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  1. RDKirk

    Do pets go to heaven?

    We have pets on earth because we don't have enough love for each other. That won't be a problem in heaven.
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    Conviction Ensures Trump Victory

    I have. While I was in the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand Marcos, there was a brave newspaper editor who published opinions against him. One of Marcos' known political lieutenants had the editors three daughters kidnapped, murdered, dismembered, and their bodies stacked on the...
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    "Happy" Memorial Day?

    I won't dispute that Biden is too doggoned old to be president of the United States. And so is Trump.
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    Trump Found Guilty

    The other witnesses backed up Cohen's testimony, however, which strongly suggests that whatever he might have lied about, it was not about the central issues of the case.
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    Trump Found Guilty

    No, not directly. There have been at least a couple of state officials who have served from prison, and some ex-felons who have been elected to state offices. The only thing that could happen is for Congress to pass a new resolution to prevent him from running or holding office...and that's not...
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    Trump Found Guilty

    That was a lot faster deliberation than I'd have guessed.
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    Expert says the Chinese military could seize Taiwan’s government buildings in under an hour

    Or easily. Distances are greater, there are numerous islands, and Luzon is a much larger island. And, more significantly, the Philippines has never been traditional Chinese sovereign territory.
  8. RDKirk

    "Happy" Memorial Day?

    Well, I'm in my 70s, and I do occasionally forget someone's name without the intent of being disrespectful, so it's not "whataboutism." Or do you believe Biden intentionally called her by the wrong name? Intent matters.
  9. RDKirk

    "Happy" Memorial Day?

    An old man getting a name wrong is nowhere near, in this universe or any other, the intentional, repeated public contempt Trump has heaped upon the military dead, imprisoned, and disabled.
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    Expert says the Chinese military could seize Taiwan’s government buildings in under an hour

    And that build-up would be observed, these days, by a host of people...even civilians.
  11. RDKirk

    "Happy" Memorial Day?

    That debate ended over 40 years ago. It's been "Ms" for every woman in the government without an official title since the 80s.
  12. RDKirk

    Modest Dress for Women.

    The responsibility goes in both directions. But unless one wants to wallow in one's own spiritual weakness, one will accept both responsibilities equally, rather than saying either "I'm too spiritually weak to be gracious" or "I'm too spiritually weak to be steadfast."
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    Modest Dress for Women.

    Graciousness, being aware of the sensitivities of people around us, should be a normal aspect of a Christian life. If we're going to offend people, let them be offended by the gospel, not our personal style. If you're walking around a different country, you should have noted how they dress...
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    Expert says the Chinese military could seize Taiwan’s government buildings in under an hour

    Nah. Taiwan has been an issue since the end of WWII when the Chiang took refuge there from Mao, back when "Made in Taiwan" was a matter of ridicule.
  15. RDKirk

    Expert says the Chinese military could seize Taiwan’s government buildings in under an hour

    There is very little reliance on keywords. Messages that have real intelligence value will not contain such keywords. But there are a host of other nonverbal ways messages with intelligence value can be determined, and yes, such "AI" analysis has been available since the 80s.
  16. RDKirk

    "Happy" Memorial Day?

    I served in uninform under six presidents through two major wars and whole bunch of minor conflicts. I didn't join the military with the idea that the presidents I served under would keep us out of wars, and generally speaking, they didn't. And as a soldier, I accepted the fact and position...
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    Modest Dress for Women.

    That's been said more than once before.
  18. RDKirk

    Modest Dress for Women.

    This kind of makes church attendance fall into the category of hypocrisies that Jesus discussed in Matthew 6. If someone is doing "church stuff" with the inner desire to be seen and noticed that they're doing "church stuff" (such as noticing they made an attendance because they're so...
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    Modest Dress for Women.

    You may be. Do they stand out from what everyone else has?