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Barry Melton
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*Some* Christians have indeed made a mockery of their religion. *Some* Christians are the exemplification of charity, of faith, of honoring their families, and of dedication and devotion.

I scrolled a bunch, but didn't see anybody mention it — I assume this is a series being made from the Occupy Movement's "Rolling Jubilee" project, in which they raise funds through donations and crowdfunding, buy up people's debt for pennies on the dollar, and then simply forgive the debt instead of trying to collect

The BDSM scene was especially curious to me.

It was a really enjoyable show. I dunno that I could catapult it into greatness, but for me (the stereotypical guy who could have been a spy if only his life had gone a little differently), it definitely had strong appeal, and the pseudo-scientific "this spy advice could actually work" sort of McGuyverism was great

Monopolies aren't illegal — abusing monopoly power is. It's exceedingly unlikely that such a corporation exists, especially not so blatantly and arbitrarily crafted as to control 70% of the nation's (world's?) debt, because the company doesn't exist.

Any rule that even accidentally bans "Lucky Louie" is a rule that should be null and void on its face.

I'd say he's a fairly softcore libertarian. Not even Cinemax level libertarian, really. More like Showtimecore, or Starzcore.

You and I took very different things from that article. He doesn't say "don't talk back to your father" because he's your father, he says: