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Nithavela · 2025-12-11T09:49:35-0600

essentialsaltes said:
Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention
Judge Paula Xinis said he has been detained "without lawful authority.”

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said in her order on Thursday that "since Abrego Garcia's wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority."

Xinis said that the absence of a removal order prevents the government from removing Abrego Garcia from the U.S.

Judge Xinis, the judge in Abrego Garcia's immigration case, in August blocked the government from removing him from the United States until the habeas case challenging his removal was resolved in court.

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-11T09:41:49-0600

Love Fountain said:
Hello samaus123456789,

Jesus confirmed the order of the Hebrew Scriptures in the three sections of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms(writings) that today is known as the Hebrew Bible or Hebrew Canon. It was ordered and arranged by God. God didn't leave anything out, He arranged exactly how He wants it, then man changed the order and has tried adding books written by men ever since beginning with what is known today as the Septuagint.

Why did you change the order that Jesus confirmed as the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms as Scripture?

Just like the disordering done in Alexandria, Egypt putting Psalms ahead of some of the Prophets bringing disorder to what God arranged and then trying to insert books written by men into the mix.

No, that is not true or correct, Jesus didn't ever refer to 1 Enoch as Scripture and 1 Enoch is not in His canon and is not Scripture.

The Sadducees in Matthew 22:24 quoted Deuteronomy 25:5 applying it in error and that is what Jesus referred and replied to in Matthew 22:29 telling them they err and didn't know Scriptures they were quoting from Deuteronomy incorrectly.

In Matthew 22:32 Jesus went on to quote Exodus 3:6 in his further response to them applying false doctrine to their misuse of Deuteronomy 25:5 and corrected them by referring to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all still being alive with God because God is not the God of the dead, He is the God of the living!

In your pursuit to falsely establish 1 Enoch to anything other than words of men you too make a similar error of incorrectly applying Jesus to quoting something He never quoted or even hinted at as being Scripture!

No again, complete nonsense and false doctrine that has been used to deceive people! Jude didn't quote a writing by Enoch. Lol

It is written

Jude 14-15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam prophesied of these, SAYING, "Behold the LORD cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgement upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

It is written what is quoted of Enoch is what he SAID not what he wrote, nice try though!

The word of God was passed down verbally at that time, not written and certainly Jude didn't quote a false uninspired written document called 1 Enoch written by men. You do err in believing this nonsense!

1 Enoch is not written like all the other biblical texts at all because it's not inspired or written by God!

Here is the correct order of the Hebrew Texts and what belongs as God ordered them in the following link and there's no other texts that belong.

Correct order of the Hebrew texts link

Blessings,
Love Fountain

Everything I said is right. Jesus was referencing 1 Enoch, and other standard OT texts. The Sadducees mess up a story from Tobit about the woman with 7/8 husbands. If you believe 1 Enoch is not inspired then it is not for you. These other books are only for the wise.

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-11T09:38:37-0600

Delvianna said:
If that's true, where is Jesus now? The 2nd coming starts his personal and literal reign in Israel as the worlds capital is Jerusalem. (Micah 4:2, Isaiah 2:3, Zechariah 14:16) Plus, we're almost 2,000 years passed 70AD, so all of scripture doesn't back up your theory. You can't have conflicting information and what I listed conflicts with your statements.

Also, 70AD doesn't fulfill Daniel 9, 11 & 12 either which still puts this future which has parallel information in Revelation which conflicts with a lot of these answers.

ALL AI IS BIASED. It bases it's answers on what you want to hear. Even the creators say so. Do not let any AI be your brain, it's logic isn't perfect and its answers are biased. For example, there is a viral video of a woman who follows the quaran. She asks chatgpt if it would become muslim and it says yes. She asked which follows Jesus more, Muslims or Christians and its answer is Muslims. Biased answers, based on her own input reguardless of the fact she asked for a non-biased answer because it's programmed to do that. (Link to that video, you can check out her other chatgpt questions about Muslims and one where chatgpt becomes muslim). Do not trust AI for scripture study.

Micah 2 was about Pentecost. Israel was restored on Pentecost new covenant church the third temple was born in a day. I have a post on it. Zech 14 happened in 1/2 maccabees. Isaiah 2 was pentecost too.
Dan 9, and 12 ended 70 AD. Dan 11 ended before 70 AD whenever it was.

I already know the answers chat gpt just formats it nicely for me.
Chat gpt is awesome for the bible.
Trust AI for scripture.

Rev 13-22 is future.

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-11T09:33:39-0600

SabbathBlessings said:
Using AI as a replacement for prayerfully study of the Bible is dangerous because you can make it say almost anything. I have seen it give both sides of the argument, but if you ask it to go by "Bible only" not outside commentaries you tend to get better results, but if you do not know the Scriptures and are relying on AI, its not replacement for God's Truth which can only be found with careful and prayerful continuing study of God's Holy Word.

I have 15k hours bible study. Chat GPT is amazing. If it is not for you don't use it.

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-11T09:33:07-0600

essentialsaltes said:
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken’s decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.

The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features and was the default in Microsoft products.

“To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department’s written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface,” the cable said.

I've worked at several organizations where the communications department decided on the font, which I found unnecessary.

There is nothing related to DEIA in Calibri or Times New Roman. I believe both are very good fonts. However, Times New Roman has been around longer than Calibri, so it is easily available.

What I find astonishing is that my tax dollars are being used exceptionally well with much more thoughtfulness: the Secretary of State, under both administrations, appears more concerned about the choice of font than addressing the significant chaos occurring in the world.

samaus123456789 · 2025-12-11T09:32:52-0600

⭐ 1. METHOD FOR EVALUATING ANY ANCIENT TEXT

Use these 6 steps.
Historians and scholars do exactly this.

Step 1 — Identify What the Text Is

Ask:

Is it history?
Prophecy?
Myth?
Liturgy?
Polemic?
Legal text?
Apocalyptic?
Commentary?

Apocalyptic texts (like Enoch, Revelation, 4 Ezra) do not operate like history.
Polemic texts exaggerate.
Legal texts idealize.

Understanding genre prevents misreading.

Step 2 — Date the Text (Range, not exact)

We almost never know exact dates.
So we estimate:

earliest possible date (terminus a quo)
latest possible date (terminus ad quem)

Everything in antiquity has ranges, not precision.

Example:
1 Enoch Book of Watchers → 200–160 BC, maybe older.
We don’t need exactness — just the window.

Step 3 — Identify the Audience

Ancient texts were written for:

a sect
a king
a court
a temple
exiles
a religious movement
a theological agenda

Knowing the audience explains why certain things are emphasized.

Step 4 — Compare Parallel Sources

Ask:

How does it line up with Josephus?
With the Septuagint?
With DSS?
With archaeology?
With inscriptions?
With internal logic?

Agreement strengthens reliability.
Disagreement means we must be cautious.

Step 5 — Separate Claims From Interpretation

“Text says X” is different from
“Therefore X means Y.”

Write them separately:

Observation = what the text actually says
Interpretation = what you think it means
Speculation = what might be intended

This protects you from confusing ideas with evidence.

Step 6 — Give a Probability, Not Certainty

Historians think in levels of confidence:

High probability
Moderate probability
Low probability
Unknown

Not everything is a yes/no answer.

⭐ 2. CHECKLIST FOR DETECTING BIAS OR OVERCONFIDENCE

Use this on yourself any time you form an idea.

✔ Internal Bias Check

Ask:

Am I only reading sources that agree with my conclusion?
Am I ignoring information that challenges my idea?
Am I too emotionally attached to a theory?

If yes → pause.

✔ Complexity Check

Ask:

Does my explanation seem too simple for a massive ancient world?
Am I assuming one cause, when ancient history is multi-causal?
Am I forgetting cultural diversity?

If your theory feels “perfect,” it’s probably too simple.

✔ Expert Check

Ask:

Do actual scholars agree even partially?
If not, why?
Am I interpreting texts in ways professionals find unlikely?

If 0% of experts support an idea → proceed cautiously.

✔ Evidence Check

Ask:

Do I have multiple independent sources?
Or just one obscure passage?

Single-text conclusions are dangerous.

⭐ 3. HOW HISTORIANS AVOID FALSE CERTAINTY

Professional historians use these principles:

Rule 1 — Always distinguish evidence from hypothesis

Never say “This happened” unless there is direct evidence.
Say “This is a hypothesis based on X and Y.”

Rule 2 — Treat silence as silence

If a text doesn’t mention something, we cannot infer it exists.
Ancient writers omitted a lot.

Rule 3 — Remember we don’t have autographs

Every text is a copy of a copy.
So historians:

expect transmission errors
expect missing details
expect later interpolations
avoid dogmatic use of a single manuscript

Rule 4 — Use the principle of minimal assumption

Prefer explanations that require the fewest leaps.

⭐ 4. HOW TO THINK WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS

This is VERY important and humbling.

No one on earth has seen:

the autograph of Genesis
the autograph of Isaiah
the autograph of 1 Enoch
the autograph of Jubilees
the autograph of Matthew
the autograph of Paul
the autograph of Josephus

Not one.

So you are in the same position as every other human on earth — even the scholars.

Because of this, we must:

assume copying errors exist
assume scribes sometimes harmonized or expanded
assume theological motivations sometimes shaped transmission
compare manuscripts rather than rely on one
stay humble in interpretation

Every ancient text is an echo, not the source.

This protects you from overconfidence.

⭐ 5. HOW TO HANDLE UNKNOWN TRANSMISSION HISTORY

Transmission history is rarely fully known.

But here’s how to approach it:

✔ Principle of Textual Layers

Almost all ancient texts have:

older core
later expansions
editorial shaping
translation effects
commentary inserted in margins that eventually got copied into the text

Never assume a text is uniform.

✔ Principle of Cultural Drift

Beliefs change over time:

Jewish religion changed between 1000 BC and 100 BC
Christianity changed between AD 30 and AD 200
Scribes add interpretations
Traditions adapt to new eras

So a text often reflects its final community, not the original event.

✔ Principle of Lost Information

We have lost maybe 90% of ancient writings.
This means:

we often see only one side of debates
we lack counterarguments
we misunderstand context
we guess more than we know

The correct mindset is:

“Here is what we can know from surviving evidence —
but the full picture is certainly bigger.”

⭐ 6. A PRACTICAL MINDSET FOR STUDYING ANCIENT TEXTS RESPONSIBLY

Here is a grounded, healthy internal posture to adopt:

✔ Humility

“I don’t know everything — and that’s okay.”

✔ Curiosity, not certainty

“I want to understand, not prove.”

✔ Slow conclusions

“If something seems obvious, I need to slow down and double-check.”

✔ Comfort with ambiguity

“Some questions simply cannot be answered.”

✔ Differentiate faith from history

Faith asks “What does this mean for me?”
History asks “What does the evidence show?”

Both can coexist as long as you don’t mix the tools.

✔ Expect your views to evolve

If you’re doing it right, you will rethink things many times.
This is not failure — it is growth.

⭐ Final reassurance

You said:

“I have never seen the autographs and I don’t know the transmission history.”

Exactly — no one has.
Not scholars, not pastors, not rabbis, not historians.

You are not behind anyone.
You are simply honest — and honesty is the foundation of wisdom.

You’re already doing the thing that keeps people from going off into strange, isolated interpretations:

You are willing to be corrected, cautious, and humble.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-11T09:32:39-0600

Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention

Judge Paula Xinis said he has been detained "without lawful authority.”

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said in her order on Thursday that "since Abrego Garcia's wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority."

Xinis said that the absence of a removal order prevents the government from removing Abrego Garcia from the U.S.

Judge Xinis, the judge in Abrego Garcia's immigration case, in August blocked the government from removing him from the United States until the habeas case challenging his removal was resolved in court.

Aryeh Jay · 2025-12-11T09:27:26-0600

Hans Blaster said:
Is the "sub" urban the downgraded version of the EM-50 Urban AV?

Yes, missing the armor upgrade and periscope.

durangodawood · 2025-12-11T09:22:46-0600

ThatRobGuy said:
For starters, they'd have to run some more analytical candidates instead of ones that appeal purely to emotion.

Generic platitudes and catch phrases about "The Trump family is abusing power to enrich themselves" (without being able to explain in detail how that's being done) isn't going to cut it - as evidenced by the current lot of Democratic house reps shouting it in unison, and over half of the country not really caring.

Now, perhaps that could change with the 120th upcoming congress, they seem to be running some younger and fresher candidates who may be more familiar with the subject matter. But as it currently stands...

A house rep in their upper 50's and 60's shouting about Trump's crypto scheme isn't going to carry much weight when it becomes clear that the extent of their knowledge on the subject is "I heard my grandkids talking about it, that's the one that has the Doge Dog on the picture right?"

A house majority is a big tent almost by definition. There's plenty of reps already in place who could manage this.

Ultimately tho, short of impeachment, the house itself doesnt seem to have much authority, Theres no law enforcement capacity - even if it creates new laws. And impeachment conviction requires a sympathetic senate. Probably the best they could do at the fed level is bring things to light via subpoena power - which is certainly better than nothing, but insufficient for results in an environment where enough voters would let anything slide.

Its the state level where the action could happen. And thats where they really blew it last time by not, essentially, conspiring across borders to lead with the most damning cases rather than the weak sauce charge they got. Do we really want a such a top down D party tho? Or even one where subservience and discipline is just habitual? Thats a 2 edged sword.

(Oh and go easy on us old folks! We're easily bamboozled by cute dogs and so on.)

CLEEB · 2025-12-11T09:21:47-0600

This type of behavior seems common on this forum. Some people see everything as an attack and some refuse to admit they are wrong even when presented with the evidence. This is what happens when you have so many people who have different beliefs. No one is going to be able to convince the other of anything and it quickly degenerates into confusion. This is sad and unfortunate but is also the reality. When I am faced with that brand of person I ignore them. Quoting scripture is irrelevant because everyone has their own private interpretation. There can be no healthy discussion under such circumstances.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-11T09:21:05-0600

Story from October, but there haven't been a lot of new developments.... yet.

A new K-5 school in Pueblo, referred to as Colorado’s “first public Christian school” by its founders and authorizer, is at the center of a debate over whether its students qualify for public funding.

School officials from the 2-month-old Riverstone Academy say their students are owed state funding under protections in the U.S. Constitution while state education officials argue that allocating dollars to a school with religious teachings would violate both the state and U.S. Constitution.

The school has raised eyebrows at the Colorado Department of Education, which questions whether it is permitted to receive taxpayer funds in light of its Christian affiliation. Similar questions have bubbled up in other states like Oklahoma, where earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court barred a religious charter school in the works from receiving public dollars.

The school, which teaches Christian-based curriculum from Masterbooks and Berean Builders, expands options for families and offers them the kind of education parents are seeking for their children, Friberg said.

“I think the big philosophical element of Riverstone is parents should have the right to send their kids to a wider variety of options than we have right now,” he said. “And so we believe there are parents who have a desire for this type of a school, not only the religious element but also the hands-on element in an elementary setting. So we decided we would try to provide it to the community.”

[Sure, if they want that product, they can go and pay for it.]

Board Treasurer Mike Heil raised concerns at that meeting about “eroding that separation of church and state” reflected in the U.S. Constitution.

Board President Lori Thompson responded to Heil’s concerns by saying that “separation of church and state is not contained in the United States Constitution.”

“My understanding is rooted in eighth grade social studies that says that the establishment clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution was explained by Thomas Jefferson as creating a wall of separation of church and state,” Heil told The Sun. “That interpretation has since been affirmed by the Supreme Court in a number of cases. In fact, they have frequently used his exact phrase. So when board members said that that isn’t in the Constitution, they might be nitpicking and say that specific phrase isn’t in there, but that function is absolutely there.”

[He can thank his 8th grade teacher for doing a good job.]

“As to whether or not we should support schools that have Christian values or that want to be a specific orientation to a religion of some sort, just so everyone’s aware, pre-the 1960s in every public school they taught the Bible and they prayed every morning in the classrooms, which was very much a part of our national heritage that every school promoted the values of the Ten Commandments and the Bible,” D’Avola said. “And they were funded. So there you go.”

[And what did SCOTUS think of that?]

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-11T09:07:02-0600

South Carolina health officials said mobile vaccination clinics have been deployed, but admitted that only a “small number of doses” were administered at the sites

As of Wednesday, there have been 111 reported measles cases in the northwest region of South Carolina, NBC News reports. The region includes Greenville and Spartanburg.

“We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks,” South Carolina Department of Public Health state epidemiologist Dr Linda Bell said during a Wednesday news briefing.

According to data compiled by NBC News, the K-12 vaccination rate for measles, mumps, and rubella in Spartanburg County was 90 percent for the 2024-2025 school year. While that number is high, doctors say at least a 95 percent vaccination rate is needed to stop outbreaks from occurring. Neighboring Greenville County's MMR vaccination rate was 90.5 percent.

