Random Politics & Religion #19

No one would read it anyway.

Study: Most Americans Think They’re Better Than Everyone Else

This applies to everyone here.

A man who set fire to the Quran has become the first Danish national charged with blasphemy in 46 years.

The 42-year-old man, who remains unidentified, filming himself burning the Muslim holy book in his garden in north Jutland in December 2015, and then posted the footage on an anti-Islam Facebook group called “Yes to freedom - no to Islam.”

He posted the video with the message: “Think of your neighbor: it stinks when it burns,” according to prosecutors, The Copenhagen Post reported.

Prosecutor Jan Reckendorff announced the charges in a statement released Wednesday. “It is the prosecution’s view that circumstances involving the burning of holy books such as the Bible and the Quran can in certain cases be a violation of the blasphemy clause, which covers public scorn or mockery of religion.”

The man will face judges in the city of Aalborg in the Jutland region, though authorities are yet to release a sentencing date. The maximum sentence for such an act is four months in prison but Reckendorff said the man will only face a fine.

In the vein of states' rights, Spicer said in a press conference today “I do believe that you’ll see greater enforcement of it” regarding federal laws against recreational marijuana.

Goes against what Trump said on the campaign trail;

Other than Alaska the states with legalized recreational use of marijuana went Blue.

Other than Alaska the states with legalized recreational use of marijuana went Blue.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Nam Killed With VX, the ‘Most Toxic Weapon Ever’

When killing an out-of-shape guy in public is too hard, make sure to use one of the most toxic compounds in the world. Be extra sneaky about it too, because it's not like anyone can pinpoint where this difficult-to-make, almost globally prohibited material came from.

that's a pretty james bond villan~y way to wack a guy in public...

that's a pretty james bond villan~y way to wack a guy in public...

(Newser) – The banned chemical weapon VX is considered by some experts to be the nastiest of the nasty nerve agents known to exist. With a consistency similar to motor oil, it lingers for long periods in the environment and even a tiny amount causes victims' bodies to flood with fluids, producing a feeling of drowning before death, reports the AP. So when Malaysian authorities announced Friday that VX was to blame for the Feb. 13 death of the North Korean leader's exiled half-brother inside a busy Kuala Lumpur airport, it raised nearly as many questions as answers, including how the two women who allegedly attacked Kim Jong Nam with it could have survived. A toxicologist says the woman shouldn't have escaped unscathed—one reportedly vomited—as police have said they did not wear gloves or protective gear and only washed their hands after the attack.

One theory is that they took an antidote in advance. And the New York Times points out VX becomes lethal when two chemicals are mixed, something that can be done "at the last moment." Police have said the two suspects rubbed something on Kim's face in quick succession. Another toxicologist notes that VX—a small amount of which could kill 500 people through skin exposure—would likely have come from a chemical weapons laboratory, making it more likely that the attack was executed by a government. But he wants an independent lab to verify that VX was used, given that no one else at the airport was sickened. On Friday officials announced the facility would be decontaminated.

But he wants an independent lab to verify that VX was used, given that no one else at the airport was sickened. On Friday officials announced the facility would be decontaminated.

"On Friday officials announced the facility would be decontaminated."

If we remove the data that says I'm wrong then I'm right...

Plus Maine Legalized it and they are solidly purple.

To save you your 15mins. Already know there was a 25k difference in votes but Trump and Johnson both got one electoral and Clinton got 3. Making it blue in 2016.

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So, are you saying that, by allowing the states to decide how to handle children using bathrooms, this will revert the US back to slavery?

That is your argument, don't forget.

The problem we face is, at what point does protecting one group, discriminate against another?

They might smoking that purple lush but it's blueberry sour diesel on the map

That's the very definition of a Purple state.