Always in His Presence said:

The designers and operators of the program that got so expensive it needs to be subsidized by the American taxpayer.

That is who.

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Huh? Subsidies have been part of the program since the beginning.

Always in His Presence said:

Name ONE thing we were promised that came through as promised?

Read his lips:

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Here's a fact: 45 million Americans who previously lacked healthcare now have coverage under Obama's program. While it's not perfect and comes at a cost, the promise to these 45 million people has been fulfilled.

Trump Admin Blames High Beef Prices on Mass Migration​

Speaking to Fox News Sunday, Bessent addressed reports that beef prices could hit $10 per pound next year, saying it was an issue “inherited” by the administration due to long-standing factors.

“There’s also, because of the mass immigration, a disease that we’d been rid of in North America made its way up through South America as these migrants brought some of their cattle with them,” Bessent said.

While risks of screwworm infection have halted trade from Mexico, foreign supply makes up a small share of U.S. cattle, and evidence does not support Bessent’s claim that individual migrants are bringing in diseased cattle. [Normally] Around 1 million cattle come from Mexico per year, which makes up around 1 percent of the total cattle herd in the United States.

Drone ship back to port. It looks like it welded itself to the barge and the workings have their work cut out for them to free it...

durangodawood said:

If theres a better solution, I'm all ears.

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Name ONE thing we were promised that came through as promised?

Read his lips:

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Jon Voigt is making a serious mistake in being undemocratic even if his suspicions are reasonable. If tyranny is elected, it has to be unelected or all we have is tyranny. Either way, the Jewish & Christian aspects of America’s formation are probably doomed and destined for persecution ( probably some here cheer it on).

House Republican Alleges Epstein Had ‘Thousands of Hours of Tapes’ of ‘Bedrooms’ and From Private Island (and Alex Acosta had them too)​

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) said deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein had “thousands of hours of tapes” that captured moments from his parties, bedrooms, and his private island.

Sessions replied that there are “thousands of hours” of footage, which had been obtained by former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. In 2008, Acosta agreed to a widely criticized deal in which federal prosecutors agreed not to pursue charges against Epstein, who ultimately pleaded guilty to state charges of solicitation with a minor.

Vambram said:

I did answer the question. Whereas with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden, their riches came from payouts to them even though those 2 had no experience running large corporations.

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Not sure what experience has to do with using the office of the president for self enrichment.

You’re saying if they had more experience in the private sector you would have been fine with them using the presidency to bring in more money for themselves?

You’re avoiding the question. Are you ok with the president using his office to make private deals for his own businesses? Answer yes or no please.

ChubbyCherub said:

I don't really know 100% what the exact sin

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Self -interest, same as Eve and Adam in the Garden

ChubbyCherub said:

so it would seem to me that I am indeed sinning

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The fact you acknowledge your 'sin' of self-indulgence is the first step towards repentance, that is changing to put God's will ahead of your own. It is most often no miracle overnight process, but like seeking God, it is a learning process of ups and downs. One must grow to understand why His will is better than our own of self-interest, and not simply saying 'oh I get it', without experiencing it. You know.. like executives who have never done the labour of whatever it is they oversee but think they know it all.

Israeli leader insists there can be no Palestinian state​

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council planned to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza that leaves the door open to Palestinian independence.

Iran says it could rejoin US nuclear talks if treated with ‘dignity and respect’​

Iran’s foreign minister says it has had requests to reopen negotiations, which collapsed after nuclear site bombings

[Foreign minister] said Iran did not have any undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been obliterated.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

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Lots more hinky stuff in full article.

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Hans Blaster said:

The other half is that government needs to stop privileging religious organizations. A church is a private, non-profit, let it file a 990 form like all the rest. Chaplains are fine for the military posted far from their co-religionists or out at sea, but no public school or government agency or legislative body needs one.

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I obviously have a bias but I think churchs (and religious institutions) should be tax excempt contingent on a couple things:
1) They work to support the needs of their community.

2) At no point EVER is politics or politicians appropriate to speak about politics in a church.

INSTANT status loss IMHO.

