Apple Sky said:

I never said they were, here's what I said 'The Elite being top men at NASA, Leaders where most are Freemasons & Royalty etc.'

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Well, your words, " top men at NASA, Leaders where most are Freemasons & Royalty" certainly seem to mean that NASA leaders are Masons and Royalty. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

essentialsaltes said:

Marc Thiessen is not 'the left'

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I know, you made that very clear in the OP, which is why I said he was simply overreacting. Doesn't mean I can't still say that the left is more infatuated with Fuentes than the right. Also, it's fair to say that Thiessen is reacting to the left's concern with Fuentes, when he tries to scare Republicans on who they should or should not be listening to. Again, I don't like Fuentes, just like Thiessen doesn't, but I wouldn't waste my time on talking about Fuentes, because bad publicity is still publicity. He should just let it go.

David Lamb said:

That's the first time I have ever heard of the leaders of NASA mostly being not only Freemasons but royalty too.

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I never said they were, here's what I said 'The Elite being top men at NASA, Leaders where most are Freemasons & Royalty etc.'

Guojing said:

So tell me what is James literally saying at Acts 21:20-25.

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James is literally telling Paul to show the Jews his Jewishness. The Jews in Jerusalem that had accepted the Messiah still believed that they were Jews including all elements of their culture. They followed the law including the sacrifices because that it what Jews did for centuries. This is the same argument that Paul addresses in his epistles. Their social and religious life revolved around the temple and its activities. Plus they thought that Paul had brought a gentile into the temple which would defile the temple. This was not going to change overnight. James was afraid that the Jews would revolt against the Christians including Paul because of what Paul was teaching and they did eventually. Teaching that the law and the prophets were no longer necessary was a capital offense which is why Paul had to cite his Roman citizenship to survive.

Jesus gives us an idea of when this was going to change when He spoke of the total destruction of the temple. The ending of Matt. 23 is Jesus lamentation and grieving for Jerusalem and in the beginning of Matt. 24 Jesus tells His disciples that the temple would be destroyed which would virtually end both social and religious practices in the temple for the Jews.

I don’t have time to expand this more now but will be happy to later today.

Strong in Him said:

1. If the earth has no edge how can it be flat, like a CD and how can Antarctica go around it?

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Does a flat circle have edges ?

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2. Stars aren't attached to anything.

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How do you know what stars are ?

Apple Sky said:

Yeah right, it's true and this is the knowlendge that most of the Elite knows about even today.

The Elite being top men at NASA, Leaders where most are Freemasons & Royalty etc.

So yes they know all about the Ionosphere.

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That's the first time I have ever heard of the leaders of NASA mostly being not only Freemasons but royalty too.

probinson said:

What I will remember most about this series of events is that the longest government shutdown in history was completely unnecessary and accomplished absolutely nothing.

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Just don’t forget who was supposedly in control of both houses of congress, the White House and the supreme court at the time.

Michie said:

A court has ruled that a couple’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district over concealing their daughter’s gender identity change from them can proceed.

Dan and Jennifer Mead filed a complaint against Rockford Public School District officials over its policy of keeping their daughter’s self-declared gender identity a secret from her parents.

United States District Judge Paul Maloney, a George W. Bush appointee, issued an opinion and order last week that partly denied and granted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Maloney wrote that the lawsuit “contains sufficient factual allegations to support a claim for a violation of Plaintiffs’ fundamental rights as parents in the care, custody and control of their child, a right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.”

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Parents’ lawsuit against Michigan school district over hiding daughter's trans identity can proceed: court

A court has ruled that a couple s lawsuit against a Michigan school district over concealing their daughter s gender identity change from them can proceed

www.christianpost.com

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2024 US NATIONAL SURVEY ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF LGBTQ - YOUNG PEOPLE
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65% of transgender and nonbinary young people reported that they have felt discriminated against in the past year due to their gender identity.

50% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.

39% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year — including 46% of transgender and nonbinary young people. LGBTQ+ youth of color reported higher rates than White peers

28% of transgender and nonbinary young people reported that they have been physically threatened or harmed in the past year due to their gender identity.

More than 1 in 10 (12%) LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year.

More than half (54%) of transgender and nonbinary young people found their school to be gender-affirming, and those who did reported lower rates of attempting suicide.

Transgender and nonbinary young people who had access to gender-affirming clothing, gender-neutral bathrooms at school, and had their pronouns respected by the people they live with had lower rates of attempting suicide compared to those who did not.

Most LGBTQ+ young people who attend school (78%) reported having at least one adult at school who is supportive and affirming of their LGBTQ+ identit

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Affirming spaces among transgender and nonbinary young people:​

• Home 38%
• School 54%
• Community Events 26%
• Online 73%
• Work 39%
• Worship 3%

Transgender and nonbinary young people reported lower rates of attempting suicide when all of the people they live with respected their pronouns and/or they had access to a gender-neutral bathroom at school.​

How many of the people you live with respect your pronouns?​

37% None of the people I live with
27% Some of the people I live with
7% All of the people I live wit]]888

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1) The data was based on 18000 LGBTQ and Transgender/nonbinary young people ages 13 to 24!

2) The introduction of unisex washrooms usage of their preferred "pronouns had an impacted on transgender and nonbinary young people¬

3) The data indicates transgender and nonbinary youth find the schools much moire accepting than their families!

4) Fear of Rejection and Lack of Support:
- fear of negative reactions from family members are primary reasons for trans youth to keep their identity secret
- in a 2022 survey, less than fewer 1 in 3 transgender youth described their homes as "gender-affirming," suggesting that the majority is not

5) Timing and Process:
- transgender and nonbinary youth usually share their identity with friends, other relatives, or a trusted teacher first.
= parents will often find out only when their child is ready to tell them.

6) Importance of Safety:
- school staff are sometimes advised not to disclose a student's gender identity to parents who are unaware, out of concern for the student's safety and well-being.
= disclosing a new gender identity without consent may compromise the youth's safety.

7) Positive Outcomes with Acceptance:
- Transgender youth who have supportive families report better mental health outcomes, including lower rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts

8) Demanding that the school inform parents as to whether their child identifies as transgender/nonbinary may have legal support in the courts, but the fact remains that less than 1 in 3 believe that their families are "gender affirming! - young people also have rights starting with their personal safety should their parents not be supportive and/or resort to extreme measures in an effort to reprogram their sexuality!

2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People

The Trevor Project's sixth annual U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People provides data to help end LGBTQ youth suicide.

www.thetrevorproject.org

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RileyG said:

Not to go off topic, but did you study theology academically or have an academic degree?

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I took a number of theology courses during my undergraduate years at Wheaton College. Not quite enough to earn a religion double major (math was my primary major), but enough to give me a solid foundation.

rjs330 said:

You can and should be empathetic to others feelings. However empathy does not require you to recognize those feelings as something to be acted upon. Empathy can lead to us supporting a person who is harming themselves. Empathy when taken too far can actually be harmful.

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Empathy doesn't actually "require" anything. You can have concern and compassion for fellow humans in a situation and you can look for ways that they are like you and you can recognize the difficulty of that pain and struggle.

I've never known empathy to be harmful outside of hypotheticals.

All are purpose-driven. We all sinned to our death, and shall all fail the Judgment of Law (which only 2/3 angels can pass). Faith and repentance rerpesent the human characterisitc of being correctable. We are all dead under Law, but those correctable may be savable. Correctability serves another purpose, if we are correctable then we can be holy in the end. Holiness serves yet another purpose, when we are holy we can live with the sin-incompatible God in eternity which is Heaven.

We still have a goal when we are sure of being saved, which is to strive for holiness.

Philippians 3:
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

probinson said:

The Democrats SWORE that the ONLY way to continue the subsidies was to hold the line with the government shutdown. Obviously, they were wrong.



The bottom line is, all the Democrats had to do was agree to the clean CR, which they ultimately did anyway, and then address this issue separately. Had they done that, there wouldn't have been a government shutdown.

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a "clean" resolution wou'ld've been a better idea.
A few Senators, including both from my state, wrote themselves a little check using the taxpayer's checkbook within that so-called CR.

The House voted (426-0) to repeal the provision, with members from both parties calling it a "corrupt cash bonus".
So far the repeal has been blocked in the Senate by Senator Lindsey Graham (one of the senators who could cash the check).
As I understand it, as of today the corrupt addition tainting the resolution still stands.

More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up​

Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month.

Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her husband lost his $20-an-hour excavation job in northeastern Pennsylvania. The recent government shutdown dealt another blow, delaying federal funding for programs that helped the family pay for food and utilities.

Although Pellew’s lights were temporarily turned back on last week, they were set to be disconnected again if she didn’t pay another $102. With an overdrawn bank account, she was bracing to be without power again.

In Pennsylvania, where Pellew lives, power shutoffs have risen 21 percent this year, with more than 270,000 households losing electricity, according to state data through October. The average electricity bill in the state, meanwhile, has risen 13 percent from a year ago, as utilities upgrade electric grids to accommodate a burst of new data centers

Overall, Americans are paying 11 percent more for electricity than they were in January, though that number varies widely: Costs have risen 37 percent in Missouri but have fallen in three states by as much as 13 percent, NEADA found.

Nearly 1 in 20 households, or about 14 million Americans, were so behind on utility debt that it was reported to collections agencies or in arrears as of June,

The cost of heating a home this winter is expected to rise 7.6 percent to an average $976 because of rising electricity and natural gas costs, according to estimates from NEADA.

RDKirk said:

Not legally possible. If anyone is charged for sedition, it will by the written code of the law.

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Haha yes of course you are right that an AI "overview" is not law.

I was just thinking of a near future sci fi scenario when it will be.

Always in His Presence said:

Don't cheer too quickly -

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Thank you for publicly sharing the perspectives of the administration.

Apple Sky said:

Tesla claimed the earth to be a realm.

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1. If the earth has no edge how can it be flat, like a CD and how can Antarctica go around it?
2. Stars aren't attached to anything. What is he suggesting - invisible cord?
3. He talks of celestial spheres.

The White House would neither confirm nor deny the reports on the proposal or its delay. “Until President Trump makes an announcement himself, any reporting about the Administration’s healthcare positions is mere speculation," White House spokesman Kush Desai said in a statement.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters health care is being discussed "very frequently and robustly inside the West Wing."

“Right now, the president is very much involved in these talks, and he’s very focused on unveiling a health care proposal that will fix the system and bring down costs for consumers," Leavitt said, without elaborating on any details.

From Saturday night ALL CAPS SESSION.

Landon Caeli said:

We've already played these baby games when the left

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Marc Thiessen is not 'the left'

DaisyDay said:

The illegal orders are not necessarily from the president himself as presidents rarely issue direct orders to troops, afaik; but Hegseth or any officer could potentially issue an illegal order - which must be disobeyed.

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But once again, from Corporal Smith's perspective, an illegal order is an order to break a specific law. In his defense at the court-martial, he will have to cite the specific law being broken. And, surprise, surprise, "the Constitution" is a wrong answer for Corporal Smith because only the judiciary can interpret the Constitution, not minor Executive Branch member Corporal Smith.

DaisyDay said:

It is not sedition to tell soldiers that their duty is to the country and constitution, not the president and his minions.

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They didn't even say all that. What they said was very carefully crafted...they said precisely, word for word, what each troop's LOAC training already says.

DaisyDay said:

Wanting to reactivate Kelly's military status solely so they can court-martial him is egregiously vindictive.

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That's true and ultimately it would fail--not even "ultimately," but immediately--because Kelly's video does not remotely qualify as sedition under the UCMJ or US code.

wing2000 said:

That's a very low bar....

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You got that right, six prime time Emmy nominations and no wins.

Servus said:

Most everything being said against this could be said about other groups that get together at Disneyland.

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Except the part about intentionally wanting to bother other patrons at the park.

Hentenza said:

This is not for the child to decide. Should schools let the child keep their failing grades secret from their parents because they fear their reaction?

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Do teachers let parents know the results of every homework assignment or pop quiz, or do they wait until report cards come out?

Schools don't tell parents everything.

Hentenza said:

The parents already probably call them that. Don’t be silly.

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Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Preferred nicknames can change, and some parents aren't willing to accept them sometimes.

But the point remains: if a kid wants to be called a certain nickname, are schools required to inform parents every time?

Hentenza said:

Why? Who makes that decision? You?

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Why would it be me?

Hentenza said:

The patents are responsible for the child so they make the decision of what is important and what is not.

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The kid doesn't get a say?

Hentenza said:

It isn’t. I grew up in the same era and I don’t remember the school getting involved in that unless it was outside of the dress code. Heck, in my middle teens I used to sneak out of the house at night to go to parties.

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Should the school always report to the parents just in case the kid isn't wearing the right clothing?

How much informing on a kid's activities is the school's responsibility?

Hentenza said:

It is true that kids will experiment but it is still not the school’s responsibility to be complicit in the experimentation.

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Nor is it their duty to impede it, or to be the parents security force.

-- A2SG, hey, teacher, let them kids alone...