatures recorded each year” discusses how it is a statistical certainty that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year. It’s also statistically inevitable that there will be, on average, hundreds of all-time hottest temperatures ever recorded across the planet, each and every year.

In the United States, temperature records date back about 100 to 140 years, depending on location. It would be fair to say that approximately 120 years is the typical historical database for a location’s temperature data. For each station, there is a record-high temperature for each day of the year, and also a record-low temperature for each day of the year. With 365 record-high temperatures for each station, spread over 120 years, that means that each station should record about three record-high temperatures each year, with a normal distribution. If there are fewer than three record highs being recorded in a given year, that would actually be below average.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My latest piece at The American Spectator: "Breaking News: Summer Is Hot; It Would Be a Statistical Anomaly Not to Have Numerous Record Temperatures Recorded Each Year"https://t.co/IZesYyFv6R
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) June 19, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Moist Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (mYCqF)

2 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (mYCqF)

3 The Phillistines say its lunch time

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:02 AM (sgkY8)

4 Look. It's the New Age. At least half those 10 Commandments need to be retired.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

5 I see too many Christian churces flying the Marxist Flag in se Pa
Not surprised they have lost their morals

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:03 AM (sgkY8)

6 I left organized religion decades ago. I consider myself just a Christian and is the most important thing in my life.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 11:03 AM (GseMx)

7 When I left the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) a quarter-century ago, it was not specifically due to the assertively left-wing politics of the church.

Try 56 years ago and yes, it specifically was.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (mYCqF)

8 So you can have multiple dead male hookers in your bed.

Sexy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

9 Anything goes, man. Anything goes.

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (sOtuf)

10 "...he can perhaps become the first member of Congress with six spouses ."

That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

12 Blasphemy.

It's what's for dinner!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

13 That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

Isn't a spouse a husband or wife?

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (GseMx)

14 "Look. It's the New Age."

"New Age" is old paganism and heresies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (qFwJc)

15 We need John Calvin to come back and smack quite a few folks in the PCUSA upside the head.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

16 that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year

In Oregon, the enviros like to announce in hot summers: "This will be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives".

They don't mention this claim in cooler summers.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (aD4fx)

17 Having been brought up in the Presbyterian church, I'm saddened that this once principled institution had succumbed to the Leftist drift that is inflicting every part of American life.
Again, the Left has taken over an institution, hollowed it out, perverted it's purpose, adorned itself in it's skin as a suit and demands that we all genuflect at it's new incarnation as if it's unchanged.
They have captured the media, entertainment, foundations, academia, NGO's, the medical fields and the non-profit universe.
And they are making deep inroads into sports as well.
Hopefully, we can regain control of some of these institutions, or at least create non-Leftist alternatives.
But it's going to be a war, one we must be willing to fight.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (MNCvZ)

18
That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

Not according to "This is Poly!" on the WE Channel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (2YhKe)

19 I feel for you, Buck. With 70% of the Catholic Bishops being same-sex attracted, we are all going through a Babylonian Captivity, of sorts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)

20 Oh. So, not first, huh … ? Damn.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (ayRl+)

21 The DOJ is fighting conservative states over abortion drugs, because sure why not, that checks:

x.com/sbaprolife/status/
2067733158179614859

Ds love sue and settle. Do it all the time. But when the loser Rs are in charge? Sorry mate I'm afraid not.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (3uBP9)

22 back when I still cared, I was on okCupid. The "poly" recruiters were everywhere - all were women, or claimed to be. Some were probably dudes looking to build a gay cuddle puddle. But yes female perverts exist too, or just preening wannabe queen bees looking to show off how many men wanted to fuck them.
Anyway, seems like 19 June is a good day to talk about the relics of barbarism the Republican Party was founded to stamp out. (And now fails to do)

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (gKWVE)

23 Oh, won't you give me six sexes,
Gimme six sexes a-mister,
Gimme six sexes maybe more?
Gimme six sexes
Gimme six sexes a-mister,
And you'll see a-me ever more
For sure.

- James Talarico

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

24 "Again, the Left has taken over an institution, hollowed it out, perverted it's purpose, adorned itself in it's skin as a suit and demands that we all genuflect at it's new incarnation as if it's unchanged."

Consider Israel. Started by Commies. Yet we're all supposed to think that they are the "chosen people?"

Please don't misunderstand me. They absolutely have a right to the land the Lord promised them. But they ain't saints.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (qFwJc)

25 James Talarico is a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

26 Whig and others on Linux,

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- ZDNet

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (dK+Kv)

27
Please don't misunderstand me. They absolutely have a right to the land the Lord promised them. But they ain't saints.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (qFwJc)

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!

Posted by: Ben Shapiro at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (2YhKe)

28 I'm a pollyannaist!

Posted by: banana Dream - super optimistic at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (3uBP9)

29 Poly wanna throuple?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)

30 Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)

I'm not sure I have a dog in this fight anymore, but for what it is worth, I hear that younger Catholic priests are actually in it for the vocation, not because they are homos hiding out (or worse).
The older ones remain a problem, and yes they've borrowed into the higher bishoprics.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

31 PCUSA is a joo-hating church.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (zT39e)

32 Most of the drive for polyamory is to make things easier for Muslims, so a Christian church embracing it is interesting.

Is this for non-Muslim African immigrants?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

33 All the mainline churches are heretics.

It's very sad, as they are leading people straight to hell.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 19, 2026 11:14 AM (XHO5P)

34 Churches became businesses instead of places of worship.

Money. It's a crime.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:14 AM (2YhKe)

35 I'm in a weird spot, I guess. I've been attending a Global Methodist denomination for about two and a half years now. Before that I'd seriously considered a church in the Anglican Church in North America - a theologically conservative offshoot of the main Anglican church (though it has its issues...not to the mother Anglican church's extent at least). And I'd walked from the Roman Catholic Church, intentionally or not, decades previously.

Been having my doubts on faith, but that may just be the rough road I've been walking the past few years. At least the congregation I'm with is great and the pastors aren't talking empty blather.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:14 AM (OUMaO)

36 I’ve seen several articles about how “climate change” is affecting the World Cup. Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

37 Buck bringing the heat with the Gaussian PDF! I thought maths wasn’t allowed heh!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (yz/88)

38 >>> Whig and others on Linux,

Due to expiration of some older UEFI certificates, be sure that your firmware is updated before June 24. 2026.

https://tinyurl.com/3sj3pshb

- ZDNet
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (dK+Kv)

This applies to windows too and as as far as I can tell it is impossible for me to update. My pc vendor MSI will not release a firmware update, they say MS has to do something. And MS will not refresh keys, do anything at all without a firmware update. So I am screwed.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (3uBP9)

39 It is funny though if you see these poly groups if it is

One man he is rich and has status and the women look mostly normal

But if it is one woman its a landwhale with the saddest sack of men you could imagine

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (sKqQm)

40 Polyamory, This two for one. ... Two ladies....Two ladies.
Und he's the only man. Ja!, He likes it. , We like it.
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Sounds like a rocking church.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (pMmVV)

41 In the book Koba the Dread, a history of the Stalinist era, itgoes through some of the KGB infiltration of the Catholic church.

