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Chicago principal claims teacher who made sick Charlie Kirk gesture is the victim

Here is a question to answer. If a boat , plane or balloon with designated terrorist aboard with the intent of killing US citizens crosses our border can we justifiably blow it up?
How do you make the determination of who's on a plane and what their intent is?
If a truck driven by designated terrorist bringing drugs to kill US citizens crosses our borders, can we justifiably blow it up?
Nobody sells drugs specifically to kill the buyer.
It is the job of any president to protect American citizens. Sometimes that includes violence.
So far, we haven't established that a danger exists.
No not really. It actually is simple. If they are trying to kill us we kill them first.
Let me know when you figure out who is trying to kill us.
The thousands of drug deaths in this country are not acceptable.
So far we've seen no evidence that Trump has prevented a single death.
It appears to me that many liberals cannot accept the fact that Trump actually takes his job description seriously.
We've seen no evidence to support that claim.
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An EBT Crisis?

There’s a bigger agenda behind the fakes to force us to verify our identity before we come online. We’re not anonymous anyway but a home can have multiple people. Scanning your retina will resolve that and your activity will be tied to a user number. That’s how we’ll get to thought crimes. They’ll mine the data and create a profile.

But you can’t get to that point without a problem. If you create enough fakes people will complain and demand a solution which they already have. You don’t know who did it and a lot of these channels are backed by firms or created by them instead. So you make some rage bait that gets a lot of clicks, stirs the pot and gets people upset while you make a profit.

~bella

The GOP passed a bill prohibiting regulation of ai for 10 years precisely because they don't want people to be able to trust what they see.
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An EBT Crisis?

Are we sure this is AI generated? If the prompters have racist intent, why would they put children in the video, which makes the mom a much more sympathetic character?

Did you listen to the video? The commentary points out the discrepancies in the background. The kid with half an arm, the two kids morphing together, the kids frozen in the background, the same women being used in various videos.

If you watch enough videos you can tell anyway. Usually the background isn't sharp. There is no texture to the videos, no pores in the skin, no texture or fibers to the clothes like denim or cotton. Text on books and newspapers aren't readable. Usually the size scale is off in some manner. Often people have missing or extra limbs, like the supposed pics of Trump a few years back, surrounded by black people and one had 6 fingers or two thumbs. Everything looks like it is shot through a filter when even cheap phones are now 4k.

No, the video does not make her more sympathetic. It's to target white people with a message they are taking care of able bodied single welfare moms who keep having kids they can't afford and who live like animals in filthy homes. Ghetto and entitled. It's dehumanizing and degrading.

Edit: often they also hope to inspire a trend where real people will make such videos. There are people who intentionally make controversial videos for clicks and views. They earn money.
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Remit or Retain

John 20:
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Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace with you.”
20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Jesus presents Himself to His disciples, and finds them in a state of fear and turmoil.
He restores them with a breath, declaring, “Peace Unto You”.
What was accomplished, and what remained to be confirmed of The Promises?
How does the Church maintain stewardship over this Word of the Lord?
Referring to the Gift, its purpose and practical application for the Church.

"My Peace I give unto you, not as the world gives..."
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Love codified in the Ten Commandments

I do agree with you that there is a problem with people thinking that essentially they're 100% righteous. I don't hold to that belief. We all fall short on a regular basis whether it is in action or verbal. But that is why we have the holy spirit to correct us, and Jesus to forgive us of our sins. My only argument is, that we are supposed to continue to strive to be more Christ-like every day and that includes the commandments that God has given us. No one is perfect, nor will anyone ever be perfect, but there is a difference between trying to live a way that glorifies God, and just disregarding his rules because sin tastes better and its easier.

So when I debate about the 10 commandments, I'm debating God's standard. But there is a whole nother argument for how forgiveness ties into it all.

Summed up for salvation: Faith in Christ produces the desire to live as close to God's standard as possible, and what we fail in the rest of the way, God forgives. But God's standard will always be the 10 commandments in action and thought.

Ask Hentenza, I was countering their logical reasoning.
The difficulty is determining what God's standard actually is. Many folks have limited themselves to ten specific commandments, but toss in others as they see fit. Then there are many areas of life which are completely unaddressed in the Bible. Some find shelter in the umbrella of love - love God and love others - which is not an altogether bad approach. The tightrope in this arena falls between legalism and Antinomianism.
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Chicago principal claims teacher who made sick Charlie Kirk gesture is the victim

I believe we’ll have to wait and see. What makes you think Cuomo would be so much better?
I don ‘t believe Cuomo has proposed City run grocery stores or higher taxes on certain white people.
You’ve presented no facts, just your own unevidenced belief that everyone taking part in a protest you don’t like must hate America. There’s no facts there, just your own prejudiced belief. You’re welcome to your opinions but they aren’t facts.
I have, you just ignore them . I posted videos showing unhinged , uninformed protesters who show no respect for the rule of law , a duly elect president and blindly follow paid agitators.
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B flat B♭

Tourism to Antarctica is strictly controlled but quite a few do go there. Here's the current statistics taken from the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators web site.

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The Deep Field number are visitors that actually go to the South Pole. Anyone interested can find lots of statistics here.
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B flat B♭

No, there are research stations further inland too, including the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station that is located literally right on top of the South Pole.

On top of the South pole o_O where exactly is this location ?

The only thing I got from your Wikipedia article was this;

Dome (1975–2010)​


For Operation Deep Freeze 73, U.S. Navy Seabees built the six-storey high Geodesic Dome. Shown here in 1973 when the snow level was lower; the base of the dome was at ground level.
The station was moved in 1975 to the newly constructed Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome 160 feet (50 m) wide by 52 feet (16 m) high, with 46 by 79 feet (14 m × 24 m) steel archways.

Nice to see they are copying God :)
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Is 'once saved always saved' a biblical teaching?

It was a counterfeit faith (Mt 7:22-23), they did not, in fact, receive the life of God.
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That is not an example of counterfeit faith. Because they were not having faith, they were touting works they had done. Unless you are saying they were having faith in their works to save them.

But that has nothing to do with a person believing in Jesus and then falling away from their belief they once had.
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Speaker Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

And yet with 7 million people in the streets it was so peaceful we have people on here calling it a geriatric gathering of old white liberals.
Yeah it was a strange dichotomy of antifa and antiqua. Old white people amidst those who wanted Violence upon tgeir opponents. Why even some of the geriatrics said they needed to get more mean. Yet we wouldnt see any of this on MainStream news. But if That happened just once at a Trump rally it would be a constant cycle for weeks. Qe know thats true because the comedian that made joke at one of his rally. No one is claiming that all 7 million of them were lije this. But please for g heavens sake admit there is a sizable faction that are radicals who do support violence against their opponents. We see it in the polls. These radicals were cheered by their fellows. That tells me there is something wrong.
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"[T]his may be interpreted allegorically"

Knowing the folks of that denomination, it is highly unlikely that there were any sexual allusions. It was probably more along the lines that the priests were mediators between God and man, as is Jesus Christ. Even their undergarments pointed to Jesus in His purity and in the use of linen, as opposed to wool, which would cause the priest to sweat (a very undesirable characteristic)
Yes, as has been said, "sweat" implies work. And only Christ did the work of redemption. For us mortal sinners, it's "no sweat."
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An EBT Crisis?

Sorry Ches, I didn’t mean to confuse you. :)

Yes, it’s possible the post is Ai and we‘re seeing it more frequently.
I'm not saying it is for sure, but it could be another in a long line of race hoaxes. Make a video of someone being an entitled demander, use photoshop to make it look fake, then blame "white supremacists" for their evil ways, while simultaneously casting doubt on the veracity of all the actual entitled demander videos.
The scene features a woman with 7 children in a chaotic environment. I don’t know if sympathy is what the viewer would feel. I think it paints her in a negative manner as the stereotypical welfare mother living off the system.
Hmm, I only counted 5 kids, but I get you. I didn't really think of that, maybe because I'm Orthodox. We're generally supporters of having big families. :)
The more fakes we have the more people will distrust what they see and won’t know what’s real. The only way to combat it is by verifying our identity. I’d liken it to the checkmark you see on X. If you had that by your name the reader would know you’re who you say you are.

The article I shared mentions a company that created a device that does that. It’s used in several countries but hasn’t taken off here as of yet. It was developed by Sam Altman of OpenAi.
There are AI blockers that can block your browser from showing you AI images, or at least alert you when you're about to view AI generated content. I don't currently have one installed, but the reviews I've read say they're not 100% foolproof, but will catch the majority of AI.

I wonder if anyone reading this who has an AI blocker would mind finding that original video and reporting back to us whether it's AI or not? If you do, I will personally reward you with riches beyond any measure, or a Winner rating, one or the other.
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Speaker Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

As an American, I accept both the positive and negative aspects of our country's history. I recognize that European settlers occupied North America, often against the wishes of Indigenous peoples, and I accept the reality that millions of enslaved individuals were forced to labor in the United States.

I acknowledge the history of systemic racism that persisted within the American system for many years, including periods such as Jim Crow. I recognize that segregation was a shameful chapter in American history, and that the establishment of Japanese internment camps was unjustifiable. While American forces were liberating Jews from concentration camps in Europe, the United States was simultaneously placing Japanese Americans in internment facilities at home.

My appreciation for America encompasses an honest acceptance of its achievements and its shortcomings alike. I love America with all her strengths and her flaws.

It seems your dislike of American history is so strong that you want to change American history. That’s not genuine love for the country; true patriotism means accepting and loving it with all her strength and shortcoming.
I simply think that the difference is that some want to highlight America's flaws while others want to highlight its good. Some want to make America uniquely bad as if America where somehow separated from the rest of the world's history and how it operated. The focus on it's mistakes rather than on its victories and the good it brought to the world in spite of its errors.

You see it even today in the progressives. America has no real greatness. America is still bad. America is still a racist, colonialist, misogynistic, bigoted country with few redeeming qualities. And the only way to make her better is to become more like Europe.

I dont dislike America's history. She has a flawed history just like every other country in the world. And we should recognize her shortcomings but not dwell on them. The idea of America is a noble and great cause that has worked through the flaws to become the greatest nation on earth. The nation that has done great things for people around the world and produced freedom and prosperity for its people never seen before.

I recognize America's failures, but I dont recognize them as unique. I dont dwell on them and use them to say how bad America is. I choose to see America's victories over its failures and its ideals of opportunities and freedoms for all its people. Focusing on the negative is a destroyer. Focusing on the good is a builder.
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