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"To think that we settled...uh...Aber-baijan and Albania, as an example. It was going on for years."

Grandpa Trump doesn't know the difference between Albania and Armenia, and thinks there's a place called Aberbaijan.

Is it time to put him in a nursing home?

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Great news for Trump. Make Aberbaijan great again!

rjs330 said:

People are leaving the Democratic party. Some of it due to their far leftist ideology. Now Some of it is due to how people have responded to rhe Charlie Kirk murder. So yes people have left.

The more radical they become the more people they lose.

However, I still think the economy will be the DRIVING factor in the upcoming elections. If it's bad the Democrats will win. If its good the Republicans win. If its okay and remains the same, the Republicans win. Mostly due to stuff like this.

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It is time to turn the overton windows back about 20 years.

PloverWing said:

Yes, that's the kind of calculation that candidates have to make.

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No, they don't.

Gnarwhal said:

There's something I love about the energy this time of year when schools start up and we're transitioning from summer to fall.

Wow 2025 sure has been loaded for you and your family. My goodness. Well, I'm glad things are looking better with your kidneys and I'm happy to hear that your sister is looking at Catholicism. Though, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your husband's cousin.

In all likelihood your son is better off, unless someone's aiming to be a lawyer, doctor, or teacher, it's really hard for me to see the benefit of college anymore. Especially four-year institutions. The fact that so many people can get tech certifications from community colleges and go on to make great livings with zero debt and support families is kind of proof of that. So whatever your son ends up doing I'm sure it'll work out. It's hard to know what you want to do at that age anyway, especially for us guys.

I bet with the colder air settin in your startin to feel it even more in the joints, eh?

Those fall colors and temperatures sure are a welcome sight and sensation, I'll tell you that!

Me too. We've had a milder summer than usual but it's still nice to dip out of the 100s (hopefully for good this year) and even out of the 90s. It's almost as predictable as the sunrise that the real fall temps don't arrive here until the 3rd week of October, but I tell ya what when those overnight lows drop into the 40s that's when I'm a happy camper. I love waking up to that brisk fall morning air.

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I love waking up to brisk fall morning air too!

RileyG said:

When St. John Henry Neumann was exhumed, his body and casket were found entirely decomposed with some metal and tassels from his hat left. Everything else was gone.

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Why is that relevant to anything?

Servus said:

When I looked up Antifa organizations I got:

• Rose City Antifa: Formed in Portland, Oregon, in 2007, it is considered one of the oldest U.S. groups to use the name "antifa".
• Anti-Racist Action (ARA): A network of anti-fascist activists in the U.S. that was active between the 1980s and 2013.
• Torch Antifa Network: Formed in 2013 by some of the more radical chapters of the Anti-Racist Action network.
• NYC Antifa: A local chapter operating in New York City.
• Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club: This group, active in the Seattle area, was described as an "anti-fascist, anti-racist, pro-worker community defense organization".
• Anti-Fascist Action (AFA): A militant anti-fascist group that originated in the UK in the 1980s.

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Yes I do believe there are orgs. I just dont think that they represent most of the people who consider themselves antifa.

I was wrong about this earlier. Once in a while Rob comes up with some good material

The Red Tsunami continues.

essentialsaltes said:

Military leaders consider recruiting campaign centered on Charlie Kirk​

Possible slogans discussed include “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” There is talk of using Turning Point USA chapters as recruitment centers.
Pentagon leaders are considering a new recruiting campaign that would encourage young people to honor the legacy of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk by joining the military, according to two officials familiar with the planning.

Anthony Tata, who serves as undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, is leading the effort, the officials said.

The idea is facing resistance from some Pentagon leaders who have privately warned those working on the effort that such a campaign could be perceived as the military trying to capitalize on Kirk’s death, the two officials said. Kirk did not serve in the armed forces.

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According to the Pentagon, the NBC News report is 100% wrong.

Engaging with people who think very differently than me is one of the things I value about this forum. Although I often wonder whether our non-Christian friends find it an inhospitable environment.

New evidence continues to suggest that Einstein was right – death is an illusion.

The report that is now archived is dated January 4, 2024


The left wing Brennan Center for Justice posted on January 24, 2024 that the DOJ had failed to provide adequate info on the scope of domestic terrorism.




I wonder where jihadist US domestic terrorism is also studied?

bèlla said:

How can you say what someone is able to live with? The only groups who haven’t complained about higher prices and tariffs are those with discretionary income, homesteaders and preppers. Does that sound like most of our citizens? When people start restricting their meat consumption and looking for depression era recipes they‘re not thriving.

~bella

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If you think that 3-4% inflation, very low unemployment and 6% mortgages are so horrendous that we can't think though such times, I suggest a history book look at the 70's or lots of other decades.

Look at any studies that compare decades and look at what the situation of the middle class and lower classes. "Most of our citizens" are better off than ever before in the history of civilization.
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The ONLY caveat is that Trump is trying to reduce the safety net from the very high levels of LAST YEAR.

