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Can democratic Socialism save America?

It’s a fine line to walk.

Democratic socialism is based on a fable that increases human suffering while claiming to be morally superior and virtuous. Those who are frustrated with being locked out of the opportunities they dreamed of are most likely to fall for these poorly devised solutions proven to be catastrophic in places like Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea.

Venezuela is not communist but a socialist State with a Socialist government.
The government of Cuba is communism and North Korea has a totalitarian dictatorship under the Kim family. Venezuela is indeed socialist but ran by a dictator so it does not resemble democratic socialism.
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And where can I find this Apollo 16 image ?
Well here's one from Apollo 16. No fish eye lens, no cutting and splicing, no editing of any sort. It's the same mission where Charles Duke was the Lunar Module pilot.


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DOGE wants to Make Aliens Great Again: Increase Visas to bring in Skilled Foreign Workers to Take Lucrative Jobs from Mediocre Americans

Trump Organization sought to bring in nearly 200 workers on visas in 2025


President’s family business requested at least 184 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, Virginia winery and two golf clubs


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The Trump Organization sought to bring in at least 184 foreign workers in 2025 for temporary positions at Mar-a-Lago, two golf clubs and a Virginia winery through H-2A and H-2B visas, according to data from the Department of Labor.

The company’s visa requests have risen steadily in recent years, from 121 in 2021 to a record 184 in 2025.

During Trump’s five years in office, the Trump Organization filed to bring in at least 566 foreign workers.
I guess there's no Americans with the skill set needed to wait tables and cut grass.

The hypocrisy of the man makes me want to throw up. When is the tipping point going to come? When are people going to realise the type of man Trump actually is? He lies to his base constantly. How long can they keep lying to themselves?
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Why do people hate ICE...

Federal officials confirm officers have begun Charlotte immigration enforcement

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Trump promises $2000 tariff dividend to all Americans

In a sign that things are definitely going well for his second term, Donald Trump is promising to send cash to every American. Tucked away in a series of posts on Truth Social that railed against recent setbacks for his tariff scheme, Trump promised a tariff dividend for every American worth several thousand dollars.

“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars

Socialist.
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NBC: Gov. Abbott asks USDA to approve waiver banning junk food purchases with SNAP benefits

You didn't start with only "a skillet and a sauce pan". You also started with a reliable heat source, a place to store and refrigerate your ingredients, (as noted) a way to transport them, and at least a knife or two to cut them.

That may not be a ton, but it's not nothing. The transportation in particular can be huge. The cheapest cuts of protein where I shop are family packs of chicken breasts, pork loin, and pork shoulder, all of which are around $2.50-3/lb (unfrozen). How are you going to manage a 4 lb pack of raw chicken breasts when you have a 2 hour bus ride home? You have to throw them in the trash as soon as you get home. Depending on how it's packaged, the pork might withstand the trip better, but you'd still better cook it that day.
My wife had developed an "in" with the butcher at the local Tom Thumb just four blocks away from us. He saved meat for her until it's "sell by" date and sold it to her at severely slashed prices. The trick was that she's able to discern very keenly just how close meat is to going bad, plus she knew to get it cooked and frozen immediately upon getting home.

Can't do even that anymore, though. That Tom Thumb closed a few weeks ago, so we're officially in a food desert. Fortunately we own good transportation.

The next closest grocery store is a Whole Foods five miles away...and not cheap. But I'm an Amazon Prime member, so we get a little discount on Whole Foods groceries.

But Amazon Prime membership isn't cheap, either.

Bottom line: It's expensive being poor in the US.
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Trump’s Name Chanted in Israel AND Gaza After Peace Deal: ‘Nobel Prize to Trump!’

I am not trying to trivialize the losses that many people have experienced due to this war. I just think that progress is being made, since things are more peaceful in Gaza than they were before the ceasefire.
I don't think that 'more peaceful' really conveys the situation. I can't imagine people who are walking over the rubble which has buried their family and friends saying to each other 'Gee, isn't it a lot more peaceful these days...'
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Appointed to Eternal Life - Acts 13:48

Nope. That is not what it says. That's what you think it says, but it definitely doesn't actually say that.
I'm not going to take the time to engage you if you won't even acknowledge what Luke wrote:

... ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Acts 13:48b)​

ὅσοι introduces a relative clause ("as many as") and governs the participle τεταγμένοι ("appointed, assigned"). The verb in that relative clause is ἦσαν ("were"), not ἐπίστευσαν ("believed"). ἐπίστευσαν is outside the relative clause.

