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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

But that isn't what I said at all. I simply addressed your claim that "transgender are not born, they are groomed and recruited," I do not believe that's typical for trans people, based on the trans people I know and have met, spoken with or listened to. Your experience seems to be widely different, and I wonder if that may be due to a skewed sample. Just suggesting the possibility.

Granted, neither one of us is trans, so our perception may be off, but if the trans community wishes to tell me I'm incorrect, I'll alter my belief.

-- A2SG, generally prefer to let other people speak for themselves about their own identities....
Just leave minors out of it. If they want to be trans, they can make that decision as a mature adult. Leave children out of the propaganda.

That’s a fair compromise, imo.
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Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

Retired Lt. General Mark Hertling:

"Leaders are shaped by their experiences—and some experiences harden your reverence for standards, while others distort it.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth frequently cites two moments from his Iraq experience as forming his worldview on military justice and rules of engagement. The first is a 2005 rules-of-engagement briefing by a JAG officer that he attended and which he has repeatedly described as excessively restrictive—and, in his view, dangerous. The second is the May 2006 “Tharthar Island” incident in which several detainees were killed after being captured. Three soldiers of Hegseth’s former unit were later convicted, and the brigade commander received a formal reprimand for toxic leadership and command-climate failures.

All these events sparked deep professional debates throughout the Army at the time. For commanders across Iraq and those preparing to go to combat, the cases underscored that a leader, even just through the climate of their command, communicates to their unit the boundaries of lawful actions—and that accountability is essential. In the case of Hegseth’s old unit, others viewed the investigations as unfair or overly legalistic. Secretary Hegseth’s public statements over the past decade reflect a belief that military legal oversight constrains warfighters, that investigations burden troops, and that commanders should be freer—rather than more disciplined—in the use of force."

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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

I know a bunch of christians who have mental health issues, does that mean there's a correlation between religion and mental health disorders?

Lots of people have mental health issues, not all of them are related to their gender identity or any other single aspect of their personality.

-- A2SG, people deal with their personal struggles in a wide variety of ways....
If someone claims to be something they aren’t, then it’s immediately a mental health issue. That’s the difference. Notice I didn’t once mention religion or God in the post being quoted.

Peace
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

Of those I know, many had other mental illnesses, or grew up with no father, or were bullied, and sometimes lacked social skills or acted socially inappropriate/attention seeking.

It’s very much a mental health issue.
I know a bunch of christians who have mental health issues, does that mean there's a correlation between religion and mental health disorders?

Lots of people have mental health issues, not all of them are related to their gender identity or any other single aspect of their personality.

-- A2SG, people deal with their personal struggles in a wide variety of ways....
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

What if I were to tell you that if you are not trans, you have no right to have an opinion on the subject. That is basically what you are trying to tell me.

But that isn't what I said at all. I simply addressed your claim that "transgender are not born, they are groomed and recruited," I do not believe that's typical for trans people, based on the trans people I know and have met, spoken with or listened to. Your experience seems to be widely different, and I wonder if that may be due to a skewed sample. Just suggesting the possibility.

Granted, neither one of us is trans, so our perception may be off, but if the trans community wishes to tell me I'm incorrect, I'll alter my belief.

-- A2SG, generally prefer to let other people speak for themselves about their own identities....
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

Out of curiosity, how many transgender people did you speak to before coming to this conclusion?

-- A2SG, could take a guess, but let's see what you say....
Of those I know, many had other mental illnesses, or grew up with no father, or were bullied, and sometimes lacked social skills or acted socially inappropriate/attention seeking.

It’s very much a mental health issue.
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The NEA is pushing far left teaching upon children

At one t time, they were called "metrosexual." Meaning that they were men with feminine characteristics. But men nonetheless. Also, there was a time where the word "Tom-Boy" was used to describe a women with male characteristics. Everything was fine until trans ideology and pseudoscience plagued the culture like an infection. This has now become a social contagion.
Yup. Not to mention “metrosexuals” and tomboys are generally heterosexual with no major mental health problems. A woman who likes sort hair, sports, and outdoors is still a woman, and a man who cares about his looks and is well groomed regardless of his feelings.
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Spending on Welfare is 'unchristian'

Productivity–Pay Tracker​

Change 1979q4–2025q2:

Productivity​

+87.3%

Hourly pay​

+32.7%

Productivity has grown 2.7x as much as pay


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The graph indicates that from 1948 until 1973 hourly wages and worker productivity operated largely in tandem!

starting in 1974, however, this link began to unravel - hourly compensation flat-lined while productivity continued with its upward trajectory!

Between 1979 and 2025 productivity increased by 87.3% while wages increased by a modest 32.7%!

That translates into an average increase of 1.4% per year in productivity versus 0,6% average increase in wages

Even !he advantage of a 2.7X factor in favor of productivity wasn't enough to satisfy some corporations transfer their manufacturing to off-shore locations - meanwhile citing high labor costs in America as the underlying justification!