ThatRobGuy said:

It's "far-right violence" in the purist sense of the terms "right" and "left" as the concepts would be taught in a Political Science class.

But as I noted, contemporary usage of those terms follows the pattern of "right is interchangeable for republican/conservative" and "left is interchangeable democrat/liberal"

So it's being used to convey the notion that "republican-voting activists & protestors are more likely to be dangerous than democrat-voting protestors and activists"

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This should be cleared up by the journalists, not the researchers in my opinion.

ThatRobGuy said:

It depends on the city... in the case of the Chaz/Chop incident, or some of the violence that took place during the mass protests and demonstrations in 2020, sometimes it's a case where local authorities give directives to not prosecute, either for reasons of political ideology, or merely to downplay events in their jurisdiction that got out of hand.

FBI data: Assaults on cops up in 2020, mostly due to civil unrest

Assaults during civil disorder incidents were up 400% compared to 2019

www.police1.com

Study: Police murder of George Floyd associated with short-term spike in firearm assaults on US police officers

The police murder of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 and revived claims that public outcry over such high-profile police killings perpetuates a violent "war on cops." In a new study, researchers assessed if and how patterns of firearm assault on police officers in...

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Does this hiding of the state of affairs differ between if the perpetrator is left- or right-wing? Perhaps it does, it is a good question.

ThatRobGuy said:

I think another aspect of this that's important as well, left-leaning protests tend to be more of the "mass protest" nature, as where right-leaning causes tend to have protests that are much smaller in scale. I think it stands to reason that mass protests are a somewhat chaotic environment, where not everyone engaging in violent behavior is going to be arrested and/or accounted for (especially when black bloc anonymizing measures are being taken as some of them)


Per the Crowd Counting Consortium affiliated with the Harvard Ash Center, the majority of large more "mass protests" have been for left leaning causes, while a smaller percentage are for right leaning causes.

In 2022, CCC logged more than 13,400 left-wing protests across more than 2,000 different U.S. cities and towns.
The mean crowd size at events with information on it was just under 500
Arrests occurred at 170 left-wing events in 2022 (1.3 percent)
Protesters damaged property at 86 left-wing events in 2022 (0.6 percent)
Participants were reportedly injured at 45 left-wing events in 2022 (0.3 percent)

Participants carried firearms at 3.3% of the left-wing events we recorded in 2022



In 2022, CCC logged more than 5,700 right-wing events in 2022.
The mean crowd size at events with data on that feature was 186
Arrests, injuries, and property damage were rare at right-wing protest events in 2022.
We saw arrests of right-wing participants at 52 events (1.0 percent);
reported injuries 18 events (0.3 percent);
and property damage by right-wing participants at 13 (0.2 percent).

Consistent with the trends, we also saw a decline in armed right-wing protests in 2022, where “armed” means that at least one participant visibly carried a firearm. Our count of those events fell from 2.2% in 2021 to 1.2% in 2022.


None of that seems to convey that there's anything more uniquely dangerous (in terms of violence risk) about right-wing events than the left-wing.

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Your data is about events, the PIRUS data is about persons. It can at the same time be true that the risk is higher when attending left-wing event and that the risk is higher that a violent perpetrator is right-wing, It is even possible that there are right-wing persons at a left-wing event and vice-versa.

essentialsaltes said:

Giant Trump statue holding Bitcoin displayed outside US Capitol to mark Fed rate decision​

“The installation is designed to ignite conversation about the future of government-issued currency and is a symbol of the intersection between modern politics and financial innovation,” said Hichem Zaghdoudi, a representative of the collective of crypto investors who have funded this artistic installation.


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And I'm sure it has nothing whatsoever to do with stroking Trump's massive ego.

-- A2SG, such a humble guy....

essentialsaltes said:

Democrats unveil funding alternative to counter GOP in shutdown brawl​

The new Democratic proposal links funding the government through Oct. 31 to two of the party’s other priorities: health care assistance and placing limits on President Donald Trump’s ability to unilaterally roll back funds previously approved by Congress.

“We invite Republican leadership to finally join Democratic leadership at the negotiating table, which they have refused for weeks to do, to prevent a shutdown and begin bipartisan negotiations to keep the government funded,” Congress’ top Democratic appropriators, Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Washington Sen. Patty Murray, said in a joint statement.

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Good. Democrats need to push back against Trump's power grabs in a meaningful way, and curbing his usurping of Congress' power of the purse is a good way to start. And an effort to ensure Americans don't lose health care is also needed. Maybe Democrats are finally realizing they need to govern instead of just sending strongly worded letters of opposition to Trump's overreaches.

Let's see if it works.

-- A2SG, assuming the GOP arm of Congress can overcome their fealty to Trump and actually do their jobs.....

is the eye of the needle and few there are that pass through it.

Camels are best known for . . .

A 22-year-old has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to murder New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte using homemade pipe bombs.
Independent reporter Breanna Morello posted on X: “Investigators say Tristan Anderson boasted about his plans to his roommate on Snapchat, displaying the materials he planned to use.
Anderson allegedly posted anti-Semitic messages about an “Israel Deep State” before targeting Catholic Governor Kelly Ayotte with threats.

The violent political rhetoric needs to stop.

Clare73 said:

As Scripture likewise shows that faith is a gift (Php 1:29, 2 Pe 1:1, Ac 13:48, 18:27, Ro 12:3) which God works in you, without which gift working in you no one can believe, and with which gift working in you is necessarily to believe.

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Yes, but a gift can be rejected.

1. Faith is linked to God’s universal offer​

• Romans 12:3 – “…God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.”
  This doesn’t mean everyone uses it in the same way, but that the capacity to believe has been given universally.
• Hebrews 11:6 – God “rewards those who diligently seek Him.” That implies everyone has the ability to respond — seeking or not seeking is the choice.

2. Faith comes by hearing God’s word, and the word goes out to all​

• Romans 10:17 – “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
• Just a few verses earlier: Romans 10:18 – Paul says the message “has gone out to all the earth.”
• So, the means to produce faith (God’s word) is available to all people.

3. God calls all people to believe​

• Acts 17:30 – God “commands all people everywhere to repent.”
• If only a few had the ability to respond, this call would be meaningless.
• John 1:9 – Christ is “the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.” That light is the spark that makes faith possible for everyone.

4. Some accept, some reject​

• Mark 6:6 – Jesus “marveled at their unbelief” in Nazareth. He could only marvel if they had the real opportunity to believe.
• Luke 8:12–15 (parable of the sower) – Everyone hears the word, but the difference is in the soil (the heart’s response). The potential for faith is there for all.

5. Faith is a gift — but a gift meant for all​

• Ephesians 2:8–9 – “By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.”
  → Salvation (by grace through faith) is the gift — and since grace has appeared to all (Titus 2:11), the capacity for faith is likewise available to all.

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The officers were following up on an investigation that began on Tuesday, according to Paris, who characterized the case as "domestic-related."

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Man accused of stalking ex-girlfriend fired upon Pennsylvania law enforcement officers in 'murderous rampage': DA​

A man accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend fired upon multiple law enforcement officers who went to the woman's home in southern Pennsylvania on Wednesday, killing three and wounding two others in what officials called a "murderous rampage."

The law enforcement officers had gone to the home in rural North Codorus Township on Wednesday afternoon amid a domestic violence investigation, Barker said. An arrest warrant had been issued for the shooter, identified as 24-year-old Matthew Ruth of Hanover, after his ex-girlfriend reported he had been peering into the home the night before while armed with a rifle, the district attorney said.

The ex-girlfriend and her mother "went somewhere else for their safety" and were not at the home at the time of the shooting,

A Labrador belonging to Ruth's ex-girlfriend was also found dead in the basement of the home, killed by Ruth, Barker said.

david p said:

So if local State and Federal judges are not learned within a polytheistic way(s)' of living, then that judge should not excuse religious freedom as an excuse for practicing their unique religion. It could very well be within a unique religion to sacrifice life; either of animal or human.

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Because even Judges have personal religious rights/rites.



And so to love one another statement with the do not judge statement....

Hmm. What about love your family and judge righteously to your family instead?

We live in a day and age, at least here in the USA, we do, when so many compromises are being made to truth and to righteousness, and to the gospel of Christ and of our salvation, and to morality and to obedience and to holy living. The gospel message is being reduced to a profession of faith only, where morality may or may not be being taught, and where the subject of obedience to God is either discouraged altogether or it is being presented as recommended, but as optional, and not conditional to our salvation.


Sadly, this is where we are as a society, and it is where so much of today’s “church” is, as well. The gospel is being diluted in order to appease human flesh and to attract the ungodly of the world to these secularized “church” gatherings. Obedience has now largely become a bad word, and it is being associated with legalism, with harshness, and with being judgmental. And deliberate and habitual sin is now being tolerated and pacified in the name of God’s grace. But God’s grace does not tolerate and pacify habitual sin.

The grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

Those who are speaking the truth of the gospel of Christ, in its fulness, are largely being marginalized, rejected, rebuked, ignored, falsely accused of wrong, and called legalists and teachers of works salvation. And all this while those who teach the “gospel light” are being honored, praised, lifted up, and followed by large crowds of people. For the “gospel light” people do not insist on obedience to God and death to sin as God’s requirements for what it means to believe in Jesus and to receive him as Lord/Master of our lives.

But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

So, please know and believe the truth of the gospel as taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and not out of context. Many lies are being spread in the name of Christ and of his gospel by teaching Scriptures out of context and making them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. Context is critical to correct biblical interpretation and to understanding and believing the truth of God’s word. And make obedience to God and death to sin your daily practice.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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Whatever is Right, Whatever is Pure..
An Original Work / September 18, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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