SUBJECT: ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον
PREDICATE: ἐπίστευσαν

The subject is:

ὅσοι (those who) ἦσαν τεταγμένοι (had been appointed)

the predication is:

"those who had been appointed" --> "believed."

You cannot dispute plain grammar. Either you acknowledge this, and we can go from there, or you do not believe what Luke wrote, in which case there is no point to me taking the time to wade through the rest of your comments.
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Can democratic Socialism save America?

This week, I am not responding to a question but expressing my personal views on the implications of the rise of democratic socialism in America.

Robin Hood is a legend in English folklore based on the illegal and daring exploits of a good-hearted crusader for the common man, or peasants. His heroic character is considered to symbolize resistance to abusive authority and heavy taxation.

Over the years, books and movies based on this fictional character have romanticized the idea of taking from the rich (always portrayed as greedy, selfish, and corrupt), with altruistic motives, of course, to redistribute to the poor and oppressed victims. Robin Hood was never portrayed as greedy, selfish, or corrupt, only kind, just, benevolent, and generous — the perfect protector and redistributor of wealth to the masses.

It sounds very much like the modern platform of democratic socialism.

In my 2021 book, Seven Gray Swans, I offered a biblical analysis of seven key trends that I labeled as gray swans. In the simplest of terms, a gray swan is an obvious danger that we tend to ignore. My list included, among others, universal basic income, social scoring, biometric IDs, and democratic socialism.

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It's sad when a person writing for a Christian paper feels the need to lie, in order to get his point. The countries that he cites ate not examples of Democratic Socialism. One is a dictatorship and the others are Communistic.

A better example would be Norwegian countries but they really practice Social Democracy rather then Democratic Socialism.
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Well here's one from Apollo 16. No fish eye lens, no cutting and splicing, no editing of any sort. It's the same mission where Charles Duke was the Lunar Module pilot.


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Lol'z, They are either CGI images or have been Photo - shopped :)

"It is photo-shopped...but it, it has to be"

Rob Simmon is a prominent data visualizer and information designer who worked at the NASA Earth Observatory for many years. He is widely recognized for his work in creating stunning, true-color images of Earth, most famously the "Blue Marble" image that was used as the default wallpaper for the first phone.

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Release from Epstein files

Hopefully their investigation of Bill Clinton and Epstein will be thorough.
Right, only those two,

Once again, it was Trump who made promises about releasing them. It was not 'the left' crying out for them. It was MAGA.
Notably, Greene, Patel and Bongino.
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We don't grow coffee, bannans and other fruits

I heard a rumour that you guys were finally getting cheap bananas again. I'm sure lots of people were crying out "I want you back" at the grocery store. Because, without bananas, it would be a pretty cruel summer.
We should stop before the moderators go bananas.
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Democrats finally vote to open Government

In other words, today's rhetoric is basically a "Ha ha we fooled you" admission "mea culpa" for those who got snookered into believing "hey this shutdown is the fault of Republicans, it is a Republican shutdown no matter that all Republican Senators vote to open the government".

Lesson for all, try not to be so easily snookered.
Republicans didn't vote to open the government. They voted for their spending bill. They voted against the Democrats bill, just as Dems voted against the Republican bill. Both were responsible for closing the government.

It reopened because a few Democrat Senators broke with the party and voted for the Republican spending bill.
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We don't grow coffee, bannans and other fruits

Also a great opportunity to dust of this classic:

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I heard a rumour that you guys were finally getting cheap bananas again. I'm sure lots of people were crying out "I want you back" at the grocery store. Because, without bananas, it would be a pretty cruel summer.
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Release from Epstein files

Perhaps the same thing that motivated Biden to keep them hidden during his entire time in office.

So release them and put those evil lefty child abusers behind bars where they belong! Along with any evil righty abusers. I am completely, 100% OK with this!
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Is engineering a ‘super’ human being a good idea?

Lets say they are successful at the whole lot of it and 40 years from now there are a bunch of folks wandering around who are better looking, smarter, faster, stronger and healthier that us normal folk.

Naturally, the "supers" will rise to the top. They'll probably have a head start anyway because they'll mostly come from well off families who could afford the treatments.

What do the "supers" that are now running the show do with the rest of us mere "normals" ?

Nature could have done it or aliens. Could have happened over 40 years ago too. Just wondering why not well off families (would privilege waste those 'super genes' and lead to a dumbed down development?)? Not that I'm complaining. I wouldn't have changed a thing.
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