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (sgkY8)

42 not because they are old greek homos

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (Kt19C)

43 So there are 6,7 genders?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (VGFZk)

44 So, a young priest is assigned to a parish and the first thing the Pastor says is "Will you hear my confession?"

The young priest agrees. The Pastor confesses that he is gay. The young priest is now trapped. The seal of the Confessional. He cannot now rat out his superior to anyone.

Young priests need to be taught to NEVER hear the confession of their superior.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (qFwJc)

45 I’ve seen several articles about how “climate change” is affecting the World Cup. Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

They're taking mandatory 'hydration breaks' each half at the outdoor stadiums, which I've never seen before.

And of course, they don't stop the clock.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)

46 James Talarico is a fag and his shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

This x a million

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (yz/88)

47 Episcopalians are in the same woke category right?

I never asked my father about it but he had them put Episcopal on his dog tags while the rest of his family was Catholic . He had a break somewhere. Anyway both my parents were believers but didn't attend church ( mother Lutheran) but had no problem with me going to Sunday school with friends and let me make my own path. I was baptized in a Southern Baptist church.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 11:17 AM (GseMx)

48 “They're taking mandatory 'hydration breaks' each half at the outdoor stadiums, which I've never seen before.”

That’s just a clever way to run 2 minutes extra ads during a broadcast.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:17 AM (VGFZk)

49 The main three denominations of the Presbyterian church have lost over half their membership over the last 25 years. The biggest one is Talarico's PCUSA who has lost 60% of their followers while the two more conservative ones have gained a bit.

PCUSA no longer stands for anything other than organized wokeism - they certainly are no longer a Christian sect, and their membership decline shows this. Talarico's very public membership will accelerate this shrinking. It is quite possible that in 10-15 years the PCUSA will essentially no longer exist.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:18 AM (GZYu7)

50 It is quite possible that in 10-15 years the PCUSA will essentially no longer exist.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:18 AM (GZYu7)

And Christianity will be better off because of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

51 26 Whig and others on Linux,

Due to expiration of some older UEFI certificates, be sure that your firmware is updated before June 24. 2026.

https://tinyurl.com/3sj3pshb

- ZDNet
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Yep. I always have a problem with that. PITA if you are using Grub as a bootloader. FWIW, you have to disable Secure Boot in bios in order to install the new certificates or do some terminal mumbo jumbo editing.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

52 I should also note that the "woke" denominations are among the few churches still sponsoring Scouting units in 2026. Draw conclusions accordingly.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (OUMaO)

53 Pretty sure the PCUSA is the on the Clintoons belong to, so this is mildly surprising to me.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 11:20 AM (R+iUD)

54 “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot "

I think Buck just might be on to something!
~Roasting in AZ

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 11:20 AM (B0dAE)

55 ***how it is a statistical certainty that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year
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Not to mention incorrectly place temperature stations and more egregiously, recorded temperatures and historical temperatures "adjusted" to their computer model.
In other words, tampering with data, it's lies not science.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:20 AM (pMmVV)

56 Sadly my story parallels yours, Buck, although I'm a Lutheran. My church is just as lost as yours is. I've been experiencing a renewal of faith over the last several years but I doubt that it will lead to a return to a physical church. There's just nowhere for me to go.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (TrISa)

57 PCUSA sounds like one of those 90s mail order magazines for computer hardware that was about 2" thick. I loved looking through them though.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:22 AM (3uBP9)

58 If you have about 100 years of weather records you'd expect about 3 or 4 daily temperature to be "highest ever" every year.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

59 What I learned yesterday:

"where higher-priced courtesans preened in bay windows on the piazza and men paid to be flogged by women known as 'posture molls.'"

Describing London in 1773. I guess the Limeys were pervs even in 1773.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:22 AM (ndZc7)

60 I was a member of the PCUSA for a while, I finally walked away in disgust when they not only meekly submitted to the Covid farce (shutting down for almost a year) but also learning that only a handful of members saw anything wrong with that.

As the saying goes, I shook the dust off my feet and never looked back-

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 11:23 AM (nuNhM)

61
Young priests need to be taught to NEVER hear the confession of their superior.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (qFwJc)

_____________

The Pope has no human superior, but someone hears his confession.

Young priest should keep his head. Does his superior just have homosexual inclinations or has he engaged in homosexual acts? If the latter, how many times? Is he sorry to have done them? Will he amend his life and seek to sin no more? If not, he is perfectly free to withhold absolution.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:23 AM (O0L8i)

62 52 I should also note that the "woke" denominations are among the few churches still sponsoring Scouting units in 2026. Draw conclusions accordingly.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum
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‘give me a boy until he is ten, and I’ll give you the man’.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:26 AM (pMmVV)

63 I feel for you, Buck. With 70% of the Catholic Bishops being same-sex attracted, we are all going through a Babylonian Captivity, of sorts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)
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AS was noted elsewhere, there is a huge shift in the Catholic Church, the old gay priests are dying off, and we are seeing a huge number of new entrants who really want to be catholic. There is still the exodus of those who haven't really been following the church teachings much at all, let alone actually regularly attending mass. So the numbers remain flat, or perhaps even a bit down, but the number now more accurately reflects the number of practicing catholics. We still have our institutional issues, and a pope too caught up in politics, but we mostly ignore that and try to do our best, often with failure in the mix, to follow Christ and God's commands.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:26 AM (GZYu7)

64 PCUSA...CPUSA...PCPUSA?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (OUMaO)

65 Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

I was in traffic yesterday and started pondering molecular weight of gasses. O2 should mostly be 32. N2, 28. CO would be 26 so mostly should rise, which is nice for us, because it is poison.
CH4 is 16+ so, yeah, that rises too.
But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

66 Matthew 18:20.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (afJtY)

67 The Pope has no human superior, but someone hears his confession.

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"I comforted the indefensible and attacked the righteous again this week."
- Pope Bob

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (ndZc7)

68 That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

That's "polyandry". I think "polyamory" is the umbrella term.

And "polywannacracker" is a greeting to a parrot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (1z8ji)

69 Sadly my story parallels yours, Buck, although I'm a Lutheran. My church is just as lost as yours is. I've been experiencing a renewal of faith over the last several years but I doubt that it will lead to a return to a physical church. There's just nowhere for me to go.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (TrISa)
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I know the Missouri Synod is pretty much bible based, of course I am sure from location to location it differs.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (GZYu7)

70 I’m a preachers kid and because my dad is amazing in many ways I’ve had a hard time my whole adult life finding a church with which I’m satisfied…. But I’ve always been able to find a solid church no matter where we’ve lived… they’re out there but it takes some hunting sometimes….

