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Labor Dept warns Immigration Policies Threaten Stability of the Domestic Food Supply
- By bèlla
- News & Current Events (Articles Required)
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@rjs330 Since I mentioned social security I thought you’d be interested in what I found. The information was archived but its accessible and you’ll get a feel for what they have in mind. It was produced by The Heritage Foundation which originated the manifesto for Project 2025. I think they left it out on purpose.
The Heritage Foundation recommends an array of spending cuts for the 2023-2032 fiscal years, including raising the retirement age to 69 or 70 to reflect longer life expectancy and switching to a flat benefit instead of tying it to one's lifetime wages.
Should the Social Security Retirement Age Be Raised? Yes.
The Heritage Foundation recommends an array of spending cuts for the 2023-2032 fiscal years, including raising the retirement age to 69 or 70 to reflect longer life expectancy and switching to a flat benefit instead of tying it to one's lifetime wages.
Should the Social Security Retirement Age Be Raised? Yes.
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The History of the “Two Laws” Theory in Romans 3:20
- By RandyPNW
- General Theology
- 266 Replies
You're trying to use a truism as proof! Of course, every case in which Paul observes Sabbath rest is a genuine example of him practicing Sabbath rest! But that doesn't mean he was ever doing this out of observance of the OT Law!If Paul did so he was affirming that they were ten commandments *under the Law of Moses.*
Sorry, it doesn't have to spelled out that Jesus was speaking of Jews. Obviously, he was speaking to Jews and knew that the Sabbath Law had only been given to the Jews.
James was using OT Law as an example of how *any sin* keeps Mankind from obtaining Eternal Life by his own works. That was the lesson of the Fall in the garden of Eden. A single sin contaminated Adam and Eve, and got them kicked out of the garden and away from the Tree of Life.
The Law of Moses was designed to affirm this truth to Israel, to make them hope for God's mercy, which would be revealed in Christ. Christ provided a Salvation *apart from the Law of Moses* so that they could find mercy in Jesus despite their record of sin under the Law.
Israel no longer has to serve God under the bondage of the Law, which bound them to Sin and Death. They can simply follow Jesus. The 10 Commandments, and Sabbath Law, are completely fulfilled in his righteousness. And he was not subject to the Law. He *gave* the Law!
We are told in Jer 31.32 that the New Covenant will be for Israel something different from the Commandments and Laws given at Horeb.
I've read it and explained it. OT language was used in the OT period in order not to discourage continued respect for the Law. But Sabbath to Sabbath simply means Week to Week.
I don't know when you will begin to understand that Jesus spoke, during his earthly ministry, to Israel while they were *still under the Law.* The veil had not yet been rent. The New Covenant had not yet been sealed in Jesus' blood. Therefore, the Law of Moses was still in play, and Jesus indicated that every requirement was needed to show every aspect of what Messiah would do.
You gotta believe what you want to believe is true.
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Heating up down under
- By Servus
- Physical & Life Sciences
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I see you skipped talking about how much huge money the $8,000,000,000,000 Green Industry, and the DNC, has to gain from Climate Change Panic. That the Green Industry made an extra $2,000,000,000,000 in 2024 and has given millions in political donations.Not when those hottest places have measurements going back to 1910.
Yes - as if this is news to any actual scientist - let alone climate scientist. Or any humanities geek like myself who has read a bit. Do you know WHY the climate changes? What the top drivers are? What causes a glacial period and interglacial period over tens of thousands of years - or what about LONGER term climate trends over the 10's of millions of years?
Like I said - I'm not even a scientist. But even I know some of these things.
A couple of degrees hotter? Maybe you're thinking of weather.
A couple of degrees of CLIMATE change should scare you - should make you angry - should make you think of the inter-generational immorality of us living as if we allowed to squander our children and grandchildren's futures!
Didn't Calvin himself say the farmer should leave his fields in better condition than he found them? He had basic ideas of stewardship in mind.
Maybe you don't understand the difference between weather and climate?
Think of water in a bathtub. Weather is the toddler splashing and making waves. The amount of water stays the same, but the waves rock back and forth with the water level. Climate change is that someone left the tap on, and soon that toddler could drown!
Climate change is the energy imbalance of the planet - the extra energy 'trapped' by the sunlight bouncing off the earth's surface as heat, and being trapped by the thicker blanket of gases surrounding the earth.
It's going up about to 2 Hiroshima bombs per second, every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day, of every day of the year. All year around. It shows up in glaciers melting, heat records toppling, seasons out of whack, grubs hatching and dying before the baby birds hatch so they can eat the grubs. It's the very food web is out of whack.
It's global crop yields down a quarter as the population goes UP a quarter by 2050.
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And Exxon knew about it all from their own scientists way back in 1977.
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Exxon scientists said...
In 1982 they sent a document marked “not to be distributed externally.”
“Preventing global warming … would require major reductions in fossil fuel combustion. Unless that happened, there are some potentially catastrophic events that must be considered … Once the effects are measurable, they might not be reversible.”
Exxon CO2 Primer (1982) - Inside Climate News
This document describes the state of the science on the greenhouse effect was widely circulated among Exxon management.insideclimatenews.org
It seems sir - that you have a lot more reading and thinking to do.
Unless of course, like most MAGA you just think "That's what you CHOOSE to believe - I choose to believe something else."
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I wonder how much money the 8 Trillion Dollar and growing Green Industry is putting into Climate Change Science? According to AI it's over a Trillion Dollars, and expected to increase substantially.
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New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won’t sign new Pentagon rules
- By Pommer
How dare members of the fourth estate not kowtow to the Secretary of War!?
New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules
The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press rules.apnews.com
Sounds like this Hegseth directive is being broadly rejected by media outlets, big & small, and across the political spectrum.
All of the big ones are in broad agreement (ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox News), and even the very "MAGA-friendly" Newsmax is opposing it as well.
Mercy me, whatever shall we do?
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USA military air force wore a My Little Pony badge
- By Pommer
People are free to be irrational.
Americans both bought and sold something called a Pet Rock, after all.
“Flight crews carry lucky-charms” too on-point?Back in 2013, a U.S. Air Force unit training to fly America’s most advanced military aircraft wore a patch inspired by the television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
The Air Force confirmed it: bronies were flying jets.
“We train world-class pilots who will go on to defend our great nation,” said 1st Lt. Tom Barger, a public affairs officer at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. “Fostering camaraderie, morale and unity on a regular basis and through small means—like a tastefully humorous patch—enhances our ability to complete the mission when working as a team is essential.”
The pink and purple patch—first spotted by My Little Pony fan site Equestria Daily—and worn by 24 flight students from Joint Undergraduate Specialized Pilot Class 14-05, referenced the cable cartoon show about a team of magical ponies.
Yooooo, this is just too awesome.
And it helps combat stereotypes and shows cartoons aren't just for kids and can be enjoyed by anybody.
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