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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

And Prager U is doing the same thing for the right.

PragerU is a conservative video giant. Here's why it's trying to get into schools

-- A2SG, equal time....
Prager U teaches accurate stuff, not made-up stuff or rewritten stuff to make communism look like the good life.
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Sin? No I merely responded to your query as to how do you know to distinguish each one. Also if you noticed I used a winking emoji. I thought you would get the joke but I guess not.
No, I laught at the joke. I thought it was quite clever, but it doesn't really answer the question. If you want to forbid cross-dressing for religious reasons it seems like you ought to have a religious standard for what that amounts to.
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Conservative Marc Theissen column: Trump built a winning coalition. White nationalists will destroy it.

Perhaps you didn't have it queued up to the right spot?

When I listened to the part you queued it up to, it was him talking about how the media are "blood sucking leeches who thrive off of the destruction of the United States, and I hate them"
If that's all you bothered to listen to, and wish to remain benighted, fine, that's your choice.

But, do you disagree with that sentence? I went to McDonald's for breakfast. The guy who tried to take my order couldn't speak English. I had to wait for the hi-tech image machine to keep moving and show what I wanted so I could point at it. Blood sucking leeches who thrive off of the destruction of the United States. No, not the employee, the multinational corporation.
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

As I said, keep it away from kids.
Because you don't want them taught that? OK. But do you have to take them out of school to avoid it? Why not just teach them that while other people can have fun with clothing and costumes, it's not OK for Christians.
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

So you let retail marketing decide what it is a sin for you to wear?
Sin? No I merely responded to your query as to how do you know to distinguish each one. Also if you noticed I used a winking emoji. I thought you would get the joke but I guess not.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign in January

There's two different strategic moves that can be played... Once I again, I see some the progressive wing of the Democratic party playing the wrong one (just like the did with Joe Manchin).

Mocking, laughing, and saying "good riddance". (while not having the foresight to see that given the demographics and political make-up for her region, she's certainly not going to be replaced by anyone left of center)

When the smart play now (just like it would've been the smart play with Joe Manchin) would be to say "hey, here's someone who we can actually work with on a few issues that could be a thorn in the side of some of Trump's agenda, even if we can get someone who's with us on 20% of the issues, that's outkicking our coverage compared to anything else we'll ever get from the GA-14 district, let's encourage her to stick around"

What do they think? She'll get replaced by an AOC-type progressive or a moderate republican who's less loyal to Trump? Fat chance...

Just like Manchin got replaced by Jim Justice (after the dems celebrated running him out of town), Marjorie will be most certainly be replaced an ever further right Trump loyalist who dems hate even worse, who will work with them 0% of the time instead of 20% of the time.


A prominent Democrat once said
"It's better to have a few big elephants inside our tent peeing out, than having all of the elephants outside the tent peeing in" (yes I know, it wasn't originally "peeing", I had to change it, the original sounds catchier lol)
Not enough the same. Manchin was at least living in reality land. MTG is just too much of a nut. And shes nowhere near Ds on most issues aside from the Epstein stuff. If she votes with Ds once in a while, fine. But dont bring her, of all people, "in the tent".
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Trump plan for peace in Ukraine leaked; calls for Ukraine to cede additional territory, cut military forces. US Ukraine envoy to leave role

Stating that a small incursion would be allowed was more than "stupid," it cost over 1 million casualties. Save the attacks on Trump. Trump has put forth an offer in the negotiation process to try and stop the disastrous slaughter of human beings. It is difficult to get Putin to discuss. This is the art of negotiation. Ukraine and the European countries want changes, no one has to accept anything.
All of this, all the blood, all the destruction is on Putin’s hands alone. Trump only putting forward plans that favor Putin is reprehensible.
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Church is boring

I haven’t been going to church in a while. I feel like it’s boring. I find myself daydreaming and the sermons are good, but I really don’t like to sing or stand up. I like just saying prayers and even though the sermons are good, I don’t feel like going. I’m not really getting anything out of the Bible study, either, which is online. When I do go to church, I do tithe.
Am I falling away or is this not the right church for me? The people are nice.

The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

To" sin no more" happens over time through sanctification, the process of being set apart and made holy. This is a continual work through His Holy Spirit in a believer's life. This leads us to progressive spiritual maturity and Christ-likeness.Whether or not a person is tempted to return to their lifestyle, they always have the option to repent from that lifestyle until its draw has been eliminated all together.
Thanks for sharing!
I agree with your point. Christians do not become mature overnight; growth is a gradual process that takes time.

Some Christians in America and elsewhere preach to other Christians that we should show love and compassion toward the LGBTQ community without judgment. They are correct; as Christians, we should extend love to everyone, regardless of their background or sin. There is no sin that cannot be redeemed by Christ’s sacrifice, and anyone seeking Him will find Him. Our duty is to show love to all.