Fast forward to 2025 with the Trump Administration with massive cuts being made to fund massive tax cuts for the wealthy
- federal s of Nov 18, 211,000 government employees have left the workforce
- insisting on stringent rules for the 42 million SNAP recipients,
- dispensing with financial support for Obamacare that translates into 10 million losing their healthcare insurance -a projected 15 million by 2034
- insisting that prices are decreasing despite evidence confirming the contrary

The wealthiest 50% of Americans own 98% of America's wealth, those at the very bottom of the other 50% with a combined 2% of the wealth and receiving government assistance have become the designated target by the rest of society!-

Meanwhile the top 0,1% which control 13.8% of the nation's wealth and benefited most from the productivity/wage gap since 1979 are waiting at the front of the line because they are deserving of yet another tax-cut - adding to the national debt that becomes the responsibility of all Americans


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"According to a 2021 White House study, the wealthiest 400 billionaire families in the U.S. paid an average federal individual tax rate of just 8.2 percent. For comparison, the average American taxpayer in the same year paid 13 percent."
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"The US government is estimated to have lost around $135 billion in revenue due to corporate tax avoidance in 2017. In contrast, corporate philanthropy has amounted to less than $20 billion a year.""

"Corporations shifted nearly $1 trillion in global profits to tax havens in 2022—depriving countries all over the world of desperately needed tax revenue.

According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 23 of the largest and most profitable companies in the US paid no federal corporate income taxes from 2018-2022. And 109 corporations paid zero federal tax in at least one of those years."


The wealthiest members in American society are waiting in the wings while the poorer segments are fighting over "THE SCRAPS" - denouncing each other for taking advantage of the system! while the real culprits get a "FREE PASS!"


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Average consumer now carries $6,329 in credit card debt. 'People are stretched,' expert says

What is important about inflation in the price of silver?
Gold is the primary monetary metal.

Silver is the second.

In general terms, it is not that the value of these metals that increases. It's that the buying power of the fiat currency decreases.

If one compares the historic pricing of gold and oil in fiat US dollars; a inversely proportional trend will appear.

In 1900. a silver dollar would buy you a steak dinner. Today, that same silver dollar will still buy you a steak dinner.
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Trump to use wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport illegal migrants from ‘enemy nations’: sources

And while you're at it, maybe stop firing them and making the problem worse.

Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will

The Executive Office for Immigration Review, or EOIR, which runs the immigration court system, fired at least two dozen more immigration judges and supervising judges ... [And now 8 more. And a baker's dozen of probationary judges.]

Immigration judge fired by Trump administration files lawsuit claiming discrimination

Tania Nemer is one of scores of immigration judges that have been dismissed.

Nemer was "abruptly fired" in the middle of her probationary period despite receiving "the highest possible performance," the lawsuit alleges.

The former Cleveland judge is among the more than 100 immigration judges who have been fired, resigned through the Department of Government Efficiency's "Fork in the Road" offer, or transferred out of immigration adjudication, according to the union representing immigration judges.

The lawyers called the DOJ's position that it can fire federal employees without a reason -- despite civil rights statutes -- a "breathtaking assault on a landmark federal statute."
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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

He rarely actually pays much attention to what other people tell him. We've been arguing about this same issue in its different aspects for several years, enjoy it and know how much we can get away with jabbing each other.
This is nothing to brag about.
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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

You know what, I take it back. I'll step into the ring. Why do both of you insist on speaking about him in third person? He's in the thread with you!
He rarely actually pays much attention to what other people tell him. We've been arguing about this same issue in its different aspects for several years, enjoy it and know how much we can get away with jabbing each other.
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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

One thing Steve has forgotten about the counterculture revolution is that it was fueled by many factors besides sex, including the Civil Rights movement and restistance to a Godless war in Southeast Asia.
You know what, I take it back. I'll step into the ring. Why do both of you insist on speaking about him in third person? He's in the thread with you!
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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

One thing Steve has forgotten about the counterculture revolution is that it was fueled by many factors besides sex, including the Civil Rights movement and restistance to a Godless war in Southeast Asia.
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Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

Trump ‘Wouldn’t Have Wanted’ Second Strike on Venezuela Boat

["Hegseth] said he didn’t do it, so I don’t have to make that decision,” Trump said, adding when pressed yet again about the legality of the strikes: "I wouldn't have wanted that - a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine."

“Pete said he did not order the death of those men,” Trump said when asked again about a second strike on the boat, and avoided answering whether he would have been okay with a second strike if Hegseth had ordered one.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, acknowledged Monday that Hegseth had authorized Bradley to conduct the strikes on Sept. 2. Bradley, she added, “worked well within his authority and the law, directing the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed.”

Her scripted remarks at a news briefing elicited a furious backlash within the Defense Department, where officials described feeling angry at the uncertainty over whether Hegseth would take responsibility for his alleged role in the operation — or leave the military and civilian staff under him to face the consequences.

“This is ‘protect Pete’ bulls---,” one military official, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations, told The Post.

Leavitt’s statement “left it up to interpretation” who was responsible for the second strike that killed the two survivors, a separate military official said, imploring the White House to provide clarity on the issue.

One official said of Leavitt’s statement, “It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.” Another person said some of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration.

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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.

There is a sub-set of US Christians that seem to do little else but complain that they are persecuted because they don't get there way on everything. You seem intent on joining them.
*Their

(don't worry I'm not here to engage with the conversation, I am only here to see the intellectual himself at work)
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