In 2025, there have been 1,912 reported measles cases across the U.S. [the most since 1992, back before measles was 'eliminated' in the US], largely amongst unvaccinated children and teenagers, with 47 outbreaks reported since the start of 2025. That's nearly three times the number of outbreaks reported in 2024. Other hot spots outside of South Carolina include 176 reported cases in Arizona and 115 in Utah, according to state health officials.

Kathleen30 · 2025-12-11T09:03:13-0600

Strong in Him said:
Thank you for your reply.
I will try and answer the rest of your post later, but my answer to this is, no, science is not in direct conflict with the Bible.

Genesis 1 says that in 6 days God made heaven and earth. The dispute has always been over "what is a day?"
Some people take that to be literal - 6 days of 24 hours; 72 hours in total. For me, that raises several questions:
i) what took him so long? God is God, he can heal, restore and create instantly. He could bring the whole universe into being in a moment. Why did the author of Genesis say that he split it into 6 "days"? Why did God create things separately - stars before trees, for example? Why did he create the sky on the 2nd day but only create birds on the 5th day? Why did he create 2 things - dry land and sea, which he said were good, and all vegetation and seed bearing plants, which he also said were good - on the third day?
ii) God is outside time. Peter said that with the Lord, a day is AS 1,000 years (a verse which is often misquoted.) What may seem like a day to God could be 1,000 or even, thousands of, years to us.
iii) I read an article once which said that scientists are coming to believe that the universe was created in the same order that is described in Genesis. IOW, first of all, there was light, then water, then dry ground, trees etc, then animals etc etc.

So it is perfectly possible that a "day" in Genesis 1 could be a period of time - maybe 1,000 years, maybe longer.
Only people who take the whole of the Bible to be literal will argue that 1 day = 24 hours. From that, they conclude that scientists are wrong, or lying. This, sometimes, leads to ridiculous conclusions like "the devil is using science to trick us", or "God put fossils on the earth to test our faith". Both of which I have heard Christians saying.

The purpose of Genesis 1 is to show WHO created the universe - God. It tells us what he thought of his creation - good, or very good. And the implication is that God created for a reason. Most people have reasons for doing things - the implication is that God created because he wanted to.
THAT is what Genesis 1 is about and that is what scientists cannot answer. They have no reason for creation - other than maybe a few atoms collided and somehow produced everything.

And there are many scientists who are Christians, and believe Genesis 1 and also what they know to be true as a result of their studies.
God created - end of.

Stronginhim wiliest it is true a thousand years can be referring to a long period of time 500 yrs a 1000 yrs 2000 yrs etc as with other passages where a thousand years is mentioned. In the context of 2nd Peter3;8 it seems to be an admonishment to believers to stand firm in their faith from scoffers who question the Lords return. Meaning that with the Lord a day is thousand years and a thousand years a day . And that God has unlimited time to fulfill his plan.

So can we use use the verse of 2nd Peter of a day meaning a long period of time like thousands or millions of years in the Genesis acount of 6 days of creation. Probably not because it has no bearing or reference to Genesis

.And there be others reasons why the 6 days of creation cannot be taken as millions or billions of years. Because God in his providence it seems has put 2 gigantic marble columns with their foundation set in cement by each day to stipulate what he meant . It goes something like this ( day one And the evening and the morning day 2 And the evening and the morning day 3 and the evening and the morning day 4 and the evening and the morning day 5 and the evening and the morning day 6 and the evening and morning. ) the text is clearly talking about 24 hour days. I do say perhaps scientist’s at least the ones who claim to be Christians should maybe question that there is something wrong with their dating methods and that the Bible says exactly what it says and that the science that is do confidently promoted is absolutely wrong and not the Bible

You did mention in your previous reply about why scientists are not trusted by the public . I did look into that some . In one survey I found. The pew research centre it gives a 51 percent figure for scientists who believe in God or a divine force or power. The other 49 percent being atheists. For the everyday community it was a 95 percent belief in some form of God and 5 percent atheist. The survey is rather old 2006. But I did find a more up to date surveys from 2020 onward the IERE org ( what percent believe in God ) it pretty well says much the same just not with stats that everyday people seem to believe in God in higher percentage wise than scientists. Maybe that is part of the mistrust of the scientific community. I do not fully know. And maybe after all the COVID lies where people had to endure losing their freedoms their jobs if they not take the jab and others being forced against their will and being thrown in jail if they so questioned the scientific line. All that and considering that 99.9 percent of people recovered with or without the jab . Stronginhim perhaps that’s another reason why people don’t have the reassurance of trust towards the scientific community as before. I’m just reading your thoughts on how slow was God in creating the world. Some funny : ) poor God no 7 days. You expect instantaneously

iluvatar5150 · 2025-12-11T09:01:23-0600

Servus said:
Sounds like you're saying it could have been filed years ago but wasn't, as I did - with the reason being Biden added.

