Bradskii said:

That's quite a dumb thing to say. I mean, really dumb.

I love my adopted country. We have so much going for us. But I can give you a list of things that Australia has done which are actually shameful. Our treatment of the original inhabitants from Day One. The stolen children. The White Australia policy. More recently the Cronulla riots and the rise of far right political parties. Our treatment and virtual incarceration of illegal immigrants. It's a long list. I could go on.

But does acknowledging all that then mean that I hate the place? This is not my country by virtue of an accident of birth. My wife and I chose this country. We chose to be citizens. We choose to be Australians. Because of what the country generally represents. We celebrate everything that is good about the country. But we don't flinch from admitting the faults. It's our duty to do so.

It should also be yours.

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That person doesn’t live in the US. Maybe they should focus on their own country‘s history of slavery and conquest

RamiC said:

"2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me."

6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. [11]

Matthew 18 NIV

As I understand these verses, yes a young child can be a Christian.

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I cannot understand a belief that Christianity is a faith that excludes children. So I would agree.

timothyu said:

Seems logical with no conscious sin. Jesus went to the sick, not the healthy. Salvation (resurrection) is available to everyone but also the outcome is only directly related to behaviour.

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So then would you not believe in a doctrine of a fallen human nature being passed to all humanity from Adam and Eve?

Nithavela said:

Sounds like base piracy.

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The Houthis earned a face full of missiles for that.

jonojim1337 said:

Right.

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I guess this is the closest we will get to seeing an apology from you. Pride really is such a terrible sin.

jonojim1337 said:

Well we’re back at the problem where for some reason unencapsulated warm air is for some reason rising upward instead of dispersing in the environment.

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A mass of more energetic air molecules will tend to push less energetic air molecules away such that the space occupied by the energetic molecules will be less dense and thus will be pushed upwards by the more dense (cooler) surrounding air. It doesn't need to be encapsulated. You were speaking earlier of single, energetic molecules, which on their own won't do much. You can easily learn how all his works with very little effort, but it appears that would be too much for you.

As farmers face trade wars and inflation, calls to mental health hotlines rise​

This fall, the Iowa Concern hotline saw four to five times the number of calls it had in the same months last year, said Tammy Jacobs, the hotline’s manager.

The Farm Aid hotline is also seeing a change in the urgency of calls.

“We’re seeing more established farmers calling in — people who know how to play the game and how to access programs. They’re calling more often now, because even with all that institutional knowledge, they’re still running into issues for the first time that are more complex and difficult to solve,” said Lori Mercer, a Farm Aid hotline operator. “The system that’s in place is simply letting them down. There’s just no further safety net.”

Another approach to reaching farmers has been to train people who farmers trust and regularly interact with — such as suppliers, lenders, large animal veterinarians, and spouses — to recognize when someone may be dealing with mental health challenges and teach them how to support them and direct them to resources.

For example, Scheyett has trained agricultural lenders to recognize warning signs of suicide ideation and taught them how to respond.

Maybe try to cheer them up by saying "Have a lot of fun!"

BCP1928 said:

How do you draw that conclusion from what he said? What do you suppose he hates about it that makes him want to point out facts about our history? I know those facts as well, and they don't cause me to hate America.

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Maybe he should focus on his own country’s history of slavery and conquest

Storm weather

prodromos said:

Again, there is nothing clear about what is being shown in the video as it is very poor quality. It could be something he put together in his bedroom with a torch and some cardboard for all I know.

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Well it’s interesting that throughout all the decades of photographing sun eclipses no one has adjusted the exposure enough to show the surrounding area? Also, why are no craters or the rugged surface of the moon ever seen on the eclipsing ’object’?

BPPLEE said:

Why do you hate America?

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How do you draw that conclusion from what he said? What do you suppose he hates about it that makes him want to point out facts about our history? I know those facts as well, and they don't cause me to hate America.

prodromos said:

Are they? So why are you using them as a source for 'truth'?

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Because this Freemason is bending all the rules.

timothyu said:

So no seatbelts is considered a menace.

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That was just the happy ending.

essentialsaltes said:

Trump says U.S. seized oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela​

U.S. forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — a large tanker,” Trump said during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. He provided no detail on who owned the tanker or its destination.

[Trump] would not rule out a ground invasion of the South American nation.

(Ok, armchair generals, what sort of response would be justified for this provocation?)

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Sounds like base piracy.

Apple Sky said:

You use any excuse to not hear the truth.

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I know the truth. He is also the way and the life, Jesus Christ, our Lord, God and Saviour.

Yarddog said:

Maybe that's the problem. I want to see them saved.

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I think there is some confusion here about the distinction between crime and sin and how they should be considered separately.

Apple Sky said:

Oh so now you agree that they are evil lying Freemasons ?

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Are they? So why are you using them as a source for 'truth'?

prodromos said:

Why don't you read the actual documents put out by those involved, instead of watching stupid videos created by idiots.

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You use any excuse to not hear the truth.

Trump says U.S. seized oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela​

U.S. forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — a large tanker,” Trump said during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. He provided no detail on who owned the tanker or its destination.

[Trump] would not rule out a ground invasion of the South American nation.

(Ok, armchair generals, what sort of response would be justified for this provocation?)

jonojim1337 said:

Yes the footage had a good enough exposure to show that no object was closing in on the sun as the eclipse started. Maybe you can prove me wrong.

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Again, there is nothing clear about what is being shown in the video as it is very poor quality. It could be something he put together in his bedroom with a torch and some cardboard for all I know.

essentialsaltes said:

22 people were in the back of the vehicle, and they were all made to find alternate rides home. The driver, identified in a press release by Little Rock Police as 36-year-old as Zachary Platter of Indiana, was issued a citation because of the incident.

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So no seatbelts is considered a menace.

Valletta said:

Putting fear into little children is wrong and should not be brushed off as not being an assault. As I said, all the Times had to do was contact ICE if they really wanted the truth about the numbers. What the Times considers assaults could be different than ICE, they could make it clear to the readers they only consider assaults as those where a judge or jury has convicted the perpetrator. Pretty easy to do. Perhaps assaults are still over 1000% when doxxing is not included.

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Oh good. Guess we can charge these officers based on all the little children who they have put fear into.