However, these Christians also advocate for the acceptance of homosexual, emphasizing that they should be respected as they are, given that this is inherent to their nature.

That is absolute false doctrine. God don’t make someone gay, it is a sin that one must turn from.

I must admit that some Christians, driven by excessive zeal, condemn the LGBTQ community and overlook the fact that Jesus Christ came to save everyone. We sometimes forget that our first responsibility is to show love and leave judgment to God alone. Sometimes, non-believers show more compassion to sinners than Christians do. While Christians aim to hate the sin but love the sinner, we often end up judging and condemning them instead.
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Why Do Vaccinated People Represent Most COVID-19 Deaths Right Now?

Authors:Cynthia Cox, Krutika Amin, Jennifer Kates, and Josh Michaud
Published:Nov 30, 202

The share of COVID-19 deaths among those who are vaccinated has risen. In fall 2021, about 3 in 10 adults dying of COVID-19 were vaccinated or boosted. But by January 2022, as we showed in an analysis posted on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, about 4 in 10 deaths were vaccinated or boosted. By April 2022, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data show that about 6 in 10 adults dying of COVID-19 were vaccinated or boosted, and that’s remained true through at least August 2022 (the most recent month of data).
Why Do Vaccinated People Represent Most COVID-19 Deaths Right Now? | KFF
From the same study. This is the problem with selective mining that proves the ignorance of conspiracy theorists.

What explains the rising share of COVID-19 deaths among vaccinated people?

There are several factors at play here, including a rising share of the population that is vaccinated, waning immune protection and low uptake of boosters, and changes in immunity among the unvaccinated. New variants combined with a reduction in masking and other non-pharmaceutical interventions may also lead to more transmission, which can in turn lead to more deaths.

During the early rollout of vaccines, vaccinated people represented a small share of total deaths, but experts warned that the share would likely rise simply because vaccinated people were representing a growing share of the population. In other words, if 100% of people in the U.S. were vaccinated, vaccinated people would represent 100% of COVID-19 deaths. Similarly, as the share of the population with a booster rose somewhat during 2022, the share of deaths among boosted people also rose. COVID-19 vaccines are very effective at preventing severe illness and death, but they are not perfect, so deaths among vaccinated people will still occur.

Indeed, vaccinated people now make up the majority of the population – 79% of adults have completed at least the primary series – and the latest CDC data show that vaccinated people also now represent the majority of COVID-19 deaths. There are many more vaccinated people than there are unvaccinated people, and vaccinated and boosted people are, on average, older and more likely to have underlying health conditions that put them at risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes. That’s why, when CDC adjusts for some of these factors (age and population size), we still see that unvaccinated people are at much greater risk of death and other severe outcomes than people the same age who have stayed up-to-date on boosters. Older people are at greater risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19 than younger people, but vaccines and boosters still lower that risk substantially.

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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

What's the harm? What drag queens are teaching is that how we dress is only cultural convention and it's OK to have fun with it sometimes. No harm in that at all.
Why not do drag queen story hour in nursing homes then? No harm in that! I'm sure the old people would get a kick out of it! OK to have fun with it.... like you said! Right?
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

No, you're free to dodge the issue. You are free to isolate your children from learning anything real about human sexuality, though that you would want to seems kind of kinky to me.
Speaking of dodging issues. You demonstrate well the behavior of someone who lacks the ability to defend their position.
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Why do people hate ICE...

I understood this to mean primarily criminals. Of course non-criminal illegal immigrants will inevitably get caught it the raids as well. They will also have to be deported, because - you know, illegal.
If they are "primarily" going after criminals, why do so few of those arrested have criminal records? Less than 30% of those detained to date have any prior criminal convictions, and a significant percentage of those are for minor infractions like traffic violations. In Chicago, less than 3% of those arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had criminal records.
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So he committed suicide ?
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Why Do Vaccinated People Represent Most COVID-19 Deaths Right Now?

Authors:Cynthia Cox, Krutika Amin, Jennifer Kates, and Josh Michaud
Published:Nov 30, 202

The share of COVID-19 deaths among those who are vaccinated has risen. In fall 2021, about 3 in 10 adults dying of COVID-19 were vaccinated or boosted. But by January 2022, as we showed in an analysis posted on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, about 4 in 10 deaths were vaccinated or boosted. By April 2022, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data show that about 6 in 10 adults dying of COVID-19 were vaccinated or boosted, and that’s remained true through at least August 2022 (the most recent month of data).
Why Do Vaccinated People Represent Most COVID-19 Deaths Right Now? | KFF
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

Since it is important to you to avoid such things, how do you define what constitutes men's as opposed to women's clothing? Most of the few trans people I actually know prefer to dress unisex, as do increasing numbers of non-trans young people as a way of avoiding the hassle of deciding which gender stereotype they have to conform to. What's your take on that?
The ratio of functional pockets to garment length.
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