My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/88)

71 Matthew 18:20.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (afJtY)

That.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (2YhKe)

72 >>>Rather, it was the realization that its clergy and leadership were not believers in the core tenets of the faith, and had substituted biblical teaching with political preaching.

>Meh. It's just an excuse to sleep around with the hotties in the congregation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (9SpJJ)

73 They don't know how to count the immense numbers of people who have flocked to independent evangelical churches because they have no unifying corporate face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (pMmVV)

74 I was in traffic yesterday and started pondering molecular weight of gasses. O2 should mostly be 32. N2, 28. CO would be 26 so mostly should rise, which is nice for us, because it is poison.
CH4 is 16+ so, yeah, that rises too.
But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

Walter White, is that you?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (yz/88)

75
Also, a priest hearing Confession is acting alter Christus, so his earthly spot in the hierarchy is irrelevant.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:31 AM (O0L8i)

76 Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Thanks for the PSA Flounder btw.

I finally updated my primary system yesterday and had to go back and change the boot order in bios as the updated firmware flipped it to boot windows only as it usually does.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv)

77 >Meh. It's just an excuse to sleep around with the hotties in the congregation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (9SpJJ)

SpongeBro was frequenting a Cowboy Church in a small town and sung in the choir.

He left when he found out the pastor was banging some of the married ladies in the congregation. I believe the pastor was married as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (2YhKe)

78 2/3 of the PCUSA has walked out the door over the last 20 years. Membership was once 2.3 million; now it’s below 1 million and steadily falling at about 5% per year.

You may note that an actual majority walked away; it’s a good example of how the left takes over and destroys an institution. The leadership and the seminaries were taken over first; and they started pushing leftist ideology everywhere.

Why didn’t conservative members fight back? Some tried; some large congregations voted to leave completely and went to different denominations. But those stuck in a church that had become hopelessly leftist found that such a church wasn’t worth a big fight that was a guaranteed loss; there are other churches, other believers, far better to just walk away and leave with the wreckage of what they’ve done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (nuNhM)

79 James Talarico is a fag and his shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge
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**snort**

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (EneHm)

80 She's gone full super villain!

https://tinyurl.com/4bk7cm6s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (ndZc7)

81 as polyamory gains visibility in broader culture; it may have policy implications, especially in theologically progressive denominations.

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Uhhh, G-d handed down the policy in Genesis, and Jesus affirmed it in the New Testament.

If you're a Christian or a Jew, the policy is all set. No more implications. No need for any discussions.

They didn't say "therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh... unless some Communist rumpranger in rainbow vestments holds an election of other rumprangers and they say you and your soyfaced polycule should take turn plowing your boywife's inverted cock fronthole because Democrats like that."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (BI5O2)

82 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Heh. True enough from my observances. But then again, I like the old hymns with a church organ or even piano better anyway.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

83 She's gone full super villain!

https://tinyurl.com/4bk7cm6s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (ndZc7)

And Barack is checking to see if the knife is about to enter his back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

84 People have actually been reported to their bishops by other clergy for saying that they would bless such a marriage, so it is a dangerous move to make for many clergy.

I was once asked to officiate a ceremony for one couple in a polycule and I really wanted to because I loved them dearly, but I wasn't willing to risk my career to do so, as there would be pictures on the internet and it would get out.

all of the people I know in polyamorous relationships are so incredibly intentional about communication, boundaries, respect and care.

However, I am not, at this time, willing to risk my career to do so. There are more important battles for me to risk my career for in the church. I have a few polycules in my current ministry and they know they are loved and welcome and cared for in our community, but they would not want me to risk my career for something they can have their friends do.

While I believe we need a radical rethinking of relationships and commitment in the church, we are very, very far away from having a conversation that will lead to open endorsement of polyamory in the ELCA.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 11:34 AM (ycI94)

85 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/8

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Party on Wayne!

Actually, our church has multiple music genres focused on specific masses. And regardless of the style of music the songs must be sound theologically or our music director won't use them. Some masses have 70's catholic folk music (terrible in almost all respects), choir based traditional hymms, chant, or contemporary christian "pop" played by a praise band. Pick your poison.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:34 AM (GZYu7)

86 I coveted my neighbor's wife in the kitchen, in the living room, in the laundry room, on the patio.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (9SpJJ)

87
Defense of Marriage Act - The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. It banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage by limiting the definition of marriage to the union of one man and one woman, and it further allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.

👉Section 3 codified non-recognition of same-sex marriages for all federal purposes, including insurance benefits for government employees, social security survivors' benefits, immigration, bankruptcy, and the filing of joint tax returns. It also excluded same-sex spouses from the scope of laws protecting families of federal officers, laws evaluating financial aid eligibility, and federal ethics laws applicable to opposite-sex spouses.[1]: 23–24

Then that changed: June 26, 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges 👍

So, yes, let's be idiots & recognize polygamous marriage & other formerly unconventional relationships & that will go well towards breaking U.S. social & financial laws/systems listed ☝🏻 and more.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)

88 I coveted my neighbor's wife in the kitchen, in the living room, in the laundry room, on the patio.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (9SpJJ)

C'mon all you sinners. SWING!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (2YhKe)

89
The MSM is now in full and frantic denial. Those WC visitors can't possibly be enjoying America and Americans!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (O0L8i)

90 Why didn’t conservative members fight back? Some tried; some large congregations voted to leave completely and went to different denominations. But those stuck in a church that had become hopelessly leftist found that such a church wasn’t worth a big fight that was a guaranteed loss; there are other churches, other believers, far better to just walk away and leave with the wreckage of what they’ve done.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Hierarchical churches usually vest ownership of the properties of individual churches with the parent body. So often it means walking away from the church built locally with the blood, sweat, and tears of the founders because some perverts in the hierarchy want to suck every last dollar from the real estate when the church inevitably folds.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

91 68 That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

That's "polyandry". I think "polyamory" is the umbrella term.

And "polywannacracker" is a greeting to a parrot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Jimmy crack corn.

Break it down - poly = many or more than one. amory, relating to amorous. Many loves.
I'll take the ladies, others can make their own decision.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:36 AM (pMmVV)

92 "Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother."

Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

93 Compare and contrast.

https://tinyurl.com/yhw35y66

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

94 The MSM is now in full and frantic denial. Those WC visitors can't possibly be enjoying America and Americans!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (O0L8i)

I think this is an incredibly unexpected byproduct of the US hosting the World Cup.

The world is seeing what America REALLY is and what she has to offer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (2YhKe)

95 >Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother

This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.

Posted by: mr tmz at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (rJ48h)

96 Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

But it's not your ONLY banking option, now is it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

97
This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.
Posted by: mr tmz at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (rJ48h)

He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

98 This applies to windows too and as as far as I can tell it is impossible for me to update. My pc vendor MSI will not release a firmware update, they say MS has to do something. And MS will not refresh keys, do anything at all without a firmware update. So I am screwed.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (3uBP9)

Yikes. Sorry for that.

