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Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-02T12:34:40-0600

rambot said:
But that doesn't mean it's polite and respectful to refer to them by a gender they'd rather not have.

Who cares about being polite and respectful regarding this topic? I have the intellectual integrity to tell the emperor he is naked while you are content with him walking around like a fool to spare his feelings.

Landon Caeli · 2025-12-02T12:33:27-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
I'm not forcing you to do anything. You're a big boy. You make your own choices.

No, No..!!! It's your choice, Iluvitar. You're the one who gets to decide.

Landon Caeli · 2025-12-02T12:30:52-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
No, what I would like is for you to be at least a little even-handed in your judgment.

You want me to be even handed in a thread about Islamic terrorism, why?

Are we supposed to talk about every religion on earth to be even handed? Or just Christianity?

rambot · 2025-12-02T12:30:47-0600

Oompa Loompa said:
Let him speak for himself. His answer seemed pretty clear to me. "It looks like a human, but who am I to judge."

Correct. Just like a transgender woman is a man with a bunch of weird looking body mods.

You are welcome to think whatever you think about their looks.

But that doesn't mean it's polite and respectful to refer to them by a gender they'd rather not have.

In the same way that if I started referring to to you as a "She" you wouldn't like that very much.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-02T12:30:33-0600

Say it aint so said:
Or maybe there is no proof. You and the authors are making a positive claim that "X" is happening, when there is zero proof provided.

At least you went from, "There is no proof," to "maybe there is no proof." Progress has been made.

rambot · 2025-12-02T12:29:21-0600

Servus said:
It doesn't jive with all the fear mongering there is regarding the administration.

IT actually jives, LITERALLY perfectly.

Boligno saying "Truth is for Chumps" is EXACTLY what his critics would expect him to say.

"Culture of mistrust"...no big surprise there. They tweet their policies before they tell their departments.

Nothing they wrote about speaks to competent leadership; so it jives perfectly.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-02T12:29:08-0600

BCP1928 said:
No, that is an intentional misrepresentation of his answer.

Let him speak for himself. His answer seemed pretty clear to me. "It looks like a human, but who am I to judge."

rambot said:
IT's a human with a bunch of weird looking body mods.

Correct. Just like a transgender woman is a man with a bunch of weird looking body mods.

wing2000 · 2025-12-02T12:28:24-0600

Servus said:
What was Trump's reason for pardoning Hernandez?

...catch up here:

Trump to pardon Ex-Honduras President Guilty of Drug Trafficking and conspiring to import cocaine into the United States

Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case President Trump announced on Friday afternoon his intention to grant “a Full and Complete Pardon” to a former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to...

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another_lost_guy · 2025-12-02T12:26:10-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
No, you don't. You have something that somebody else made up based on assumptions that are, at best, questionable.

pelositracker.app go and recreate the returns yourself

iluvatar5150 said:
That's because I appreciate the limitations of my own knowledge.

What is limiting you from going to pelositracker.app?

iluvatar5150 said:
In that case, I saw you molesting a kid. Disprove it.

This is libel

iluvatar5150 said:
Thankfully, our legal system isn't set up that way, else anybody could be sent to jail merely on an accusation. Anybody can make up anything.

It's not an accusation. It's credible public info based on publicly disclosed congressional financial filings. Unlike the accusation you made against me

iluvatar5150 said:
sigh

1.) It's not real-time. Congressional reporting rules require transactions over $1,000 to be disclosed within 30-45 days. So there is some delay.

But the app is updated daily.

iluvatar5150 said:
2.) The exact amounts aren't reported. They're still only reported in the aforementioned brackets. From this, you can get an ROI on an individual asset, but not on the entire portfolio. Because it's impossible to tell where in the bracket a particular asset lies, it's impossible to make anything but an extremely rough comparison between the values of two different assets, which is what's required to value the portfolio.

Wow you just found a major flaw in the Pelosi tracker business model! I guess all those thousands of subscribers they have are all reaping in absolutely worthless profits, lol

iluvatar5150 said:
3.) This tracker only works for publicly-traded securities. If you'd read her disclosures (as I have), you'd see that a significant chunk of her wealth (likely over half) is in real estate and other private businesses. The stock holdings she's reported are largely the same suite of big tech firms that dominate most of the top-performing ETF's (e.g. Microsoft, Nvidia, Netflix, Alphabet, etc)

Irrelevant

Larniavc · 2025-12-02T12:22:28-0600

Say it aint so said:
They are pulling agents off Counter-terrorism and Counter-intelligence groups to help chase down gardeners.

Deletion undertaken to support continual forum engagement.

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-02T12:22:24-0600

Landon Caeli said:
If you find something to be obnoxious, why does it bother you that I'm exposing that obnoxious behavior?

