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Seems like a good place to put this. I enjoy visuals like this:

It’s complicated. Much more so than both sides want to admit. NPR knows who their audience is, and so does Fox. Neither side is going to go out of their way to show stories their audience doesn’t want to hear. NPR has a liberal bias in their reporting, but since we have 10,000 news sources, their power is virtually nil. So it’s not worth getting fussy over. Bernard Goldberg, himself no leftist, said it best. “Some conservatives think Al Roker is out to get them if he forecasts rain on the 4th of July.” If you are way far right wing (and yes, way far leftwing) you’ll make things up in your head or misread them to satisfy your own confirmation bias and reassure yourself that you are correct. It saves you from having to think or ask uncomfortable questions.

I believe the proper term for NPR (or any political commentary) – political activists (specific political party alignment) is narcissistic personality disorder. Though Trump is often called out for being narcissistic (for very good reason) it is a label that fits 99.9999% of those seeking elected political office. Explanation from the Mayo Clinic: The Traveler

Totally agree. My point is, NPR is on one "side", while the chart has it looking nice and centerist. It needs to be a big handful of pixles to the left, in order to have this chart accurately display NPR's bias. You don't get to be thought of as "Middle" when you: - Suppress stories that could impact an election and bias voters against the Democratic incumbent - Suppress stories from reliable science and news sources that jeopardize a nonconservative COVID narrative - Push shaky and groundless stories about the Republican candidate being a Russian schill - Refuse to admit any wrongdoing or apologize after the general public eventually catches up and catches on to the truth. Doncha think?

Amazing how well the traditional seder can be slightly modified to include the gospel knowledge of the dispensation of the fulness of times. We cheated this year and my daughter baked a German Chocolate Cake. The coconut is very traditional though. My children have been talking about the Afikoman for weeks. We watched three movies today. Joseph: King of Dreams The Prince of Egypt The Ten Commandments Good stuff.

Two of my closest friends are women, and I totally agree. My wife is friends with them as well and we just had dinner with one of them and her brother on Sunday. I’m NEVER alone with a girl. It’s a combination of paranoia, common sense, and an understanding of our current climate.

Wow. I had a hard time believing that was written by a liberal. But I realized that it was an old school liberal who had not bowed to the woke mob. A lot of people have not changed their positions. But the parties have moved the needle.

I think the real question is what happens on your next trip alone, what happens next time you are in a similar situation for a prolonged period of time, what happens next time a man tries to flirt with you? And you dont have to be on a long flight for this to happen, it could happen next time you go shopping. Having once participated and enjoyed it, will you want to do so again? Will this be a once only experience or the beginning of a pattern? Some possible responses to those questions could be a) I feel bad about this, that's my conscience telling me that it was wrong, so I won't do it again, and I'd better take some preventative steps to reduce the likelihood of it happening again. b) That was a test, I enjoyed it, I passed the test, so if the opportunity arises, I'll do it again or c ) I enjoyed that, nothing bad happened, I want it to happen again so I'll look for or create similar opportunities. B and C are dangerous choices. Any sort of action that releases endorphins often becomes an action that we want to do more of. For some people it only takes one drink to become an alcoholic. Welcome to the forum, its a great place to get advice and discuss ideas.

I try not to be alone with a woman if it can be avoided as I am married. Personally I believe it leads to nothing good. If you are married, flirting with someone else is also not something wise to give in to. There is a very fine line of being friendly and getting into flirting territory. Let the Holy Spirit be your guide. My own conscience calls me out along with the Holy Ghost many times when I am not in a spiritual mind set. 8 So then they that are after the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you . . . 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- Romans Chapter 8 Inspired Version

In your grandson's case, it literally *could* be that the part of his brain governing the signals from his stomach isn't working properly and so he *could* legit not have an understanding of when his body is full. And apparently, some people on the spectrum do have issues with delayed gratification; I myself had issues at one point to where when I was stressed or not focused I'd spend money. That's the thing with autism, as it's almost always comorbid with *something* physical, mental, or emotional, if not some combination thereof.

@NeuroTypical

Don’t you have a Koala to feed down there? 😛

Another way of putting that is that a girl would never be alone with @LDSGator