The link alludes to the notion that Windows would have already updated certificates post-2023, which is what is suggested here. If, in fact, MSFT/MSI is EOLing these Windows PCs through this blame-shifting maneuver, I'd be pissed, especially in this HW sellers' market.

My MB is Gigabyte, my BIOS version was from 2019, but Gigabyte had a 2025 version, which I have updated to run. From the article, you merely need to update post-2023 to avoid the potential problems.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (dK+Kv)

99 In Oregon, the enviros like to announce in hot summers: "This will be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives".

They don't mention this claim in cooler summers.

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They also like to scare you with "near record highs". Near records highs are also called NOT record highs. Also, if you know how math, graphs and statistics work, if the hottest year in recorded history was back in the 1930's during the "Dust Bowl", then every year since has been on a downward slope from that point. In other words, it has been getting cooler...

This is why public schools prefer not to teach our kids anything; they might make these realizations themselves and blow up the narrative that is designed to keep you in fear, and them in power.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (THY4u)

100 SpongeBro was frequenting a Cowboy Church in a small town and sung in the choir.

He left when he found out the pastor was banging some of the married ladies in the congregation. I believe the pastor was married as well.
Posted by: Sponge
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Nasty. And a big problem in some of the non-denom churches where there is no real supervision of the ceo/preacher. And often charismatic leadership types are catnip for a certain sort of woman.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

101 I guess that whole 7th commandment doesn't mean anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:40 AM (afJtY)

102 >>> 65 Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

I was in traffic yesterday and started pondering molecular weight of gasses. O2 should mostly be 32. N2, 28. CO would be 26 so mostly should rise, which is nice for us, because it is poison.
CH4 is 16+ so, yeah, that rises too.
But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

Yes, please.

Posted by: plants everywhere at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (R+iUD)

103 I guess that whole 7th commandment doesn't mean anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:40 AM (afJtY)

When you're either a hypocrite or don't believe in the existence of your soul.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

104 56 Sadly my story parallels yours, Buck, although I'm a Lutheran. My church is just as lost as yours is. I've been experiencing a renewal of faith over the last several years but I doubt that it will lead to a return to a physical church. There's just nowhere for me to go.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (TrISa)

Start your own Lutheran congregation then.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (XtJbr)

105 But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

But Freon is creating the hole in the ozone layer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

106 Seems like old times.

https://tinyurl.com/y3akemzt

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)

107 95 >Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother

This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.
Posted by: mr tmz at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (rJ48h)

Do you want to tell us about your joint checking account with mommy?

Posted by: we're here for you at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (+aL9E)

108 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/8

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Being raised in a Southern Baptist churches, both Mrs D and I fell away for awhile when we were travelling so much in the army. Spent most of the church time with the local protestant service in the chapel. Now in retirement, we have found a new church, but the band is modern and not very good. But they are enthusiastic and they have drawn a large youth group. I miss the old songs but I can adapt.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (2WIwB)

109 I always have a problem with that. PITA if you are using Grub as a bootloader. FWIW, you have to disable Secure Boot in bios in order to install the new certificates or do some terminal mumbo jumbo editing.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

My GRUB had an option to run the FW update program for Gigabyte (Qflash). It was relatively painless for me.

The article states that Windows could/would have already updated to post-2023 certificates. Since you dual-boot, I was wondering if that had happened.

Otherwise, I was able to update the firmware within Linux for my Intel B580, which was nice. For the MoBo, I had to get one from Gigabyte and use Qflash by hitting the hotkey on reboot to enter the flash utility.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (dK+Kv)

110 My MB is Gigabyte, my BIOS version was from 2019, but Gigabyte had a 2025 version, which I have updated to run. From the article, you merely need to update post-2023 to avoid the potential problems.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Yes. You can also do your own certificate if worst comes to worst but again, requires some knowledge of shims and how they work with grub bootloader. I don't think systemd or other more modern bootloaders have issues with it. And if absolutely necessary on modern systems, there is the crude UEFI bootloader.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

111 He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

In Talafreako's case, the implication is that his momma is supporting him, since he seems to have no job.

I figure Elric is helping support his mother.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji)

112 But they are enthusiastic and they have drawn a large youth group. I miss the old songs but I can adapt.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (2WIwB)

Also raised Southern Baptist. I have always preferred traditional hymns, as they are written and composed to be performed by the congregation, not musicians.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:43 AM (dK+Kv)

113 "Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother."

Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

There may also be practical reasons depending on circumstance. I was on dad's accounts for the last several years of his life, which made it possible for me to handle finances in his stead during his decline (and the period after his passing). Never used it for personal purposes (I'm sure Tallywhacker is being the paragon of responsibility...)

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:44 AM (OUMaO)

114 Thx Buck.
Not surprised that this came out during Pride Month ™ . Necrophilia and bestiality are next. That'll come out during Furry Month™

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (L9YhZ)

115 Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

But it's not your ONLY banking option, now is it......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)
______________

I only have one personal checking account. My mom has access to it. I also have a business checking account that I rarely use. I don't even remember who has signing authority on that one (beyond me, of course).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

116

As long as they get rid of Cleveland Amory!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (x0n13)

117 They don't know how to count the immense numbers of people who have flocked to independent evangelical churches because they have no unifying corporate face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (pMmVV)
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They are great at welcoming in new members, but they also have huge numbers who leave. Religious observance and feeling connected to a place enough to stay with it is not exactly a strong part of our culture right now.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (GZYu7)

118 I don't attend a church so I have no place commenting on their practices but their practices are why I don't attend a church.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:46 AM (afJtY)

119 It’s been fascinating, if frustrating, watching this turnaround. The presence of massive infidelity/promiscuity as a defining part of gay culture was once something the ruling class tried hard to pretending wasn’t there.

I recently read an Omni magazine factoid from November 1981 reporting on a mysterious “new” disease “claiming the lives of homosexual men… baffling epidemiologists at the Center for Disease Control… in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles…”

Because “most of the victims don’t know one another” “the diseases are not believed to be infectious”. They suspect something like “Inhalant anesthetics… since many gays use them”.

It is impossible that none of the researchers knew that sex between gay men who did not know each other was common; it was so common that gay writers such as Armistead Maupin pretty much made their name writing about it. But the anonymous promiscuity of gay culture was one of those things virtuous people didn’t talk about, and, if truly virtuous, completely compartmentalized.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 11:46 AM (kYmoU)

120 This is a swinging congregation!

Hey, there's Yortuk and Georg over there, swinging with some foxes with big American breasts!

Posted by: Disco Stu at the PCUSA fellowship meeting at June 19, 2026 11:46 AM (wVcYX)

121 54 “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot "

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This is just Hemispherist bigotry!

Posted by: Australia and New Zealand at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (PiwSw)

122 >>> 92 "Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother."

Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

You have a JOB.

Posted by: plants everywhere at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (R+iUD)

123 There aren't that many combinations of what junk you are born with...
male genitalia
female genitalia
a bit of both (maybe 0.5%, 1/200. True Hermaphrodites are much less, 0.018%, less than 1/5000)
nothing (exceedingly rare).

There are NOT more than two genders, there are only two. The rest is either a combination (some degree of hermaphrodicity) or lack of gender.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (l3cgK)

124 Yes. You can also do your own certificate if worst comes to worst but again, requires some knowledge of shims and how they work with grub bootloader. I don't think systemd or other more modern bootloaders have issues with it. And if absolutely necessary on modern systems, there is the crude UEFI bootloader.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

I don't know when the mb was last changed in my desktop here, but I did it at least twice. Can one simply buy a new bios chip, or are they soldered into mb's now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (1z8ji)

125 SpongeBro was frequenting a Cowboy Church in a small town and sung in the choir.

He left when he found out the pastor was banging some of the married ladies in the congregation. I believe the pastor was married as well.
Posted by: Sponge
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Nasty. And a big problem in some of the non-denom churches where there is no real supervision of the ceo/preacher. And often charismatic leadership types are catnip for a certain sort of woman.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

lol

There is one of those (Cowboy churches) around here, and I had wondered about it, especially after hearing of another friend (who had a teenage daughter) who left another insular church, which had a reputation of grooming young girls for the congregation.

So gross.

Some of the people, for whom I later learned that frequent that church (Cowboy), I had wondered about, separately and earlier.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (dK+Kv)

126 For more conservative Protestant churches try the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod or the Presbyterian church in American ( PCA) which is NOT the PCUSA or the Global Methodist Church or the Anglican Church in NA . If some of these church are not near you, most places have independent Evangelical Free Churches or your corner Bible Fellowship church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (n3VHW)

127
Break it down - poly = many or more than one. amory, relating to amorous. Many loves.

The Polyamory of Dobie Gillis

www.imdb.com/title/tt0052490

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (Cqx++)

128 The article states that Windows could/would have already updated to post-2023 certificates. Since you dual-boot, I was wondering if that had happened.

Otherwise, I was able to update the firmware within Linux for my Intel B580, which was nice. For the MoBo, I had to get one from Gigabyte and use Qflash by hitting the hotkey on reboot to enter the flash utility.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

The machine I am on dual boots to Win 8.1 because it has the last usable non pro version of Dragon Dictate (won't run on 10) so I had the problem in 2024 when updating to the current version and this time, fortunately MSI had a bios update that resolved it again yesterday. MSI has a pretty good track record nowadays.

But I am getting tired of grub's idiosyncracies and don't plan to run a Linux sampler of distros on my main driver and with the Whispr based voice recognition and software to use it on Linux, am close to dumping Windows period on this machine.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

129 Suggest leaving the Talarico's mother issue alone.

TikTox @ James Talarico
The Inspiring Story of James Talarico's Mom (as told to the View).

There are other ways to look at funding, i.e., FEC, Talarico, James - Candidate

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (NFX2v)

130 It's one thing to have a parent on YOUR account(s) and a different thing to be on your parent's account(s).

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (EneHm)

131 Been having my doubts on faith, but that may just be the rough road I've been walking the past few years. At least the congregation I'm with is great and the pastors aren't talking empty blather.
Posted by: Brother Tim
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Same here. Global Methodist. Small, but devoted congregation. Very hard to leave the UMC after a lifetime of membership.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (XeU6L)

132 My BIOS is from 2019. MSI makes the pc and makes the mobo separate. They have a new BIOS for the mobo from 2025. But they change the BIOS ID of the mobo on their pc offerings so that the newer 2025 mobo firmware cannot be applied. It will only accept the pc firmware update for the mobo that is from back in 2019. It's BS. But there's not a damn thing I can do except risk bricking my mobo by forcing a firmware flash using a secondary UEFI tool.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (3uBP9)

133
I only have one personal checking account. My mom has access to it. I also have a business checking account that I rarely use. I don't even remember who has signing authority on that one (beyond me, of course).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

Making you NOT James Talarico.

Also, it would behoove you to know who has signing authority on your accounts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

134 The rot in the Catholic church has spread to most catholic colleges too. They were big proponents of open borders.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (0nHVk)

135 Break it down - poly = many or more than one. amory, relating to amorous. Many loves.

Politics

Poli - many
Tics - blood sucking leeches

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (mYCqF)

136 How can you read the bible without concluding that God takes sexuality very seriously? Spiritual beings are condemned to death because of their deviancy.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (2ap+5)

137 It's just not hospitable.

The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
BREAKING: Bristol City Council has threatened local residents with eviction if they fly English flags while England are in the World Cup.
They say that flying the flag can causes health and safety issues.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

138 He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

In Talafreako's case, the implication is that his momma is supporting him, since he seems to have no job.

I figure Elric is helping support his mother.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji)
_______

I get the implication, but you can mooch off your parents -- or a sugar daddy or whoever -- without sharing a checking account. In fact, the way leeching is done in today's world is through digital apps (apple pay, cash app, doordash, etc).

If you want to hit this creep on the fact that he's a layabout leech, then go for it. But then say just that. The fact that he has a checking account with his mom standing alone doesn't move the needle. And I'll bet a lot of people have joint or shared accounts with parents.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

139 I know one of those Cowboy Church guys. He beat his wife on Saturday and preached on Sunday.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (afJtY)

140 If some of these church are not near you, most places have independent Evangelical Free Churches or your corner Bible Fellowship church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (n3VHW)

Last place I lived in Calgary was right around the corner from the Chinese Evangelical Free Church. Friend remarked, "Figures. If they had to pay, they wouldn't go."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

141 I don't know when the mb was last changed in my desktop here, but I did it at least twice. Can one simply buy a new bios chip, or are they soldered into mb's now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (1z8ji)

MoBo ROMs may be in a socket or may be soldered. In either case, I would think it to be exceedingly rare to purchase a new ROM chip and BIOS revision. Those are typically updated via software after downloading from MoBo manufacturers website, then following their precise instructions.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (dK+Kv)

142 Why are people picking on Polly Amory? She's a very nice lady who gives me some of her homegrown tomatoes sometimes.

What? Oh....

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (PiwSw)

143 Opened my checking account when I was 19, mom never got a peek.
No one else either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (pMmVV)

144 Dig a little and you'll find that just about every climate change evangelist is in the pay of Big Thermometer.

Posted by: I knew it! at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (hgXkL)

145 @TheBritLad
BREAKING: Bristol City Council has threatened local residents with eviction if they fly English flags while England are in the World Cup.
They say that flying the flag can causes health and safety issues.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

The people should overthrow the city council. They are Nazis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

146 I would note that at the time of the old testament the patriarchs had multiple wives, and this was not an uncommon thing in days of old. Of course, Christ put a new spin on that.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (GZYu7)

147
I have always preferred traditional hymns, as they are written and composed to be performed by the congregation, not musicians.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Old Rugged Cross has always been one of my lifetime favorites.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (QVmho)

148 Politics

Poli - many
Tics - blood sucking leeches
Posted by: rickb223

Excellent explanation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)

149 And I'll bet a lot of people have joint or shared accounts with parents.

Yeah, the fact that people are having to explain why this is an attackable issue—and not doing a good job of it—makes it a likely boomerang issue. It’s not worth it, especially against a problem-rich politician like Talarico.

Really, the best attack against Talarico is to continue airing Talarico.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (kYmoU)

150 94. The world is seeing what America REALLY is and what she has to offer.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Absolutely.

But "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?"

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (NFX2v)

151 This has not been a particularly hot summer, at least so far. In fact, it's been one of the milder ones, at least in the Northeast.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

152 What's up with you people and all your long-winded denomination names?

Posted by: African Methodist Episcopal Zionists at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (hgXkL)

153 I think every housewife in the 60's watched soap operas where someone was cheating on someone. And they sure were popular as every TV station showed one after another.
None of this is new. Really it's old. And they also read books that were even more trashy.

Posted by: Case at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (IY9No)

154 Hymns: fifth rate poems set to sixth rate music.

Posted by: So said C.S. Lewis at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (hgXkL)

155 Yeah, the fact that people are having to explain why this is an attackable issue—and not doing a good job of it—makes it a likely boomerang issue. It’s not worth it, especially against a problem-rich politician like Talarico.

Really, the best attack against Talarico is to continue airing Talarico.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (kYmoU)

This is just one of many things Talarico is being attacked on.

If this was the ONLY thing, sure, make a big deal out of it. It's not. It's one of a lot he's being bashed about.

He's a heretic freakazoid momma's boy living off her income that wants to take power and tell you how to live your life.

That, in my opinion, is a Biden "big f*cking deal."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

156 Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (QVmho

I usually try to give the background to the writer of the hymns in services . So many wonderful hymn stories.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (n3VHW)

157 Toccata and fugue in D minor feels like holy music.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)

158 The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is careful to follow the Bible and has thereby earned a reputation as politically conservative. Not all Presbyterian churches follow the PCUSA.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (ZVgZ4)

159 He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

In Talafreako's case, the implication is that his momma is supporting him, since he seems to have no job.

I figure Elric is helping support his mother.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM

His parents fronted him $200,000 to buy a house.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (0N4FZ)

160 I go to a Bible church. The pastor preaches uncomfortable truths. No sex/ living together before marriage is a big one. Yet the young adults are flocking to the church... in Austin.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (EneHm)

161 Have I mentioned lately I H8 my co-workers?

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:57 AM (sgkY8)

162 And I'll bet a lot of people have joint or shared accounts with parents.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
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The have those 'shared accounts' to take care of parents and help them avoid mistake but they have their own independent accounts.
Created a joint account when mom forgot to pay her bills. I carried the book and wrote the checks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:57 AM (pMmVV)

163 But I am getting tired of grub's idiosyncracies . . . am close to dumping Windows period on this machine.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

FWIW, I don't experience anything I would call idiosyncratic for GRUB single booting, which I suspect may arise in competition with Windows over command of the boot sector. I also don't run any legacy Windows versions except in VM on the Linux Mint host.

Being free of Windows is a breath of fresh air, and I got pulled back in when the firm went with CloudPC, it broke my Remmina remote desktop setup, and I had to break down and pay another Microsoft tax.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:58 AM (dK+Kv)

164 I go to a Bible church. The pastor preaches uncomfortable truths. No sex/ living together before marriage is a big one. Yet the young adults are flocking to the church... in Austin.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (EneHm)

I'm old enough to remember when Steven Crowder was practicing celibacy with his fiancé and was soundly ridiculed for it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:58 AM (2YhKe)

165 Posted by: So said C.S. Lewis at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (hgXkL)

Actually, Charles Wesley was quite an accomplished poet and his poems were set beautifully to music, so I'd have to disagree with C.S. Lewis on that one, although I greatly appreciate his religious as well as his fantasy novels

I am not one for praise choruses, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:59 AM (n3VHW)

166 145 @TheBritLad
BREAKING: Bristol City Council has threatened local residents with eviction if they fly English flags while England are in the World Cup.
They say that flying the flag can causes health and safety issues.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

The people should overthrow the city council. They are Nazis.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

***

Yup.
Spot on Sponge.
Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:59 AM (2WIwB)

167 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/88

You're not making Christianity any better. You're just making rock and roll worse. -- Hank Hill

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:00 PM (GseMx)

168 Yet the young adults are flocking to the church... in Austin.

Posted by: lin-duh
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People like clarity, it's a natural thing. It's clean, in a cowboy way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:01 PM (pMmVV)

169 159. His parents fronted him $200,000 to buy a house.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

Like Platner, another man of the people.

And we know it's politically intentional.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 12:01 PM (NFX2v)

170 Just finished video tour No. 2. The second house is an impressive older 3 BR/1.5 BA two-story place. But . . . it has various issues that even I could see without an inspection. The garage is merely being used for storage and does not have a powered door, for instance, and there is moisture to be seen in the basement. Uh, not getting into that at its price.

The first we toured, the smaller one with the double garage and a rear deck, looks like it's move-in ready, and I could take my time adding a railing around the front porch, etc. My agent is going to try to get a little more info about the place -- whether there are other offers, for instance. I might have to offer a bit over the asking price, which would be no hardship.

We'll see!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 12:01 PM (wzUl9)

171 This has not been a particularly hot summer, at least so far. In fact, it's been one of the milder ones, at least in the Northeast.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)
==
Cool in the midwest too. And wet - the tomato gardeners are a bit worried.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (GZYu7)

172 It's clean, in a cowboy way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:01 PM (pMmVV)

*cuts to scene in Blazing Saddles where cowboys are gathered around the fire eating beans and farting*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)

173 >>And I'll bet a lot of people have joint or shared accounts with parents.

Not even when I was a kid did I share an account with my parents, particularly one that they put the majority of money in. There are other ways to help your parents.

This really isn't complicated. He's no different from other socialist politicians running for office like Platner and that whack job in Seattle and the leader of the gang Mamdani. They've lived largely off their parents for much of their adult lives.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)

174 Toccata and fugue in D minor feels like holy music.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)

I'll bet Talarico would put it in de minor if he thought he could get away with it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (1z8ji)

175 My BIOS is from 2019. MSI makes the pc and makes the mobo separate. They have a new BIOS for the mobo from 2025. But they change the BIOS ID of the mobo on their pc offerings so that the newer 2025 mobo firmware cannot be applied. It will only accept the pc firmware update for the mobo that is from back in 2019. It's BS. But there's not a damn thing I can do except risk bricking my mobo by forcing a firmware flash using a secondary UEFI tool.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (3uBP9)

Yeah, that sucks. I might risk it after making suitable backups.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (dK+Kv)

176 I'll bet Talarico would put it in de minor if he thought he could get away with it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (1z8ji)

I'm betting he has, multiple times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)

177 If somebody picks up a guitar, the church service is over and it's time to go home. Apologies to Dave in Texas (requiescat in pace)

Posted by: Oglebay at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (2ap+5)

178 I'll bet Talarico would put it in de minor if he thought he could get away with it.

I’ll bet he does think he could get away with it…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (kYmoU)

179
I am not one for praise choruses, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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You don't like music in the church?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (pMmVV)

180 Holy backlash, Batman!

DOJ launches investigation into MLB after Giants players were punished for displaying Bible verses on Pride hats

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (ndZc7)

181 I'm amazed how many denominations are willing to throw everything away to score points with gay people that will never attend the church.

My teenager worked at a Methodist Church that had a day camp. She was saying the place had several rainbow gay themed posters. Just sickening.

It' seems like mainline Protestantism has decided gay nonsense is the most important thing to focus on despite the Bible being very clear on all of it.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (MjpBw)

182 Any man what bricks his mobo by forcing a firmware flash spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 19, 2026 12:04 PM (PiwSw)

183 They've lived largely off their parents for much of their adult lives.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)

Maybe he let's his mom spank him when he overdrafts the account...seems to fit the situation.

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 12:04 PM (j10i6)

184 I just put a POD on my mom's accounts and paid her bills with her checks. Her probate was fairly easy.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:05 PM (GseMx)

185 Kiss my grits!

Posted by: Polly Amory at June 19, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)

186 I'm amazed how many denominations are willing to throw everything away to score points with gay people that will never attend the church.

My teenager worked at a Methodist Church that had a day camp. She was saying the place had several rainbow gay themed posters. Just sickening.

It' seems like mainline Protestantism has decided gay nonsense is the most important thing to focus on despite the Bible being very clear on all of it.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (MjpBw)
==
Mainline protestantism as been running away from Christ for a very long time now.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 12:05 PM (GZYu7)

187 174. I'll bet Talarico would put it in de minor if he thought he could get away with it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or have a willing Senate staffer.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 12:06 PM (NFX2v)

188 The first we toured, the smaller one with the double garage and a rear deck, looks like it's move-in ready, and I could take my time adding a railing around the front porch, etc. My agent is going to try to get a little more info about the place -- whether there are other offers, for instance. I might have to offer a bit over the asking price, which would be no hardship.

We'll see!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 12:01 PM (wzUl9)

I wouldn't let the glass patio door be a deal-breaker. Put an awning over the patio to keep the high Summer sun from pouring directly into the room. Drapes on the inside will make the room warmer in Winter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:06 PM (1z8ji)

189 A psalm on music in the church

Praise ye the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with timbrel and dancing,
praise him with the strings and pipe,
praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:06 PM (pMmVV)

190 This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.
Posted by: mr tmz

==

It's fair game,

What I read is it's his ONLY checking account. If it was say some old forgotten account that was opened when he was a kid, that would be something different.

But it is funny how much of the Democrat base really are losers.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 19, 2026 12:06 PM (MjpBw)

191 Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)

This is a weak attack because most people have these types of accounts with their families. A joint account is often just a way to leave the money to your child without a trust or will. There are also convenience accounts where the child pays the parent's bills because the parent cannot get around or manage their affairs anymore.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 19, 2026 12:06 PM (wGerL)

192 If somebody picks up a guitar, the church service is over and it's time to go home.

-
Most excellent guitar sacred pieces.

https://tinyurl.com/yr34v2v5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 12:07 PM (ndZc7)

193
None of the low Traditional Latin Masses I attend has any music at all. The high Masses are sung and have a schola.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 12:07 PM (O0L8i)

194 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (n3VHW)

Those are some great suggestions, Fen. We've had very positive experiences at E Free churches and PCA churches. Our prior church in Colorado was interdenominational, but had a strong accountability structure in the congregation.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 19, 2026 12:08 PM (FMtrg)

195 We've always made fun of Joel Olsteen that he seems to avoid having to say Jesus in any of his sermons.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:08 PM (GseMx)

196 Religions and churches became a money making industry and everything went down hill from there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 12:08 PM (2YhKe)

197 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM (pMmVV

Yes, I very much like music In church and the old time hymns. I also like the organ and piano. I am not one for repetitive praise choruses and bands.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 12:08 PM (n3VHW)

198
This is a weak attack because most people have these types of accounts with their families. A joint account is often just a way to leave the money to your child without a trust or will. There are also convenience accounts where the child pays the parent's bills because the parent cannot get around or manage their affairs anymore.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

==

Again, it was his ONLY checking account.

So that excuse just doesn't hold water.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 19, 2026 12:08 PM (MjpBw)

199 There’s always been areas of weakness with both hierarchical churches and non-hierarchical ones.

A Church with a hierarchy does a better job of policing what’s happening in individual churches, but when the leadership goes bad, all the churches in it sink together. (What happened to PCUSA)

Congregational and other independent churches avoid that risk, but there’s little to no oversight to stop a small group from taking it over and making it their playground. (Like the cowboy church mentioned)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:09 PM (nuNhM)

200 175 My BIOS is from 2019. MSI makes the pc and makes the mobo separate. They have a new BIOS for the mobo from 2025. But they change the BIOS ID of the mobo on their pc offerings so that the newer 2025 mobo firmware cannot be applied. It will only accept the pc firmware update for the mobo that is from back in 2019. It's BS. But there's not a damn thing I can do except risk bricking my mobo by forcing a firmware flash using a secondary UEFI tool.

Posted by: banana Dream
======
In your case, easier to switch to a new bootloader that doesn't care about Microsoft's bullshit.

Other option is to turn off Secure Boot.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

201 one of the low Traditional Latin Masses I attend has any music at all. The high Masses are sung and have a schola.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 12:07 PM (O0L8i)
==
I've done some of that at our parish, schola is really fun to sing, but takes work for it to sound good. If you have a weak voice, schola will find it.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 12:09 PM (GZYu7)

202 If you had a schism at a cowboy church, would it spur discontent?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:10 PM (1z8ji)

203 Mainline protestantism as been running away from Christ for a very long time now.
Posted by: Black JEM

==

I feel like if you're a traditional protestant, the only real choices now are Evangelical and Baptist. But I'm not an expert.

It's funny that it's considered "hardcore fundamentalism" to just say you dont want a Church that celebrates homosexuality.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 19, 2026 12:10 PM (MjpBw)

204 I read an interesting book a few months ago about hymns. The Stories of Hymns by George William Rutler. It’s basically a series of hymns on one side and then some anecdotes or a bit of history on the other.

One of the funniest (which isn’t a high bar because the book isn’t specifically funny) was this anecdote about Edward Caswell changing the title and first line of “Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Sounding”

Out of respect for the sensibilities of overreaching choristers, whose number is legion, Caswall’s opening verse was altered for its second printing in 1852 from the line first published three years before: “Hark, an awful voice is sounding…”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 12:11 PM (kYmoU)

205 Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 19, 2026 12:08 PM (FMtrg

Glad to hear of your positive experiences, Emmie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 12:11 PM (n3VHW)

206 Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 19, 2026 12:06 PM (wGer

No you just get a POD on the account. Payment on Death. It's like a beneficiary. You can do the same on stocks. And as I posted above , you can just write checks on your parents checks to pay their bills. It's retarded to be on your parents account when you are both young or healthy and a big red flag.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:11 PM (GseMx)

207 180 Holy backlash, Batman!

DOJ launches investigation into MLB after Giants players were punished for displaying Bible verses on Pride hats
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM
++++++

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at June 19, 2026 12:11 PM (hgXkL)

208 >>This is a weak attack because most people have these types of accounts with their families. A joint account is often just a way to leave the money to your child without a trust or will. There are also convenience accounts where the child pays the parent's bills because the parent cannot get around or manage their affairs anymore.

Yes, that might be the case with elderly parents and if this was a one off. That does not appear to be the case with Talarico. Did your parents pay your moving expenses when you were 32? Mine did not. Not even when I was 18. There's a pattern with Talarico and it does not suggest taking care of elderly parents.

Just like Platner. Just like Mamdani.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 12:11 PM (viF8m)

209 *cuts to scene in Blazing Saddles where cowboys are gathered around the fire eating beans and farting*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Funny Kevin Bacon thread. Cut loose,

https://tinyurl.com/mwshydmd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 12:12 PM (ndZc7)

210 202 If you had a schism at a cowboy church, would it spur discontent?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:10 PM
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Would definitely stirrup trouble.

Posted by: Oh, no... at June 19, 2026 12:13 PM (hgXkL)

211 NBC News, June 18, 2026, Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night game after players refuse to wear rainbows
Fewer than nine players on the 28-man roster were willing to wear uniforms that featured a rainbow design on their sleeves, a team official said.

In PA, that's incredibly bold.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 12:13 PM (NFX2v)

212 "I might have to offer a bit over the asking price, which would be no hardship."

Offer asking price. Be willing to go up. Know your limit.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:13 PM (qFwJc)

213 *cuts to scene in Blazing Saddles where cowboys are gathered around the fire eating beans and farting*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

Clean: efficient, unencumbered with do dads or things that would tangle him up while doing his job. 'A clean rig'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:14 PM (pMmVV)

214 Chaps my hide.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:14 PM (qFwJc)

215 Churches feel they cater to sexual mental illness, but it isn't helping anyone to keep feeding it

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 12:14 PM (sgkY8)

216 196 Religions and churches became a money making industry and everything went down hill from there.
Posted by: Sponge
=======
A problem of churches is that buildings, salaries, and other costs have to be met by the congregation or denomination and that then requires raising money all the time from the congregants. And those congregants that donate more money feel they should have more say in church governance and so it goes and ministers in effect become part time or even full time fund raisers.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

217 Italy is all butt hurt now and forget they screwed us during the Iran operation. Fuck Europe.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:16 PM (GseMx)

218 Polygyny vs Polyandry vs Polygamy: Know the Difference -

https://is.gd/zt9RST

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ZVgZ4)

219 btw, my daughter has POA on my checking account. Been since 2006.

Someone you trust has to pay the bills when you cannot.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:16 PM (qFwJc)

220 Europe is lost. UK is lost. Camp of the Saints. They let the coprophages in.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:17 PM (qFwJc)

221 If you had a schism at a cowboy church, would it spur discontent?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:10 PM
----
Would definitely stirrup trouble.
Posted by: Oh, no... at June 19, 2026 12:13 PM (hgXk

Don't saddle me with your problems .

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:17 PM (GseMx)

222 The story about Talarico is petty, of course, but the reason it has some resonance is that Talarico’s campaign so far has consisted of saying “but I’m a manly man! Look at me eat bbq (very daintily and carefully) !!! Look at me sit in a pickup truck (uncomfortably) !!! Look I have a beard now )that I started growing when my consultant told me to last week) !!!

It’s a natural rejoinder to say “sure thing manly man, how come you still use Mom’s checking account?”

He’s a whiny little emo boy cosplaying as an adult.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:17 PM (nuNhM)

223 Italy chose poorly.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:17 PM (qFwJc)

224
I wouldn't let the glass patio door be a deal-breaker. Put an awning over the patio to keep the high Summer sun from pouring directly into the room. Drapes on the inside will make the room warmer in Winter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026

***
The sliding doors are double-paned, so that will help prevent heat from leaking out. And yes, putting up drapes in the winter. It would probably be my dining room more than my office, so I might not be in there that much, not like the other rooms.

I'm thinking about an awning or even a small sloped roof for the deck. The uprights and wooden slats are already there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 12:17 PM (wzUl9)

225 "Polygyny is a specific type of polygamy where one man has multiple wives."

So, more than one gyny.

Posted by: Is that how this works? at June 19, 2026 12:18 PM (hgXkL)

226 Don't know what a repetitive praise chorus is.
What is it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:18 PM (pMmVV)

227 Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:16 PM (qFwJc)

Yes every person should have a POA arrangement with someone they trust . Not just for banking.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:18 PM (GseMx)

228 180 Holy backlash, Batman!

DOJ launches investigation into MLB after Giants players were punished for displaying Bible verses on Pride hats
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 12:03 PM
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Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at June 19, 2026 12:11 PM (hgXkL)
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I wonder what the DOJ can really do. SF Giants are a private organization, and they can compel speech they wish to promote. You've got a freedom of religion thing they can work with, but I think this is mostly sending a message to MLB that if you want to push this, it might not end like you think. It also shows that the general population is getting tired of "pride" since they are now being allowed to share their true feelings about it.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 12:20 PM (GZYu7)

229 It's a praise chorus that gets repeated.

Posted by: Ducks head, runs away at June 19, 2026 12:20 PM (hgXkL)

230 Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 12:20 PM (GZYu

Not in light of the anti monopoly waiver they have from Congress.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 12:20 PM (GseMx)

231 The response to the Psalms reading or, preferably singing, in a Catholic Mass is a repetitive praise chorus.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:21 PM (qFwJc)

232 What's the worst that could happen?

The alleged lunatic who chucked a 3-year-old kid into a croc enclosure for no discernible reason in a senseless and random attack is already out on bail.

Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
Cambridge Police says the 3-year-old boy remains in Addenbrooke's Hospital in a critical but stable condition
The arrested 30-year-old man, who is not known to the toddler, has been "assessed as not being fit for interview" and released on bail until September

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 12:21 PM (ndZc7)

233 But the anonymous promiscuity of gay culture was one of those things virtuous people didn’t talk about, and, if truly virtuous, completely compartmentalized.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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'81 there was a Penthouse article on an airline steward from France, at the bath houses in Frisco, saying, 'now, you've got the gay disease.'.
Also, at one time, it was a popular thing to have.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:21 PM (pMmVV)

234 "Your mercy endures forever."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 12:21 PM (qFwJc)

235 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)

236 “who is not known to the toddler”

What an odd way of wording it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 12:22 PM (kYmoU)

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