Yeah, I suppose one could interpret it that way if you misread my comments and ignore the Politico piece altogether.

Yarddog · 2025-12-11T09:00:39-0600

Oompa Loompa said:
The US isn't at war with Venezuela either.

Didn't say we were.

Oompa Loompa said:
They are at war with the drug cartels who have been attacking and killing US civilians for decades.

The US isn't at war with Cartels. Trump is helping some and bombing others. It seems on who is helping Trump.

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-11T09:00:26-0600

Servus said:
And it may be determined this is authorized too.

9/11 wasn't a military action either. It was an act that was orchestrated and perpetrated by civilians. And the rest is the usual ulterior motives because Trump is evil conspiracy theory argument.

The distinction between military action against the perpetrators of 9/11 and current military operations targeting narcotics traffickers lies in the authorization process. On September 14, 2001, the United States Senate unanimously approved military action against Afghanistan and those associated with the 9/11 attacks, passing the resolution with a vote of 98-0.

Did the United States Senate grant authorization to the current President to take action against narcotics traffickers?

jonojim1337 · 2025-12-11T09:00:09-0600

Larniavc said:
Gravity. Obviously.

Muh gravity that’s stronger than a vacuum. Yeah sure buddy. Only in your phantasie.

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-11T08:52:23-0600

Valletta said:
What’s happening here is so obvious. CNN doesn’t want to know the truth and they don’t want their viewers to hear it either. They would prefer to just keep pushing all of their anti-Trump lies without inconvenient interruptions.
Miller could easily destroy all of their talking points and they know it.

Stephen Miller Says Trump White House Has Offered to Put Him on CNN at 'Any Time' to Respond to Their Numerous Lies But They Won't Have Him On (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

Trump adviser Stephen Miller appeared on the Sean Hannity show tonight and claimed that the White House has made him available to appear on any CNN show at any time of day to discuss any topic, in an effort to respond the many lies they tell every day but that the network is refusing to have him on.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

This article nailed it, it was the same with Charlie Kirk and so many others.

The simple fact is that CNN possesses the constitutional right to carry out its activities. While I may not agree with their broadcasting approach, their actions are fully protected by the U.S. Constitution. Similarly, all news media in America—whether conservative or liberal—have this fundamental right. Importantly, the President of the United States does not have the authority to dictate how the media operates.

However, I saw this morning that the President of the United States has commented on potential buyers and management for CNN. Additionally, conservative media outlets have initiated a negative campaign against CNN. Is this thread part of that campaign?

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-11T08:51:21-0600

ranunculus said:
Their refusal to admit that according to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 double taps are a war crime doesn't change that fact.

Double taps are not a war crime if the enemy is still engaging in hostile activities. If the video footage reveals that they were trying to salvage the drugs, it could be argued that they were still in the fight. No different than blowing up an enemy ammo truck and finishing off the soldiers trying to save the cargo.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-11T08:48:19-0600

ranunculus said:
You've been here since literally page 1 making excuses for the US military doing double taps. Which are a war crime during war time and murder any other time.

All I am saying is that I do not trust what a democrat senator says about the video so we really do not know what actually happened, much less if an war crimes occurred. But once the video is released, I will make a determination then.

DaisyDay · 2025-12-11T08:48:07-0600

Donald Trump's Gold Card: Every visa that exists in America | World News - The Times of India

US News: Discover the Trump Gold Card, a new expedited immigration pathway for wealthy individuals seeking U.S. citizenship through existing visa categories. Explore its implications on America's immigration landscape and the debates surrounding its elitism.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

1. Non-immigrant visas (temporary)These visas function like short-term passes to the American experience.

B-1/B-2: Business meetings and Disneyland.
F-1, M-1, J-1: Academic degrees, vocational training and exchange programmes.
H-1B: The famous (and famously oversubscribed) speciality occupation visa.
H-2A/H-2B: Seasonal agricultural and non-agricultural labour.
L-1: Intra-company transfers, popular with global corporates.
O-1: The “extraordinary ability” category, favoured by scientists, artists and people who can convincingly prove they are exceptional.
P visas: For athletes, performers and touring groups.
E-1/E-2/E-3: Treaty traders, investors and certain Australian professionals.
TN: Professionals from Canada and Mexico.
I / A / G: Media, diplomats and international organisation personnel.
C/D: Crew and transit.
R-1: Religious workers.
U/T: Victims of crimes and trafficking.
Q-1: Cultural exchange roles.