Desk trauma said:

Totally normal reaction to people reading a different translation.

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Makes sense.

On Monday morning, police in Rome, Georgia, where Greene lives, received a pair of e-mails "in reference to the threat of Assassination to Marjorie Taylor Greene's son," according to an incident report obtained by NBC News.

The threats against the congresswoman and her family come as an Indiana state senator was swatted at his home on Sunday just hours after Trump criticized him and other Republican lawmakers for not moving forward with redrawing the state's congressional map ahead of next year's elections.

Always in His Presence said:

The designers and operators of the program that got so expensive it needs to be subsidized by the American taxpayer.

That is who.

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If theres a better solution, I'm all ears.

Hans Blaster said:

And have the Muslim majority of Dearborn turned that city into a theocracy?

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No.

GOP candidate admits he was wrong about Muslims, calls off ‘American Crusade’ march in Dearborn​

Anthony Hudson promoted the rally with Christian nationalist rhetoric, suggested Marines and National Guard members would join him, and insisted 5,000 “patriots” were ready to march

After two weeks of warning that Dearborn was edging closer to “Muslim infiltration” and Sharia law, Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson walked into three mosques, met with residents, and realized none of it was true.

“I can tell you in good faith right now today standing at a pulpit in a mosque that Sharia law does not exist in Dearborn, Michigan, nor do I believe it exists anywhere in the United States,” Hudson said in a video posted from a Dearborn mosque, a rare concession for an “America First” supporter for President Donald Trump.

Oompa Loompa said:

Deflecting, are we?

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No. You seem to have selected and highlighted cities with a bias for no discernable reason.

Desk trauma said:

It’s not the republicans fault they haven’t managed to offer a replacement? Whose fault is it?

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The designers and operators of the program that got so expensive it needs to be subsidized by the American taxpayer.

That is who.

McDonald's is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide​

Industry-wide, fast food restaurants have seen traffic from one of its core customer bases, low-income households, drop by double digits, McDonald's chief executive Christopher Kempczinski told investors last week. Meanwhile, traffic from higher-earners(*) increased by nearly as much, he said.

"Happy Meals at McDonald's are prohibitively expensive for some people, because there's been so much inflation," Josephson said.

Prices at limited-service restaurants, which include fast-food restaurants, are up 3.2% year over year, at a rate higher than inflation “and that’s climbing” said Marisa DiNatale, an economist at Moody's Analytics.

A recent earnings report from Delta offers yet another illustration. While Delta's main cabin revenue fell 5% for the June quarter compared to a year ago, premium ticket sales rose 5%, highlighting the divide between affluent customers and those forced to be more economical.

At hotel chains, luxury brands are holding up better than low budget options. Revenue at brands including Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis is up 2.9% so far this year, while economy hotels saw a 3.1% decline for the same period, according to industry tracker CoStar.

Consumer credit delinquency rates show just how much low-income households are hurting, with households that make less than $45,000 annually seeing "huge year-over-year increases," even as delinquency rates for high- and middle-income households have flattened and stabilized, said Rikard Bandebo, chief strategy officer and chief economist at VantageScore.

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(*) President Donald Trump constructed his own mega McDonald’s sandwich while eating from the fast food restaurant chain on the 2024 campaign trail, according to Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters.

“He had hot fries waiting for him from McDonald’s ... And then he had a Filet-O-Fish, a Quarter Pounder, and a Big Mac, and I think he combined two of them,” said Gruters, who did not reveal which two sandwiches Trump put together.

Sad

FireDragon76 said:

I'm a vegan now, but that's pretty much how I remember it working out.

I try to eat healthier but I'm under no illusions how hard that is for most people who aren't born with a silver spoon in their mouth, or how much food gets class coded.

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It must be very difficult to be a vegan considering how much animal products is in everything. Do you also not use honey or wear leather? Just curious.

JimR-OCDS said:

We usually bow at the Nicen Creed when we say "
by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man."

Usually, I have seen that in the Church, when the Holy Spirit is said, there is a bow.

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Yup. That’s usually the norm wherever I go.

Praying for the safety of the persecuted Church!