Because I think you're promoting bigotry by being wildly hypocritical in your application of these standards. There was nothing wrong with that guy preaching about an Islamic revival. Christians have been doing that exact thing for decades. Why is this guy a problem.

Landon Caeli said:
Why do you act like it's a requirement that I include bad things about Christianity when talking about Islamic things? Do I also have to include things involving Judaism and Buddhism to satisfy you?

No, what I would like is for you to be at least a little even-handed in your judgment.

Landon Caeli said:
...And why are you trying to force me to do this?

I'm not forcing you to do anything. You're a big boy. You make your own choices.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-02T12:20:50-0600

Valletta said:
While the labor market has slowed, remember inflation is down

Inflation is right where Trump inherited it. The end of Bidenomics dropped it lower early in Trump's term, but now that Trump's policies have taken effect, it's climbed back up to where it started.

Landon Caeli · 2025-12-02T12:20:27-0600

Apparently, it's not only Christians who are not allowed to criticize Islam. Even atheists are not allowed to criticize Islam anymore. This is getting sketchy!!

Bill Maher Criticized Over Muslim Week at the White House Joke Bill Maher Slammed by Fans Over 'Muslim Week at the White House' Joke: 'I Can See Why You’re Not Touring Anymore' | Video

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-02T12:18:37-0600

another_lost_guy said:
At least I have a number.

No, you don't. You have something that somebody else made up based on assumptions that are, at best, questionable.

another_lost_guy said:
You don't have any projections at all.

That's because I appreciate the limitations of my own knowledge.

another_lost_guy said:
Perhaps they should be to prevent stuff like this from happening. But Pelosi and her sycophants are against it

Perhaps.

another_lost_guy said:
No, if you have a problem with the claim, it's up to you to dispute it

In that case, I saw you molesting a kid. Disprove it.

Thankfully, our legal system isn't set up that way, else anybody could be sent to jail merely on an accusation. Anybody can make up anything.

another_lost_guy said:
You can literally go to pelositracker.app and follow the purchases she makes in real time. You can recreate her returns and see for yourself. People have made an entire business model centered around tracking her trades. Is that not enough for you?

sigh

1.) It's not real-time. Congressional reporting rules require transactions over $1,000 to be disclosed within 30-45 days. So there is some delay.

2.) The exact amounts aren't reported. They're still only reported in the aforementioned brackets. From this, you can get an ROI on an individual asset, but not on the entire portfolio. Because it's impossible to tell where in the bracket a particular asset lies, it's impossible to make anything but an extremely rough comparison between the values of two different assets, which is what's required to value the portfolio.

3.) This tracker only works for publicly-traded securities. If you'd read her disclosures (as I have), you'd see that a significant chunk of her wealth (likely over half) is in real estate and other private businesses. The stock holdings she's reported are largely the same suite of big tech firms that dominate most of the top-performing ETF's (e.g. Microsoft, Nvidia, Netflix, Alphabet, etc)

Yarddog · 2025-12-02T12:18:04-0600

FAITH-IN-HIM said:
Why would one compare these two events? In Acts 9, the event occurs on the road to Damascus during Paul's conversion to Christianity, while the account in Acts 22 takes place 23 years later in Jerusalem.

Hmmm. Better read again. They are talking about the same event.

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
Acts 22 : 5

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and drew nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
Acts 22 : 6

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts 22 : 7

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acts 22 : 8

And they that were with me beheld indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Acts 22 : 9

These are speaking of the same event, Paul's conversion. Both written by Luke, in Acts.

rambot · 2025-12-02T12:15:22-0600

Servus said:
Funny how they end up as supposedly mediocre and also supposedly strongmen who are putting fear into the democrats they're supposedly out to get.

Oh no. I have NEVER thought they were actually strong men. I think they constantly want to give the appearance of strong men.

Also, how do you come to the conclusion that strongmen are NOT (or cannot be) mediocre? Geez.

Honestly, I see these posers in their positions and all I can THINK is mediocrity. That their underlings see it more visibly isn't super surprising to me.

Unqualified · 2025-12-02T12:12:57-0600

He will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusted h in Thee. Trust in the lord forever because in the lord Jehovah is ever lasting strength.

Lord I pray you help and bless this man and give him strength to ride out this storm. There is so much hope in Jesus and so much reason not to be bitter in you lord. But it’s a bitter pill to swallow being sick. My wife and I are sick and we wake up every morning to do battle with the flesh. Please get @LHADEN over the top to joy and peace and love and gratitude for you and for salvation. Much to go on and his base to go out and be like Jesus. Work a transformation in his mind and attitude change his heart to one of love. He needs you lord. Bless him and help him and heal him in Jesus mighty Name.

Aryeh Jay · 2025-12-02T12:12:55-0600

Servus said:
That didn't come anywhere close to answering the question of is there any solid evidence. It'd be cool if someone just gave an honest answer instead of non sequitur deflection.

If you don't believe his spoken words that he said as being solid evidence, well there's not much to say.

Landon Caeli · 2025-12-02T12:10:47-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
I'm not any more bothered by it than I have been by evangelicals doing the exact same thing for the last 30+ years. Except for the hat, everything about his presentation looks and sounds like it was cribbed it from a generic megachurch.

Are you just throwing up anything to see if it sticks?

I find this guy as obnoxious as every other white guy at a protest cosplaying as something he's not. This guy's wearing a suicide vest. Others like to get dressed up like SpecOps Ken.

If you find something to be obnoxious, why does it bother you that I'm exposing that obnoxious behavior?

Why do you act like it's a requirement that I include bad things about Christianity when talking about Islamic things? Do I also have to include things involving Judaism and Buddhism to satisfy you?

...And why are you trying to force me to do this?

Dave... · 2025-12-02T12:06:30-0600

The New Testament Begins in Acts Not Matthew

When you read the Gospels in the Bible, such as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, do they sometimes seem to contradict other parts of the New Testament Scripture? For example, in Matthew 6:15, Jesus said, “If you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Yet, in Colossians 2:13, the Apostle Paul wrote, “…God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins.” How can there be two different perspectives written in the same New Testament?

Many Christians experience confusion because they think all of Jesus’ teachings are part of the New Testament, also known as the “New Covenant.” However most of them are not. The New Testament, which is God’s New Covenant with mankind, actually starts in the book of Acts, not Matthew. How do we know this fact is true?

When reading the New Testament, ask yourself this question, “Had Jesus died yet when this was written?” If not, then those writings are part of the Old Covenant in most cases. If the writings are after Jesus died, then it’s part of the New Covenant.

When Jesus came to earth, He came directly to the Jews who were still under the Old Covenant with God. Want the gist of the Old Covenant? Deuteronomy 28 spells it out very clearly. If Israel obeyed God’s laws, there were 12 verses of blessings He would give them (see Deuteronomy 28:1-14). But, if Israel disobeyed God’s laws, there were 52 verses of curses He would give them. (see Deuteronomy 28:15-68).

Would you want to live in that kind of tension-filled relationship with God? No way! Unfortunately, many Christians today believe that is still how God treats them, even though we are under the New Covenant of grace. Therefore, Christianity feels more like a burden, instead of a blessing.

Many of the things that Jesus taught in the Gospels was Old Covenant instruction to the Jews of His day. When He taught them, He was raising the bar of how perfect they needed to be accepted and blessed by God. Here are some examples:

“Unless you are more righteous than the strictest religious leaders in Jesus’s day, the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will not go to heaven.” (Matthew 5:20)
“Calling someone an idiot or crazy because you are angry with them will send you to hell.” (Matthew 5:22)
“Lust is adultery.” (Matthew 5:27-28)
“You must live a perfect life exactly the way God does.” (Matthew 5:48)

These performance-based teachings were aimed to show the Jews and anyone who reads the Bible today that it’s impossible to get God’s unconditional acceptance by obeying the law. Jesus was preparing people to understand how much they needed Him to be their Savior.

God was about to bring into existence the New Covenant, and Jesus was preparing them and everyone else for it. But, here’s the key. The New Covenant did not begin until Jesus’ death, burial, resurrection, and ascension were complete. For instance, Hebrews 9:15 says:

“For this reason Christ is the mediator of a New Covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the Old Covenant.”

Remember Jesus’ teachings we just listed from the book of Matthew? Let’s compare what the New Covenant says about you as a Christ follower:

God has already forgiven you whether you forgive or not. (Colossians 2:13)
God made you perfect in your identity in Christ. (Hebrews 10:14)
God made you a holy person and not a lustful person in Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:2)
God made you a patient person because you’re complete in Christ. (Colossians 2:10)

The Old Covenant was conditional based on mankind’s imperfect works. The New Covenant is conditional based on faith in Jesus’ perfect work. Do you see the amazing difference?

Read the New Testament with a lot more clarity now that you know the New Testament starts in Acts, rather than Matthew!

The New Testament Begins in Acts Not Matthew

CLEEB · 2025-12-02T12:03:21-0600

The image of GOD. GOD is not flesh and blood, GOD is spirit. All humans have a human spirit and this is how we are in GODS image. GOD wants to make the spirits of just men perfect. GOD created an image of HIMSELF in Jesus. This is not the omnipresent, omnipotent or omniscient, it’s love and righteousness. This was Jesus Christ. We are to be transformed into the image of Jesus who was the image of GOD. IF Jesus was GOD then are we going to be GOD ? Isaiah 43:10 No, we are going to be like Jesus, love and righteousness without the Omni attributes. Only GOD has the omnis. This is part of what makes him GOD. As far as the body, soul and spirit theory; a human is a soul composed of two things body and spirit. Look at how Adam was created, Adam became a living, not immortal, soul. We are all souls composed of dust and breath or body and spirit. So the three “parts” of a human to be the image of the trinity is a lie. There is only one being who is GOD, the GOD and FATHER of our Lord Jesus Christ. Check out this phrase in scripture, it is repeated numerous times. Then, for unto us there is but one GOD. Take note that many times the Holy Spirit is not included with the FATHER and Jesus. The throne of GOD and the throne of the Lamb, two thrones only , what about the throne for the Holy Spirit ? The truth is that the FATHER is the Holy Spirit. If the trinity was true and GOD did become a man that would have been all through the pages of scripture as it would have been made very clear. Why did it require a council almost 300 years later to declare Jesus was GOD. How could something like that be forgotten ? When Jesus asked Peter, “who do you say that I am ?” Why didn’t Peter say you are GOD, the second member of the trinity ? There are scriptures used by trinitarians to “prove” the trinity but they are either grossly misunderstood or very poor translations. When Jesus said he was one with his FATHER trinitarians jump on this without reading John 17. We are to be one with GOD and Jesus, obviously the meaning of the word “one” has been misunderstood. There are many scriptures on various topics that have been incorrectly interpreted thus causing false doctrine. Jesus called the FATHER the one true GOD, John 17:3 Jesus said many times that he had a GOD. How can a flesh and blood human like Jesus be fully GOD and fully man at the same time, was Jesus omnipresent, omnipotent or omniscient ? It would be impossible. You would think that Satan would recognize GOD wouldn’t you ? Why would Satan try to tempt GOD. Yet Satan did try to tempt Jesus. When you examine scripture ask a lot of questions; who, what, when, where, how and why then ask GOD to give you the answers not some man.

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-02T11:57:59-0600

Landon Caeli said:
I guess you're not bothered by any of what you saw, because you seem to be in favor of more of it.

I'm not any more bothered by it than I have been by evangelicals doing the exact same thing for the last 30+ years. Except for the hat, everything about his presentation looks and sounds like it was cribbed it from a generic megachurch.

Landon Caeli said:
Do you also like the guy with the mock suicide vest, playing with wires protruding from it?

https://x.com/ChrisCuomo/status/1941134211358097892?s=20

Are you just throwing up anything to see if it sticks?

I find this guy as obnoxious as every other white guy at a protest cosplaying as something he's not. This guy's wearing a suicide vest. Others like to get dressed up like SpecOps Ken.

BCP1928 · 2025-12-02T11:57:53-0600

Servus said:
That didn't come anywhere close to answering the question of is there any solid evidence. It'd be cool if someone just gave an honest answer instead of non sequitur deflection.

It's not worth the effort. Why should you care if it actually happened if you think it would have been the Christian thing to do anyway?

another_lost_guy · 2025-12-02T11:56:23-0600

iluvatar5150 said:
It should be on you to actually read into the numbers a little bit before posting them, but I suppose that's too much to expect around here these days.

At least I have a number.

iluvatar5150 said:
The problem I'm seeing with your medium.com piece is that it doesn't really cite any data. It just makes claims without actually backing them up. It gives the valance of backing up the claims by citing pieces from Daily Caller and other sites that don't actually show their work, but rather just keep linking back to their own progessively less-informative pieces without explaining where the numbers come from. The only thing close to a "source" I can find in there is the UnusualWhales site that makes projections (which is all they are) based on the official financial disclosures that I already described.

You don't have any projections at all.

iluvatar5150 said:
We can't know her actual rate of return without knowing her precise contributions and the precise valuations of her assets - details that aren't reported to Congress.

Perhaps they should be to prevent stuff like this from happening. But Pelosi and her sycophants are against it

iluvatar5150 said:
Again, no, it should be on the authors to substantiate that claim, not throw up a smokescreen of nonsensical citations.

No, if you have a problem with the claim, it's up to you to dispute it

iluvatar5150 said:
Here's a post I made on this subject a few weeks ago, with links to her 2023 & 2024 disclosures, showing how NY Post's estimates of her returns were bogus:

Pelosi made more than $130 million in stock profits in 37 years, return of 16,930%

https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/nancy-pelosi-made-130-million-in-stock-profits-in-her-37-years-in-congress-a-profit-of-16930/ One of the most incredible stock picking examples in the history of our country.

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You can literally go to pelositracker.app and follow the purchases she makes in real time. You can recreate her returns and see for yourself. People have made an entire business model centered around tracking her trades. Is that not enough for you?

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