These categories keep the US economy, universities and cultural circuits running. They also keep immigration lawyers comfortably employed.
2. Immigrant visas (permanent residence)This is where the Gold Card wants to land its applicants.

EB-1: People with extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers and top-tier executives.
EB-2: Advanced degree holders and individuals of exceptional ability.
EB-3: Skilled workers, professionals and some unskilled roles.
EB-4: Special immigrant categories such as religious workers and certain government employees abroad.
EB-5: The classic investment route, long plagued by backlogs and uneven project outcomes.
Family-based visas: Spouses, children, parents and extended family of US citizens or permanent residents.
Diversity Visa lottery: A global lucky draw for underrepresented countries.
Humanitarian paths: Refugee, asylum and special juvenile classifications.

Aryeh Jay · 2025-12-11T08:45:10-0600

A2SG said:
You know, some people call him the space cowboy, yeah...Some call him the gangster of love.

-- A2SG, hey, some people call him Maurice, cause he speaks of the pompitous of love.....

He's a joker.

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Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention​

⭐ 1. METHOD FOR EVALUATING ANY ANCIENT TEXT​

Step 1 — Identify What the Text Is​

Step 2 — Date the Text (Range, not exact)​

Step 3 — Identify the Audience​

Step 4 — Compare Parallel Sources​

Step 5 — Separate Claims From Interpretation​

Step 6 — Give a Probability, Not Certainty​

⭐ 2. CHECKLIST FOR DETECTING BIAS OR OVERCONFIDENCE​

✔ Internal Bias Check​

✔ Complexity Check​

✔ Expert Check​

✔ Evidence Check​

⭐ 3. HOW HISTORIANS AVOID FALSE CERTAINTY​

Rule 1 — Always distinguish evidence from hypothesis​

Rule 2 — Treat silence as silence​

Rule 3 — Remember we don’t have autographs​

Rule 4 — Use the principle of minimal assumption​

⭐ 4. HOW TO THINK WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS​

⭐ 5. HOW TO HANDLE UNKNOWN TRANSMISSION HISTORY​

✔ Principle of Textual Layers​

✔ Principle of Cultural Drift​

✔ Principle of Lost Information​

⭐ 6. A PRACTICAL MINDSET FOR STUDYING ANCIENT TEXTS RESPONSIBLY​

✔ Humility​

✔ Curiosity, not certainty​

✔ Slow conclusions​

✔ Comfort with ambiguity​

✔ Differentiate faith from history​

✔ Expect your views to evolve​

⭐ Final reassurance​

Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention​

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Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention

⭐ 1. METHOD FOR EVALUATING ANY ANCIENT TEXT

Step 1 — Identify What the Text Is

Step 2 — Date the Text (Range, not exact)

Step 3 — Identify the Audience

Step 4 — Compare Parallel Sources

Step 5 — Separate Claims From Interpretation

Step 6 — Give a Probability, Not Certainty

⭐ 2. CHECKLIST FOR DETECTING BIAS OR OVERCONFIDENCE

✔ Internal Bias Check

✔ Complexity Check

✔ Expert Check

✔ Evidence Check

⭐ 3. HOW HISTORIANS AVOID FALSE CERTAINTY

Rule 1 — Always distinguish evidence from hypothesis

Rule 2 — Treat silence as silence

Rule 3 — Remember we don’t have autographs

Rule 4 — Use the principle of minimal assumption

⭐ 4. HOW TO THINK WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS

⭐ 5. HOW TO HANDLE UNKNOWN TRANSMISSION HISTORY

✔ Principle of Textual Layers

✔ Principle of Cultural Drift

✔ Principle of Lost Information

⭐ 6. A PRACTICAL MINDSET FOR STUDYING ANCIENT TEXTS RESPONSIBLY

✔ Humility

✔ Curiosity, not certainty

✔ Slow conclusions

✔ Comfort with ambiguity

✔ Differentiate faith from history

✔ Expect your views to evolve

⭐ Final reassurance

Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention